easy. usually.

easy.
Usually.
once it begins to flow.

Nevertheless,
September

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'yips.'

Yips? Aah, the Ryder Cup starts tomorrow...

transported

the Meanderings
of the old
without regard
for details or convenience,
are likely to be
unorthodox
to an outsider.

The old woman sitting,
transported.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'lump.'

Painted with the Seattle plein air meetup group today at Fishermen's Terminal. As usual this year, it didn't even pretend to clear|warm up til we were finishing up. A google search finds that the fireboat Alki (what ELSE would I paint?) was built in 1927. Still looking spiffy and ready for action.

petals opening

Let your Life be,
the Poet at the Breakfast Table said,
like the petals of a flower
opening all at the same moment.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is the verb, 'strap.'

color

As the sun
colors flowers,
so art
colors life.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is the verb 'color.'

change

Elementary Lesson —
change is normal.

Philosophical types
may differ.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'Mira.'

friday afternoon

friday afternoon
the ferry line stretches
back to summer

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This haiku of mine was published by the Haiku Society of America in the autumn issue of Frogpond.

no rules

Love of Life,
bewitched with itself,
blind with laughter.
is the mother of Art.

Poems make
no Rules & Regulations.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'prejudice.'

equinoctial

equinoctial
leaves blush scarlet and whisper
of the fall

foreigner

those who speak
a foreign language
would not be a stranger
to fear or doubt,

or Joy

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THe OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'foreigner.'

a splendid treat

The morn,
lively and fresh,
glazed With rain,
Is a splendid Treat.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'glazed.'

bubbly

a downpour
at the farmers' market —
the soap stall bubbly

gossamer

Gossamer...
the misty Chaos of Art and
the most Imperfectly
soft tension
of the still center.

beautifully
simple views
disappear around
a sticky dignity

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'viscous.'

As often happens with the really old citations, I updated the spelling of some of the words. Such was the case with 'gossamer.'

In confirming that the 17th century spelling had an extra 'e', I visited Wikipedia's entry for gossamer and found a rather amazing list of what gossamer can reference. Here is a sampling for your amusement:

Gossamer may refer to:

* a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons
* a human-powered aircraft
* the code name of the motherboard used in first-generation Apple G3 Macs
* a large X-Files fan fiction archive
* a song by The Smashing Pumpkins
* the rings of Jupiter
* an entry-level crank set for bicycles

... AND - this slipped by Wikipedia but not Peggy - Gossamer Wump, both a 1949 children's record about a boy who learns to play the triangle and, obviously, the only possible name for Peggy & Jeff's first cat.

cyberpunk 2

A human mind …
At the unconscious level,
it is a goal-seeking cyberpunk

Caught up in
the chain reaction
of metafoolishness.

We have yet to learn
the subtleties.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'biocomputer.'

untune

Never too late
the Beauty we see in Autumn —
is art not love?

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The OED word of the day — which MS Word and Blogger flag as a typo — is 'untune.'

This sketch was done at Joe Bar, a great place to hang before or after a movie at Harvard Exit theater on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

Cyberpunk

As a clear escape
Beyond an ordinary Cyberpunk
Susan asked for
All manner of Liberties
and to enjoy
without disturbance,
a Renaissance Stud.

What should I call it?
Boldness,
or at least a Dexterity of wit!

Sublime

is it real or fictitious
which produces our delight

Life is a Scramble,
and age challenges our power
to become exquisitely sensible.

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The OED online word of the day, complete with a citation from the 1991 issue of that ever-popular journal Renaissance Studies, is 'immunity.'

I trust I will be granted same :)

witchcraft

a small piece of Witchcraft
is Welcome to
the still unknown
which is Art

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'croft.'

a book

still transported by
the intimate process of
opening a book

as they were taught

Invariably
they stopped as they were taught
to avoid being Bad

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is red-flag.

draw, unfearing painter

Let us turn our eyes
to abundant nature.
Poetical moments of ecstasy.

draw, unfearing PAINTER,
let life yield to New Liberties,

ready for the pleasure
of these forests
captivated by the
seduction of Evening

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is the verb 'ransom.'

passport

Indian visa —
my passport's trip takes twice
as long as mine will

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In honor of having my passport back after its seven-week residence at the Indian embassy (I almost kissed the FedEx guy), this scene is painted on a copy of it.

swagger

excited tonight
with flow,
glad to see
the swagger in showy colors

hesitancies turn our message into farce.

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After putting up with 'umrah' and 'challah' -- nice words but with limited etymologies -- today's OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'fluster.'

I just wish the poem was more descriptive of the sketch.

rain beads

september rain
beads on the knots
of the fishing nets

cue autumn

autumn
threatens to blow its cue
and enter stage right

magic

The (physical) feeling
... heavier than air...
breathing in
the Magic
of the colors
the changes
of the seasons

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'insensibility.'

the pulse

The pulse
like a certain Juice,
hides Beneath the Mud
Poets slip in

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem accompanying these rose hips is 'slimy.'

smiles

September
needing light
new smiles
would be
the simplest thing

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'visitor.'

Picked up this collage today from the EAFA show at the Columbia Winery. It won the FrameWright award there!

refreshed

the butterfly & I
pause beside the creek and then,
refreshed, move on

middle age

Under the shade of melancholy,
mind may enjoy the advantages of
middle age,

full of sweet Songs
behind which her scream/
ragged, regal.

Listener
It [is] hard to find The path.
Soft words of grace gliding near,
wild Promises and Bargains between them.

It was a good season,
whose heart's best are etched into wrinkles,
acquiring a peculiar glory
‘What's the point?’ they seem to say.

I leave alone, with my own unsettled thoughts...
I wonder how we should regard loss.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'desert.'

September is easy

September is easy

fasting on a full stomach.

a day full of the
glorious poetry
of simple Times

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'preach.'

The Seattle Plein Air meetup group convened at Fishermen's Terminal today. From mid-morning to early afternoon, it went from dark gray to bright light, four layers of clothes to two... I said to Peggy that it was like trying to paint in a room and having someone come in and turn lights off, then 10 minutes later turn the bright ones on, turn on the aircon, turn on the heat, change the lights again.

I note that "plein air" is one vowel away from being an anagram for 'real pain'! :)