original blessing

Every life is Divine
genuine and original

a Blessing shone again

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

I'd like to ask them whether they throw darts to select these. In the past week, the words of the day have been decidedly ho-hum and on a slippery downhill slope ever since 'spaghetti,' I'd say.

sunshine valentine

February sunshine —
Mother Nature's valentine
to the Northwest

tuesday 26 january

HOPE:

Hearts
must laugh easily.

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Today's entry courtesy of the OED word of the day: parry.

tuesday 29 december

bare branches
with snowberries
a game
of connect-the-dots

friday 25 december

december sunshine
in Seattle the only
gift required

thursday 24 december

creeksong
in sunshine
a perfect
Christmas carol

tuesday 22 december

the wind
&
white
feathers

for getting earth

in the
Wild
holy places.

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Today's OED word of the day for the erasure poem was 'pill.'

sunday 20 december

alabaster
stars

Compelling a
contemplation of
desire

or perhaps
Hope

…there's no way of telling


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On this remarkable 60° day, the OED word of the day for this erasure poem was 'zoned.'

saturday 19 december

december mist —
once again the world
is flat

monday 14 december

A place
itself alone, in
gloomy-mountain'd

woods.

Haven't you a fancy for that

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The OED word of the day is mere - the verb! That was a new one on me. In case you're curious: To mark out (land) as regards its boundaries.

tuesday 24 november

late autumn gold —
framing by mother nature

tuesday 17 november

dilated eyes
watching the clouds roll in
with profound relief

monday 16 november

cold november wind
the crows fight
to maintain their perch

thursday 12 november

per capita
the most sunglasses are sold
in Seattle

sunday 8 november

sunday afternoon —
a single sailboat leaning
into the storm

saturday 7 november

trembling against
the stormy sky a rainbow
of autumn leaves

thursday 5 november

early november
grayed out like
an offline button

sunday 1 november

Longfellow Creek —
poetry in motion

It's great that there are still natural free flowing creeks in West Seattle. Longfellow meanders three miles and then flows into the Duwamish. The Legacy trail spends a little too much time on streets, but has moments of brilliance including here, near the Dragonfly Pavilion and Fishbone Bridge (both very cool pieces of public art).

wednesday 28 october

nothing
on the horizon
but winter

tuesday 27 october

tumultuous clouds
fling themselves across the bay
autumn storms