witness

so quiet and peaceable,
rising early,
writing from my heart

It was not even a good poem

however, It was
a True Witness 
to the mornin’

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

My timeous arrival at Il Corvo Pasta, a two-burner operation housed on the Procopio Gelateria premises at Pike Place Market, scored me a terrace table to enjoy the excellent cavatelli and a glass of barbera.

you, planted

the you 
you planted
grows wild;
its flavor delicious

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

vagabond

Walk Vagabond 
When the reason
be Poems
coupled with nature

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'facinorous.' Nothing you would want to be called in the 17th century, but just a "huh??" today.

in a great hurry

Apparently
an imperative,
to be
in a great hurry is

Life

Be quick
& Wait,
and Leaning towards Infinity,
run out again

Why are we always running?

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

It would be interesting to keep track of every time the Blogger's 21st century American English spellchecker flags the OED word of the day. 'Quicksticks,' of course, definitely alarms it! :)

last peaches

the sun warms the year's
last peaches as we drink
French wine on the terrace

toddle

In the Morning
the taste of Life was great,
& I lay there
in something of a trance,
and I suppose that's okay

in The Feng Shui 
for Modern Living
the thing to do, On Sunday,
is to toddle.
Calmly and constructively.
Close to home.

I don't need abundant rules—
Just an O.K. from the gods 

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'OK. ' Surprisingly confusing origin, with arguments made for Scottish, Choctaw, French and West African.

Today was Buskers' Festival at Pike Place Market. Glad the skies cleared for them.

rusted

August
heavily rusted
hung down
needle-like
at Midnight

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A string of odd and difficult-to-use OED words of the day for the erasure poem| commentary. Today's is 'rusticle.'

may day

tulips —
may day cacophony
in the market

heart sound

Painting

with a song of rain

Poems wrapped
in Flowers

whose first [heart] sound
is the roar of
Time

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Today's word of the day from the online Oxford English Dictionary is "muffle."