the old days

the old days
seem peculiarly
appealing now,
difficult to recapture
that worldly assurance

Complicated: power

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pre-code.'

ancient

ancient
but never old
full moon

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Just for the record, the OED word of the day is 'fax-back' - about as lacking in poetry as you can get when there's a full moon rising in a clear winter sky. So, I return to the poetical form of the culture cool enough to have moon-viewing parties and pavilions.

heavy stuff

to Paint In the heaven of elasticity,
or poetically yield to color
Nobody denies that Sensations influence style

quiet and sweet
was happily a change from Heavy Stuff

A patient Journey,
Presence mingled Spirit with faith
Poetry & Mysteries
in step

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

examination

in the devilish Examination of the whole,
I will stick to a few words in Poems
Discover what is present or,
artfully concealed, easy to escape

Faith, now perfect
almost beyond
the possibility of desire

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

joy

Joy
is always worth
the price of a reserved ticket

Whether smuggled in
out of turn,
it is not for me to say

nothing else about it matters.

I trust Laughter
& an easy affection for the sacred
which is in our Power,
even at this Distance,
to make out

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'reserved.' This collage was done today at Bauhaus Coffee with my fellow Seattle Urban Sketchers, always a treat.

loud thoughts

Let me live loud thoughts
with Strong long roots
in Poems and
With Love And compassion
express something
In true plain words
To soothe
with imagination and reverence

I feel to be of the same mind with Life on this point.

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

ragged text

a Journal
with a Philosophical ragged text

It is particularly difficult
to be expressive because
so many things
are so new

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

Like apoptosis yesterday, this is another word that Google presumes to be a typo. Just saying, Oxford boys...

falling petals

falling petals from flowers,
Nature silent

in the middle of resolution,
relaxation
self-growth

We're not interested
in looking for ways
to keep limping along

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

rare sight

bow in reverence
to the rare sight

touch the Night

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem is (the verb) 'knee.'

Snow in Seattle last night, blowing sideways.

disorderly spirits

disorderly raised spirits of
the Heart break open …
Wild Flowers

touch.
sit.
Listen to
the earth’s stories.

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