dreams

Dreams 
preserve
the memory
of the past

& add
interesting matter
to the original,
making it complete

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

understanding

Understanding & controlling
are not sufficient
to change the character
of an adult male

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

Sorry, guys, but it's not like there was a lot to work with... and who wants to 'change the character of a nymph'?

magic

the forest
tasted of Magic
having roots
in the land
of fairies

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'hotchi-witchi,' which is Gypsy speak for a hedgehog - which, apparently, the Romani like to eat. Okaaaaayy...

The most interesting thing for me is that the word has roots, the lads think, in Middle Persian (wešag forest). 'Tis a tangled web, language...

disgusting things

part of an extended metaphor
art contains Disgusting Things 

So what?

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'germy.' Rather surprised at the Dylan Thomas citation:

"Remember this: each rose is wormy.
And every lovely woman's germy."

Dude.

sporting

Sporting Match

I will, if you will
but the thing of it is

I've got to
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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'rowdy,' which mid-19th century was apparently slang for money. Not sure that it's gonna make a comeback...

Larger image of this Japanese cherry -  a gift from Kobe to the Port of Seattle, the rubbing says - here.

perfume

the essence of rain falling on dry ground …
perfume in September
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The OED word of the day is 'petrichor,' something I love but didn't know the name for. It is a "pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather."

If it ever rains again in Seattle, we'll be enjoying it :)

budget cuts

city budget cuts —
late summer dust motes float
through the library

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Passing up 'boat ax,' the OED word of the day to say how sad it makes me to have Seattle libraries shut down for a week due to budget cuts.

garbage strike

summer garbage strike —
dumpsters ripening faster
than the tomatoes

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Though I didn't use the OED word of the day for the haiku, have to tell you that it is  'pluck-buffet,' an archery contest in which the loser received a blow (buffet) from the winner. Luckily, not part of the Olympics.

The sketch is view of downtown from Hamilton Viewpoint Park in West Seattle. Drawn between two wedding party photo shoots! Larger image on Seattle Urban Sketchers site.

sardines

can clouds be packed into the sky
like sardines in a can?
july sky

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The OED word of the day was 'onding,' which, given the weather the Brits are having is no surprise. It means to rain heavily.

You'd think there'd be a lot of citations, but only one (hence no poem from it). Possibly because the participle is ondinging. Which seems to start one's mouth dinging dinging dinging...

moongazing

The usually hateful crow:
he, too — this evening,
moongazing!

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An homage to Basho on the occasion of the year's Supermoon. This is how it appeared from my window.

can't sit around waiting

A future uncertain;
trying to balance
the pressures of today

can't sit around waiting,
and analyze to death
angst-ridden behavior

demanding a Good Weekend
may not be a sign of immaturity at all

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

with a pencil

search out and draw life

under examination
the present
Will nourish
the soul

Dashes at Life 
with a Pencil
influence your mind,
an advantage you may
not have thought of

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'pabalum,' not to be confused with pablum. In fact, as the Oxford lads point out, the two are so OFTEN confused that the definition for pablum is now an alternate definition for pabulum, even though they border on opposites!

If I've completely boggled your mind, you can always go to the source!

get (it)

get (it) 

Totally Unofficial
Hype,
fired up Vibe 

right,
got it

style is mixed
with the energy of the Observer 

an irresistible-hued hook is a no-brainer

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'crunk.' The first citation is from a 1995 rap music dictionary. Enuf said.

nimbose

tempestuous Night
Distilling dew
under a Harvest of Stars

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The Oxford lads continue in a very London/Seattle climatic frame of mind. The OED word of the day for the erasure haiku is 'nimbose' (cloudy, stormy)

in a dream

Pictures in a dream
disappear in a flash
lacking the full colors
The moon made visible

Then life! and its Wild Road,
Neon signs in the fog,
inviting sweet Secrets
where change is a spring
to Beauty

your bridge from reality to dream in the morning sun

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'rainbow,' so rich in citations that Google Mail cut it off at 6000 words!

a page from an old volume

full of clouds,
The wind
is a Page from 
an Old Volume of Life

But let us sit awhile /

The moonlight victoriously breaks forth

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is  another Seattle-friendly one: 'nubiferous.'

Found myself out for coffee with no blank paper, so a Christmas shopping ad was the substitute

strong

an enthusiasm for
September
its rhythm,
energetic and strong;
the sound of A soul

Originals impress us
no end

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

bright and pure and clean

bright and pure and clean,
people seem to like the Sea

A long parade of visitors
crying out for some beauty

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

alchemy

the supreme alchemy
is Love
which changes all
our losses into
A kind of
perfect thing

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

everything a journey

everything is a Pilgrimage,
a Journey of Adventures
And many strange creatures
possess a voice…

under the humming tide
warriors weep

The sea reflecting Life

hyperbolical in Poems
gigantic, immense, enormous
Love is a dance,
an answer that must fit all doubt,
much easier to paint than describe

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