the boldly successful

arouse thee now—ho!
the boldly successful
have very different feelings
towards the New

join the party

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is "Septembrist."

dreams bumping against each other

Life is Adventures
and Illusions
glued together

to make it better
begin this morning
with a Choice
that will
not interfere with Dreams
bumping against each other

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The OED dessert of the day (DOTD) for the erasure poem|commentary is 'pancake.' Is Jamie Oliver is the new CEO of the OED?

chocolate

Chocolate
the source of ease

Save me the best,
I want to cheer up

let me see it, If I may
I love it with Poems

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Well, I was close in my prediction of the OED word of the day: it's 'marchepane,' which is how one wrote 'marzipan' back in Shakespeare's day.

I don't know why (is it National Dessert Week in the UK?) the Oxford lads are in a diabetic coma mood, but I went with them in this erasure poem|commentary. We'll see if they go for four in a row tomorrow (pavlova, apple-pie, marchepane, TBD)