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           and I'll do a pen & ink of your church, business, home or boat.  

Ridiculously low rates, until I get famous.  That could be a while.  

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VERDI'S REQUIEM

 (with apologies to his countrymen, 
                        especially the Gambino Family)

A composer whose name was "Giuseppe"

Wrote a Requiem ever-so-peppy.

When heard by the Pope,

He shook his head "Nope!",

"I'm-a supposed to be-a sad, 
                                    but I'm-a heppy!?"

Lost Art Notecards are now on the market

Sold locally in packs of 8 identical cards with envelopes.  Blank inside.
Will be available on-line sooner or later.

 

 

 

 

Yet More Drawings

Did these in Pen and Ink -- sometimes a little charcoal -- for a series of notecards ... now available locally ... eventually to be available on line from this website.   8 identical cards per pack, with envelopes... about $7.

There's no caption on the next two, 'cause I dreamt them up.   The first one was inspired by Thirteenth Lake in the Adirondacks.  The last one just appeared gradually in my sketchbook when I sat down to draw ... I'm not sure why or how.

I call them "Lost Art Notecards" ... because writing  handwritten notes is becoming a lost art, thanks to texting and email.  I figure I have a moral obligation  ...  to cash in on it, of course. It's the least I can do, don'tcha think?.

More Drawings -- Pen & Ink & Charcoal

 

My Church -- in 1911 and 2011 -- original, freehand pen & ink

 

Some Portraits of the Only Model Who Would Pose for Me

 

LOOKING YOUTHFUL: Another Semi-Serious Sonnet

If you want to look young, just consider the crayon.

There are some that will always look new.

With there tips that stay sharp and their wrappers that stay on;

But not Red, Yellow, Purple or Blue.

Likewise, Orange and Green are quite quickly worn down

'Til just a dull stub doth remain.

Even gloomier shades, like the Black and the Brown,

Are soon sticks made of wax on the wane.

Yet the Okra, the White and perhaps the Chartreuse,

With their wrappers that haven't been torn,

Simply stay in their box for they don't get much use,

So their points hardly ever look worn.

But what pride can you take appearing so youthful,

If it means that you're not very useful?

Author's Comment:

Many well-preserved people lead useful lives.  In fact, keeping busy helps keeps you young.  This poem refers to those among us who value appearance only  ~  and don't look deeper.   I'd like to incorporate this point into the poem ...  but who ever heard of a sonnet with three stanzas?

IN THE BEGINNINGS: A Semi-serious Sonnet

So ...

God rested on the seventh day.

We have accepted that on faith.

But Scripture doesn't really say

what He did on Day the Eighth.

It seems that only Heaven knows

just how God spent that second week

With omnipotence would you suppose

He'd hit the beach in Martinique?

No!

Creators don't stop making things!

He would make some more dimensions

Full of divine imaginings,

    truly marvelous inventions,

        and Creatures unlike me and you.

That is what creators do!

A FATHER'S LULLABY: There Will Always Be Dragons to Slay

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