travel

Travel, She said,
was quietly making decisions  
To dance

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

calligrapher

a Calligrapher's 
Companion

The letters

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'historiated,' which refers to the decoration of the initial letter of an illuminated manuscript with depictions of people, animals, or scenes.

unlikely

It has been suggested
but seems unlikely….
alien spacecraft…

A Little Laughter 

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'foo fighter.' Am I the only one that thought the band just made the name up?

autumn

woodsmoke spiraling up
leaves fluttering down —-
autumn

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The unused OED word of the day is 'nodgecomb,' yet another 16th century synonym for fool. Once again, the citations were too short, so I was left to create a haiku.

In a bit of a 'rut' (if you can use the word for something so glorious) with this autumn color, but it was beyond fashionably late, and now it's brilliant

October's style

last evening
The smell was fresh
and bitter at the same time.

October's style is complex,
her vocabulary large and the sort
people describe as ‘interesting’
—as if proud of their sophisticated taste.

The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is recherché, a word with an interesting etymology. 

In 1580 it meant "affected or unnatural", but by 1601 it had morphed into "desirable, prized." And then at the end of the 17th century it was "unusual, well-crafted."

So, reading this example in Merriam-Webster -- "a high-end restaurant with a particularly recherché selection of wines" -- I'm not sure if it's a compliment or an insult. Advice? Use with caution!

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.'

snooze button

october —
morning fog
presses the sun’s
snooze button

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The OED word of the day is ‘heroify,’ cited in a grand total of three 19th century sentences. I’m thinking the Oxford lads need to enact a minimum usage rule. I would heroify them if they only had words of the day that were suitable for erasing into poems!

cool

October loves Jazz,
cool and Curiously styled,
a very simple pleasure

take delight
in daily life,
filled
with the desire to become Love

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'camera,' which has traveled far from its 16th century roots as the papal treasury!

mush

self-confident,
yet anxious,
we pick and choose,
sandwiched between
layers of sweet mush, 
The Truth


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

plain words

Plain Words
on a circuitous
journey through
the great whirl of
human imagination,

tantalized
by the impossible
view of a rare Evening
in October,

Poems,
if graceful,
deliver an elegant little
punch
in The hush of the Evening

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

plasticity

all plasticity
and capricious disorder…
October 

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The OED word of the day for the erasure haiku is 'multiverse.'

skeletal

Halloween weekend —
golden leaves hanging on
skeletal frames

monday 12 october

street decorations
for Columbus Day —
yellow leaves