Halloween

Halloween —
greeting kids at the door with
chocolate on my lips

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FYI, the OED word of the day was 'Bloody Bones.' Yuck.

After debating the outdoor options (wet), Peggy and I hunkered down in Ivars on Pier 54. Kudos to our waiter who left us totally undisturbed to paint the view

travel

Travel, She said,
was quietly making decisions  
To dance

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'loco.'

attitude

Used in an interesting way
color implied attitude

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'ostrobogulous,' which typically means indecent

history

History underscores
the bonds of friendship
forged by winter

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

dreams

Dreams 
preserve
the memory
of the past

& add
interesting matter
to the original,
making it complete

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

remaindered

late october —
the memory of summer sun
remaindered

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In case you want to take it up, the unused OED word of the day is 'morology,' the study of fools and folly.

incongruous beauty

Life
is complex and exquisite,
fused into an incongruous beauty
connecting all:

plug in

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

connection

An animal that is comfortable is rare…
the majesty of the
extraordinary connection
with each other

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'arctician.' Even though Google thinks I've made a typo and meant tactician, I think you can imagine what this word means... even if you can't imagine using it in a sentence.

This collage ("Katsura with Poem") is inspired botanically by the Japanese tree (several planted at the Arboretum),  whose autumn leaves smell exactly like cotton candy, and artistically by the Japanese art that places calligraphy down the right-hand side, with a description or poem.

Larger image on Flickr.

kissing

kissing you

an Adventure of soft, warm love,
surely the best /last thing he dreams of

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

tranquility

Let the spirit
while it can
find comfort in
humble tranquility
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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'orgulous.'

The collage is an homage to Mary Delany, the subject of Molly Peacock's "The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72."