resolutely Independent

Poems …and Other Thoughts
inspired by Life
gave the crowd
a taste of Music
imagined in excitement,
a sound that's champagniness

warm sweet air,
light and bright and exhilarating,
Adventures in Good Words
coming from the heart
of a life resolutely Independent

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'champagne.' Cheers!

December

December
With great restraint quietly
waited for the Moon

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The online OED word of the day for the erasure poem is lift-off.

FYI, it seems the Oxford boys have changed their website format. The word of the day is now linked from the home page.

living large

Living large —
walking with a good friend

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

touchstone

to designate perfection
Nature provides a touchstone
a single flower

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is monotelic — be glad you aren't! :)

flowers

flowers in the field
saree-clad

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Chilly gray Seattle posts will resume tomorrow. If you want something hot & colorful, I've put my India sketch journal online.

Indian red

changing my palette
to marigold yellow
and Indian red

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Duh: I had never made the connection between the color Indian red and the place. In fact, the term for the color dates from 1792 and derives from the red laterite soil found in India (lots of iron oxide).

This blog will be on hiatus while I'm painting there...

the boldness of things not seen

in the boldness of Things not Seen
there is nothing but pure Poetry

On a fine night
I can smell
the Equinox:
the delicate sensation
of fall
becoming
a clear tranquility

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is (was, if you are reading this after 4pm PDT) 'pungency.'

sunlight

a continuous stream of creation —
sunlight with no interruption

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is 'free energy.'

blue

election day —
if nothing else
the sky is blue

baldness

november rain —
autumn pattern baldness