gate

oh, it's delightful
Life

every day
a Gate
to conscious Thought

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'niminy-piminy.'

songs

for Melancholy spirits,
songs give utterance to hope...
leaving behind A smile

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

beach volleyball

his huge zoom lens aimed
at women's beach volleyball —
from ten feet away

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Just for the record, the OED (Olympic English Dictionary?) word of the day is preterhuman.

For example, "Federer hit a preterhuman backhand." Actually, what the commentator said was, "That shot doesn't exist." You'll notice there aren't any OED lads doing TV commentary :)

patience

an absolute cure all is a
Farfetched Fable
So practice patience to ease pain

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'panacea.' Among the citations, suggested panaceas for all physical ailments include: vodka with salt (Russia), bloodletting (France) and coffee (Starbucks? No, actually 19th century England!)

The sketch was done yesterday morning, as the Tribal Canoes Paddle to Squaxin left from Alki Beach en route to Puyallup.

a journal

Satisfying

a Journal is desirable,
an original technique for visual authenticity

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

kindred spirits

those who care
share out-of-proportion affection
for truly kindred spirits
desperate enough to take part

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'Z-list.' 

I didn't know lists went lower than comedienne Kathy Griffin's "D-List" status. Some quite amusing citations, though I particularly enjoyed The Guardian's reference to Z-list architects who designed the individual blocks of La Défense in Paris.

so you dance

In change,
Nothing can be stationary;
So You Dance 
instead of waiting.

You'll find it's a lot easier
There's no worrying
and there's no believing
that the Future can breeze through the questions.

You've won, but Security crash helmets must be worn

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

a question

a question

is tasted and analyzed
and repeatedly examined …

and the mother of all
Science We now consider
known, unchanging

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'Scoville' ... for all the chile lovers out there.

the forest

The forest …
Success
based on
a certain unity
with The oldest

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

something wicked

An umbrella, darling,
once again!
Something Wicked 
this Way Comes 


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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'bumbershoot.' Why there was no citation for Seattle's famous (or maybe not so much) Bumbershoot Festival is a mystery.

This morning that fabulous light where there's a ray of sun but everything else is stormy dark.

yoga

miraculously created
or surreptitiously introduced

Yoga in the insignificant-looking body
is the distinguishing mark of Love 

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

sweet eloquence

verses -
A way to honor
the sweet
eloquence
of a Good little
walk home,
a Treat to draw

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

demand excellence

A Poem
required power
in order To
Delight Muses
and demand
excellence
by living
in The present

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

Boy, you leave town for a couple of weeks and you come back to find the Parks Dept. has planted palms at Alki Beach. Old timers may recall the business card of the now defunct Boca restaurant, with a Caribbean beach photoshopped in front of the Olympic Mountains. Once again, life imitates art.

smiles

in Life
We want the right to
Smiles

and the good sense
to make A garden

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

Yesterday afternoon, as an evil storm rolled in from the west, the sun was still shining from the southwest on Alki Beach and its driftwood, creating a layering of wonderful colors I tried to capture.

balm

A Masterpiece
of Balm …

love tenderly,
with out Precautions

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"Heart-strings" is the word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary from those romantic lads in Oxford.

I love finding out that 500 years ago heart-strings were believed to be an actual part of our anatomy!

rare originals

Now rare
our Originals with
a distinct character woven into
Daily good Times

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

I was thinking that at the end of a year the media lists all the people we've lost, but usually not the places.

RIP Alki Bakery

halcyon years

later were the halcyon years,
and I was happy
(also) unaware

We had a little holiday in Florida
every year

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'techie.' Gee, yesterday WWW, now this. It's much easier to find poetry in Shakespeare citations than in quotes from Wired magazine...

in search of an idea

The World
quietly in search of an idea
to help

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is none other than "World Wide Web."

Grace

change,
naturally,
is embedded in any journey,

Grace
has safely brought us
to this day.

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

the Song

understanding the Song
Is
in truth
The ultimate freedom;

perfect and absolute understanding

Serenity opens the door,
laughter a shortcut.

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