Long Watercolour Poems

"50 Words for Poe: camera obscura"



The Night Flower 
turns in her bed
in a dark room
stories of wraiths 
like flies buzzing in her head
and blood-sucking bugs that bite
Rippers and lovers dead
come to collect her from her
ornery...

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“a little time to give... a little time to live, time always means so much”

Before I knew it, I could retire, everyone said it would be so great,
Having nursed for 37 years I got full...

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Saw one blazing red leaf on the shimmering Maple,
                         On my...

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Mildew mops are prevalent only in oily sandstorms. Ah, said the furry scorpion the witche's brew has collapsed causing wisdom from the inner triangular arc. When racing with ducks pay no heed to flapping as...

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  "Above all I must have flowers, always and always."

                        ...

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Once upon a mind.


A lonely soul sleeps inside my heart.
It has given up on trying to be my star.
The light has dimmed; the finish has begun to become duller.
I have never been anything other than...

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It was raining the day I went to the art gallery for a visit,
I was lonely and wanted to just get lost among the beautiful art;
My shoes clicked on the polished floors and I begged...

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Awakening early 
just before sunrise
to exquisite sounds
of the morning refrain

Blackbird sweetly 
offers his love
with his passionate tune
surely making her swoon

How could she resist
this morning opera
each wistful aria
expressing his love

Flying towards her
with hope in his heart
plans...

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Poor little Zena zebra was feeling oh so sad
She was born an albino, which made her look bad

Zena desperately wanted to fit in with the others
And have a stripy body like her sisters and brothers

Zena...

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Things for me start here,
In the very beauty of a blank white page
To the dark sky of glittering stars
And in between the ladder of tiny surprises.

The watercolour paintings which gave me joy,
The little piggy bank...

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I wonder if flowers feel themselves slowly dying 
Bathing in the bright,
A rosy lemon violet smile,
How soon shall that wither and fall?

A blown Watercolour world,
Standing tall and striking,
How can the world be anything but 
sweet...

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Come to me..
And I will quench.
Umbrella free..
And I will drench. 

Fill your rivers..
Every one.
Morning grass..
I rest upon. 

Cut the rock
In Canyon Grand.
Cool you as
Your skin is fanned.. 

Descend to earth
As sad clouds cry,
Restore the arid...

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Do you see the frame or the cage?
Step beyond and into this: a rare and colourful bliss,
island of calm in an ocean of rage...
Yesterday, the thunderous sunder of schizoid storm.
Today, this eden of balm where...

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A blank canvas, clean and crisp 
Awaits the drops from a rainbow sprayed pitter patter of a magical rainfall
and a storm, by the artists brush obeyed

Onto a perfect paradise 
A shattered pallette of acrylic thrown
with...

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Take watercolour peach, lavender blue
a canvas morning sky, the clouds a frame,
gilt treetops harvest fire, leaves brightly hued
awakened now the arbor tips became.

Lone footprints in the dew on virgin track
save leaping of a brook or...

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The sky tonight spills a bouquet of rose petal lights -
a marriage of confetti clouds, a mirage of rosy haze rays.
The sands are flushed with evening's delicate blush,
a gentle watercolour wash on the shingle-shushed shore.
The...

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Sometimes I don't wear my glasses, 
Sit beside the window, the glasses on my lap, 
And the familiar world looks unfamiliar! 

It's dawn right now, it's almost Fall.
The sky is cloudy today, very dull, 
Lawn...

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If I were to collage next year
I’d place bronze across gold
and third over first,
stick paper upon electric,
paste glutton below thirst.

If I were to sculpt next year
I’d chisel women into boardrooms,
chip away white to reveal colour,
smooth...

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‘YELLOW TRANSCENDING MELLOW’

Tequila sunrise and spiritual light welcome fresh days, ending the night
Optimistic creative thoughts enlightened as new energies subtly escort
Happiness and warmth will radiate, fear and doubt eradicate
Bananas and Lemons a fruitful friendship potential...

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Joyfully chasing blue tail bunny rabbits through fields of dancing daisies....

Watercolour skies in lavender hues reflecting from, the marmalade moon

Mystical monarch butterflies brushed in glittering orange and black

Gathering around Tinkerbell with her maroon magical wands...

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Joyfully chasing blue tail bunny rabbits through fields of dancing daisies....

Watercolour skies in lavender hues reflecting from, the marmalade moon

Mystical monarch butterflies brushed amid glittering orange and black

Gathering around Tinkerbell with her maroon magical wands...

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By the Wash, the estuary of the Ouse
And three more rivers adding to the swell
We saw the seals pass murmuring the Blues

Nature opens up if we read clues;
The giant sky, the sound  of a...

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My sinking feet feel the brush of sand below warm salty foam 
as water's flowing rush retreats with sounds of many tumbled stones.
Sand clouds churn by water's turn and ankles wrap in sea grass tangles.

Drowned...

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Across the sideways, bronze framed hall mirror,
A ribbon of infrared light imprinted itself,
Like a streak of alien sky;
Hours later, it dimmed and blew out, like an ill-furnished house.
Other reflections crawled across like tarantulas...
Somebody's corduroy acorn...

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WATERCOLOUR  PICTURE


Strolling slowly in  tree  pergolas
Golden  roofs  and  sunlit cupolas

Caress  of evening breeze warm
Fountains  with  their arching  form

Sunlit water   in the distance -
Million...

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