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.

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.'

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