Lyrical Landscape Landscape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Lyrical Landscape

original watercolor: 7" x 11"

I forget

do gnus

rhyme with canoes

or mile high heeled shoes

and what is the need

if you could, tell me please

of the extra L'd Llama

for it’s silent, do you see

is it oh so much better

to own one more letter

than the Lama, actual-ly

or the Nu with no G

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Baubles and Bell Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Baubles and Bell

original watercolor w/horn, glass baubles: 16" x 171/2"

back in the day

I remember we played

with marbles and jacks

and baseballs and bats

but sometimes I recall

though I tried hard to stall 

I had to apply

my  lip 

to the tip

of my tarnished old horn

and try not to sound

too bad or forlorn

much later I found

practice, patience plus time

would greatly improve

my horn teacher’s mood!

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June Tune Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

June Tune

original watercolor still life w/violin, sunflowers: 14" x 18"

Summer Bliss

My windows are open

Cool breezes are flowin’

My curtains are flirtin'

With the sill and the sash 

This is the way

A fine summer day

Ought always to be 

For two months or three....

Suites me perfectly

I bet you’d agree!

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Trio Trouble Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trio Trouble

original musical motif watercolor w/horn, trumpet, trombone: 11" x 15"

menage a trois

if the trombone’s in charge

the trumpet won’t play

the horn won’t say

if he’ll go or stay

such is the way

our world behaves today

compromise is out

dissonance has clout

there could be peace and harmony

‘cause trios can play charming-ly

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Poppy Patch Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Poppy Patch

original watercolor poppies: 7" x 15"

the popular girls

sporting orange poppy curls

are preening all about

and gossiping, no doubt

they do this all day long

for surely they aren’t wrong

you’ve seen their little clique

they’re the best, they really think

they sing their own praise songs

on a stage they do belong

and certainly we all know

that their beauty steels the show!

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Perky Poppy Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Perky Poppy

original watercolor poppies: 7" x 15"

Poppy Pageant

more red-haired girls

than we’d hoped for or imagined

it looks just like

a beauty pageant!

Sophie and I, artistic hosses

are painting their portraits

till our poppy bosses

are simply long stems

with great hair losses!

we’ve less than a week

to get the job done 

we’re hoping for good weather

with plenty of sun!

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