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Rose

8/20/2018

*Color Portrait* 20" H X 16" W Acrylic On Canvas

Rose

Haughty
Rose,
Naughty
Rose,
New
York
City
Girl,
Heroine
Of
The
Social
Whirl.
Fellow
Painter
Without
Fatigue
At
The
Art
Student’s
League.
Left
The
City
After
A
Season
For
Some
Obscure
Reason,
Folded
Her
Easel
And
Ran
Off
With
An
Italian
Weasel.
Rose,
Rose,
What
Happened
Next,
Nobody
Knows.

Karen

8/18/2018

*Karen 2* 10" H X 8" W Acrylic On Canvas

Karen

Pretty
Karen,
Song
Singer,
But
Not
For
Long,
Would
Not
Linger,
Lovers
At
The
Crook
Of
Finger.
Darling
Karen,
Out
For
Fun,
Quick
To
Run
Fast
Away,
Singing,
Singing,
Night
And
Day.
Left
To
Play,
Europe
Bound
With
Her
Sound.
Cursed
By
Drink,
Lost
To
Fame,
Failed
To
Think,
What
A
Shame.

Norma

8/16/2018

*Norma* 12" H X 9" W Acrylic On Canvas

Norma

He
Came
And
Went,
Syrup
Sweet,
Heaven
Sent,
And
For
A
Start
Broke
My
Eager
Heart,
Then
Pasted
It
Before
Once
More,
He
Wasted
It.
Did
I care
That
He
Could
Never
Share
The
Love
I scattered
Everywhere?
Sure,
I did,
But
He
Was
Gone,
And
I moved
On.

Rainstorm

8/14/2018

*Warren Keating*

Rainstorm

High
Winds
Blow
Around
The
Mountain
From
Santa
Fe,
Tearing
Tree
Limbs
Away,
Scattering
Flower
Petals,
Banging
The
Iron
Gate
Metal
To
Metal.
I stand
And
Stare
As
A
Thousand
Elm
Leaves
Fill
The
Air.
The
Gale
Turns
West
To
South
And
I taste
Dust
In
My
Mouth.
Then,
Ending
The
Day,
The
Sudden
Downpour.
I turn
Away,
And
Shut
The
Door.

Shivers

8/12/2018

Shivers

Just
In
Time
For
Back
To
School,
The
Weather
Has
Turned
Remarkably
Cool.
The
Temperature
Dropped
Thirty
Degrees,
Leaving
Me
With
Chilly
Knees.
No
More
Shorts.
Dear
Sports,
It’s
Pants
And
Please,
Shut
That
Door.
Today,
Summer
Is
No
More.

TOPPER

8/10/2018

*Woman In A Hat With White Flower* 36" H X 30" W Oil On Linen

Topper

Nothing
Is
So
Fine,
You
Know,
As
A
Charming
Chapeau.
It
Will
Lift
You
Up
If
You’re
Feeling
Down,
And
Compliment
Any
Gown,
In
The
Country
Or
On
The
Town.
Shade
Your
Eyes,
And
Draw
Admiring
Sighs
As
You
Pass
By.
A
Good
Hat
Will
Pay
Its
Way,
And
Do
Excellent
Duty
To
Enhance
Your
Beauty.

Immersion

8/4/2018

Immersion

Lost
A
Day,
Watching
The
Plumber
At
Play,
For
Which
I’ll
Pay
A
Hefty
Buck.
But
With
Luck,
The
Pipes
Will
Sing
As
Water
They
Bring,
And
I can
Gloat
As
I float.

Immersion

8/4/2018

Immersion

Lost
A
Day,
Watching
The
Plumber
At
Play,
For
Which
I’ll
Pay
A
Hefty
Buck.
But
With
Luck,
The
Pipes
Will
Sing
As
Water
They
Bring,
And
I can
Gloat
As
I float.

Choice

8/1/2018

Choice

Heavy
Rain
And
Hail
Have
Left
A
Trail
Of
Mud,
Crud,
And
Sludge
On
My
Walk
That
May
Be
Hard
To
Budge.
Such
A
Pain
And
The
Forecast
Predicts
Another
Blast
Of
Rain.
Do
I labor
All
The
Way
To
The
Gate,
Or
Simply
Wait?

Monday Weather

7/30/2018

Monday Weather

High
Winds
Blowing
A
Hole
In
The
Sky,
Spinning
Papers
By,
Song
Birds
Unable
To
Fly.
Then
Raindrops
Pelting,
Melting
Dust
To
A
Circular
Crust
On
My
Car,
Like
Desert
Scars.