a still place

a Journey through a still place —
deep-down, smiling
We prepare for Beauty

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

And on the sketch an 'erasure rubbing,' selected from the historical marker by the steps of the U.S. Court of Appeals where I was sitting.

pas de deux

the Art
struck me
as quite beautiful

A pas -de -deux
of passion and design

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pas de deux.'

The Seattle and Whidbey Island Urban Sketchers were allowed into the Central Library 90 minutes before normal opening time to sketch. We later applauded loudly as Gabi gave a reading of 'The Art of Urban Sketching' to a packed auditorium.

The building structure's collage elements are cut from the Library's Teen Reading recommendation brochures (e.g. "Everyone knows that high school is hell.")

mud flat

under the microscope
a cracked,
sun-dried
mud flat

Starfish

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'reticulate.' Hah! I confused it with an 'articulated,' and couldn't understand the lack of bus references. And so it goes...

sign of the times

predatory animals
With manners

a sign of the times

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'raptorial.'

drama

drama & temper

Is it possible that we are
so absolutely,
so innocently
ridiculous?

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'ab ovo,' meaning from the very beginning.

flip flops

late april —
sunscreen & flip flops one day
polartec the next

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The OED word of the day is 'obmutescence,' which is the state of being (willfully) speechless. So, with my newly expanded vocabulary, I can say that today the Oxford lads left me obmutescent.

Cadillac Hotel

The OED word of the day is 'britten,' which was only used in Old English and the citations are now, therefore, unreadable.

So, for your reading pleasure today I offer this brief history of the Cadillac Hotel (3.2M PDF), which includes some great old photos, courtesy of Historic Seattle - and some rather shocking ones after the 2001 earthquake, when this 1889 Victorian Italianate building nearly got demolished.

purring

warm sunny days —
Seattle is purring
like a well-loved cat

recycling

my mind always
celebrating Earth Day —
recycling thoughts

independence

a Secret way to independence
Searching for yourself

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'bonsella,' in use in S. Africa as a small gift (or bribe).

Doh!

description of Daily pictures

“Damn” 

frustration that things have turned out not as planned,

Again.

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'doh.'

Mind

the Mind

what genius to align the evolutionary process between reason and imagination toward perfection

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The obscure and obsolete OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'nisus,' which means tendency for you logophiles.

tax day

plum blossom petals
shaken loose from the mailbox —
Tax Day

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Talk about strange bedfellows: National Haiku Poetry Day and Tax Day today. 

So... if you get an extension, the poem can be 22 syllables? :)  Good luck with the IRS to one and all.

bird's nest

rare

a bird's nest
By My Window about
To collect eggs

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem |commetary is 'oologize,' which a Mr. Lowell used twice in one book in 1870. It means to take eggs (from a bird's nest).

It's kind of a cool neologism by Mr. L and with a crow's nest straight across from my window that I'm watching, I quite enjoyed it.

The collage (in process) is an homage to an Atget photo of Place St.-Andre-des-Arts about the time that Picasso and Braque decided to glue paper to a painting for the first time.

youth

a Spiritual Navigator
is the most that this world can give
tempestuous youth

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The titanic OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'naufragous,' or "shipwreck causing."

trillium

deep in the forest
a patch of spring moonlight —
trillium

the reader

Divine Inspiration

the pleasure
of the reader of Poetry
is from recognition

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

A sympathy shout out to my brother, who on this Friday the 13th is saddled with 'idiot graphs.'

diary

a Diary of Travels...
Art was the part
which reminds us
of the days
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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary | advice is 'faciate,' an obsolete way to say facade.

Just a word to the wise for anyone currently packing... you know who you are! :)

commitment

commitment is
sometimes difficult
to distinguish from Faith

There will be a Critic
the picture less than anticipated
& Life In the Shadow
of Legends never seen

but freedom
to hunt down life

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'auto-da-fé.'

sunshine

I am so enthused about it right now,
it makes my
liver quiver...

sunshine

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

art

Art …
a perfect
never complete
‘other’,
trying to
conquer
the Invisible

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary was 'acculturate.'

Easter

Easter eggs color
April with pleasure -
Quicksilver Spring

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pace egg,' an English variation on Easter egg.

pink bunny

a middle-aged woman
shows off the pink bunny in her backpack --
Easter weekend 10K

beyond your control

in this season
Rain is beyond
your control

April is a promise
fulfilled at a later date

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

April 5

to inspire enthusiasm
a morale-boosting Spring
 
April 5 featured
light Every now and again

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pep talk.' Can someone give Mother Nature one?

April

April
Sun at first,
then lets me down

so charming,
so charismatic,
so less than
a March dream

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Continuing their theme, the OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'major league.'

Grace under fire

Grace under Fire…
It is difficult
to know how
the masters do it

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem| commentary is 'ball park.' Very multicultural of  the Oxford lads to serve up baseball-related words, leading up to MLB opening day.

This "Waterfall" collage is on a 6 x 6 panel. I must say it makes me happy to look at it!

never safe

Sketches of Life /

a successful start
is never safe

and is sure to
give you
the feeling that
you’ll get
to first base
before cocktails

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

playing

playing
is Merely a
demonstration
of Intelligence

it's more sophisticated,
in fact

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pranky.' Beware of those behaving so today!