the crux

belief is the crux

April clearly
has no intention
of committing

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

immaterial things

Poems join with Sketches
I went beyond the walls
to entertain mine eye
with the Paradise
of immaterial things

Silence is an embryo
dwelling in the Poems
I sit Belonging to Now
Nobody & Somebody

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'suburb,' the usage of which goes back to the 14th century.

the Sun

in spring
the Sun when it shines
is a glorious flower itself

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The OED word of the day is the totally unusable 'macker,' so with the help of my library card that gives me access to the OED, I have chosen my own word for the erasure poem: tulip. I'm sure that the Oxford lads would have done so themselves if they were aware of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

crazily

life
crazily steadied on planks
of old rusty sense

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

spring

Worth tedious Volumes of Poetry,
spring is a delicate Light
of Life just begun

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

catch the sea

Small
white-collared waves trip primly up

Listener

discover How
you catch the Sea

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The OED word of the day, serving as the basis for the erasure poem, is 'precinct.'