Poppies on the Pike
original watercolor poppies: 8" x 10"
Poppies
Curvaceous long legs
Popping up from their beds
With ruffled petticoats flouncing
Such perky orange heads!
They do the Pizzicato Polka
It’s the right dance for them
As they twirl and spin around
On those long and curvy stems!
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Pastor Mike
original watercolor portrait: 8" x 10"
so this is the question
can i toss intention
and renounce all strife
at this stage of life?
could i, if you please,
watch daytime tv
munch crackers and brie
sip lattes 'n tea
would i, do you see,
be happy with ease??
seems i have this need
and create-tivity
to paint day by day
thie stuff that i see
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Lionized
original watercolor dandelions: 10" x 14"
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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original watercolor w/violin, oranges : 12" x 15"
it’s relative-ly
a new work, you see
with something that’s old
a shape big and bold
and some that are new
with int’resting hues
borrowed from yet
a past series set
hmmm...
it’s deja vu
for those orange and blues!
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GoodGollyMissMolly
original watercolor pet portrait: 8" x 10"
Molly likes art
that’s easy to see
she’s ready to start
her own gallery
she’ll feature just me
‘cause she knows the drill
she likes her treats
and i pay the bill
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Bumble'nBumble
original watercolor dandelions'mn bees: 10" x 14"
Curiosity
curiouser and curiouser
it seems to me
this spring is the bomb
at flirting, you see
‘cause just when you feel
a cool weightless breeze
a sun so friendly
you’re relaxin’ indeed
a thick hulking cloud
and rain by the pound
descends with a shout
and dumps itself out
oh yes there’s the rub
to springtime's warm sun
those idyllic days
come quickly undone....
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SunUp
original watercolor bouquet w/sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Simple Girls
my sunflower girls
are simple and yet
the beauty they share
is simply the best
their petals, like bonnets,
are sun drenched and golden
it’s like someone spread
sweet butter upon ‘em
they don’t like to squint
so they wear dark shades
but sunblock is not
their choice, they admit
they follow the sun
from morning till night
then rest in their beds
until the day light
that’s how it’s been done
it’s simply their way
for all of their kin
and all of their days
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RoosterCogburn
original watercolor rooster: 9" x 12"
Chicken Tricks
You cannot be chicken
If you play french horn
Unless you are thinkin’
You’d like a good lickin’
When that horn does balk
Sounding out a loud squawk
And Beethoven rolls over
As you shrug your shoulder
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LionTamers
original watercolor bees and dandelions: 8" x 10"
in the beginning
we all loved the sun
we couldn’t get enough
we were never quite “done”
our faces were bronzed
our hair sun-streaked gold
our innocence reigned
we’d never grow old
but time has a way
a mean streak, I’d say,
of hastening the days
that youth does betray
so now that we’re old
or older, to wit,
we’re gonna wise up
and use sunscreen, just a bit...
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Black'nBlue
original watercolor redwinged blackbirds: 8" x 10"
Tuff Stuff
There once was a spring breeze named Sough
Not harsh nor decidedly tough
He nudged winter’s huff
Said “pick up your stuff”
And blew it away with a puff!
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CashierCathy
original watercolor portrait: 9" x 12"
Play Away
it’s really okay
to chill out and play
we all know we should
(that is understood)
but still we forget
and totally get
ourselves in fun debt
we think if we could
buy us some fun
at Mitchell's we would
feel wonderf’ly good
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Tulip Trouble
original watercolors tulips: 9" x 12"
Haughty
that’s what
my grandie thought
the first time she viewed
our tulips in bloom
‘cause there they all stood
as only they could
with petals held high
reaching up to the sky
now both she and I
know daffodils try
to brighten our days
with their friendly ways
not haughty, aloof
their faces, the proof
of good will and cheer
‘cause springtime is here
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