Com-posers
original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 12"w x 15"h
One Last Hurrah
The Sunflower Deli has now closed
The frailty of my sunflowers sadly exposed
Gone are the golden sun bonnets
Each face laid bare
No seeds left upon it
The once dripping nectar has all been drawn
And their once great beauty
Vanished, gone
The buzzing bees have packed up their suitcases
Backpacking butterflies have flown to new places
And those feisty gold finches
Did anyone notice?
Have fled, leaving no traces
This summer's show is over and done
But wait
Hadn't it only just begun?
From spritely young sprouts to bodacious blossoms
To shy sunflower girls and sorority sisters
And don't forget
That chorus line of jitter-bugging hipsters
Then
Majestic mommas, patient posers
Finally those gossiping golden girl sewers..
My dressed up backyard is now in tatters
With leaves, petals and seeds
Lying about all scattered
I know as I watch their imminent demise
They've had the times of their lives..
And of this I'm quite certain
The hour is now here
To draw the final curtain
BB
Bertie Brown - Lancaster, PA
info at: email
blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com
2 comments:
My favorite of your sunflower series, Bertie. This one is just so bold, so beautiful and soft and yet in your face. Just amazing work!
Bertie, I love how you painted some of the sunflowers more boldly and some more faded. It adds to your theme of summer vanishing, as does your poetry.
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