fierce

fierce criticism
with lavish expenditure
rather than taste

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The OED word of the day for today's 'Jeopardy' clue is
"Grimthorpe," the English Lord whose restoration of St. Alban's Cathedral wasn't received well - more money than skill, apparently.

The correct response to the 'Jeopardy' answer is, of course: "What is a political campaign?"

on the edge

the Shortest Way
to end A pattern
of gloom is
Love
wavering
on the edge of infinity

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'world's end.'

you choose

Everyday Life —
You choose
your beginning
in the context
of Observer,

a Daily struggle
to get all
the bad performances
out of our system

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

an original

ultimately
an original
breaks though
and has
revolutionized art
with an Eye
that will pave the way for
controversial being declared fact

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is another doozy: 'doosra.' That would be a delivery by a cricket off-bowler and means "the other one" in Urdu. In case you were wondering.

The plant is a very cool bromeliad in the conservatory at Volunteer Park in Seattle.

longing

armed with Flowers
but Longing for May
and the possibility of sun

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Quite disappointed that the OED word of the day for the erasure poem | weather commentary is 'double.' Really, lads? That's the best you could come up with for the royal wedding day?

Had a great time sketching in Volunteer Park, as the Cornish drama department was staging a boisterous production of "As You Like It" right behind me in the small meadow.

dreams entangled

Today's OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'collide.'

Finally getting some autumn color, along with the first big storm of the season.


dreams come together
(without conflict)
passions
 e
  n
   t
  a
 n
  g
   l
    e
  d

I have to do what I know now

as if it were an everyday occurrence
we race through a beloved spot of loveliness

Mornings
nourishing and strengthening and
Painting and finding hope

present

Our purpose is solely to try our best
Having your work occasionally rejected is not a bad thing

I have to do what I know now

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

moonstruck

Moonstruck
beside the Stillwater —
dahlia garden

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Moonstruck and Stillwater are two of the many types of dahlias in the Volunteer Park Dahlia Garden I saw today. An oil painter was doing a good job of capturing this showy garden.

volunteer work

early May —
in Volunteer Park everything
is willing to bloom

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In Volunteer Park these days, the only thing more staggering than the scent of honeysuckle is the sixty Japanese woodblock prints on exhibit at SAAM. "Fleeting Beauty" indeed. If you're in the neighborhood, run don't walk.

the roaring

embrace the now...
the space between time.

Swallow the profound vnknowne (sic)
sink deep in respect
       excessively deep...

the roaring should link together
Light and thought

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

fleeting beauty

"Fleeting Beauty" says
the art museum banner —
cherry blossoms

saturday 21 november

under glass —
Shanghai chrysanthemums
with poetry names

Right inside the door of the conservatory were off-white mums with pale rose tips. Their name was translated: cherry blossoms under the silver moonlight