ChickenTrix
original watercolor chickens: 8" x 10"
I think that it’s done
and I had some fun
‘though there a few
solutions that skewed
my original view
and managed to be
surprising, you see
so now I don’t know
if it’s fit to show
if not,
you’ve just got
to tell me to Stop!
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FancyFree
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers: 9" x 12"
it’s relative-ly
a new work, you see
with something that’s old
some shapes big and bold
a few that are new
with int’resting hues
borrowed from yet
a past series set
hmmm...
it’s deja vu
for those red, white 'n blues!
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Sunny Day
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 15"
Com-Posers Soon Over
bloomin' sunflowers
makin' me happy
till crisp autumn winds
nippy and snappy
cause me to pine
and feel so unhappy
for that best of all times
the season divine
summer sunshine
and the livin' was fine!
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The Funky Chicken
original watercolor chickens: 9" x 12"
You cannot be chicken
If you play french horn
Unless you are thinkin’
You’d like a good lickin’
‘Cause that horn can balk
And sound out a squawk
While Beethoven rolls over
As you shrug your shoulder
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The Gangstas
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 15"
what ho
Sophie and I
just want to know
who switched off the heat
and dimmed the lights low
where are the wool socks for our feet
our cashmere sweaters and turtlenecks
who said summer could retreat?
we are cold and so distressed
why can’t winter last one week
it’s time I guess
to hibernate
until next June
and we both say
please come back soon..
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A Sunny Salute
original watercolor sunflower still life: 10" x 14"
Sunflower Girl Friends
I’m glad for late bloomers
as this season ends
each year it comes sooner
with the message it sends
to all of my battered
sunflower girl friends...
the dry trembling leaves
are scattered around
as sunflower sheaves
so brittle and brown
cool winds are approaching
pushing summer aside
with autumn encroaching
I nod and I sigh
there’s no time to fuss
it’s just nature’s way
a fact that I must
embrace this fall day...
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Bouquet Daze
original watercolor sunflower bouquet: 9" x 12"
De- C0mPoser
my lean and mean posers
can’t seem to get over
those past days of glory
their summer time story
so poignant and true
of lost beauty and youth
and innocence... too
yet still they stand tall
and insist that we all
salute this new age
their ‘maturity’ phase
with dignity and grace
and wisdom embraced
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Woodwinds Rule
original watercolor woodwinds: 10" x 14"
The Woodwinds agree
Tis a funny thing
To sit behind a sea
Of self-important Strings
They chuckle to think
That a skinny black stick,
An Oboe,
You know,
Is chosen to play the tuning up note
And if they're listening
And not playing by rote
They’ll make beautiful music together...
At least that’s what we hope!
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Flight School
original watercolor hawks
And Yet
my sunflower friends
have taken their bows
their reign at an end
their show closing now
the summer stage crew
is striking the set
takes a minute or two
tearing down all that’s left
a new show’s beginning
cool winds are approaching
autumn’s edgier tone
and pride is encroaching
there’s a sharp dialogue
burnt sienna, scarlet hue
a biting monologue
with a punchline, cobalt blue
i’m watching, looking on
taking in the dry wit
wishing summer’s last song
would linger, just a bit
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