traveling

Traveling –
Old and New
overwhelm us

Puzzling Questions
surprise with regularity

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The OED sci-fi word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'Earthship.'

misbegotten

misbegotten
summer —
the conservatory
crowded with visitors

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The short boring definition of the OED word of the day wasn't enough for an erasure poem. The word is 'jobble.'
Don't feel bad if you don't know what that is: it was in use 500 years ago to describe a small load of hay. I'm thinking that the Oxford lads might be candidates for the reality show "Hoarders."

Pictured is another take on my new favorite bromeliad, this time as a collage.

foolish patter

foolish Patter:

How is it
I get out
from behind
a bunch of
idiotic Scripts,
I ask

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'numpty,' originally Scottish slang for idiot.

I dedicate the first citation listed to my niece Victoria, as she enters middle school: "How is it I get all the numpties in my class?"