for my first foray into erasure poetry, i used a random number generator to choose which pages to work with. as i'm using The Three Edwards by Thomas Costain i thought i would set a goal of finding 3 poems in each page. here they are.
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later, it
should be explained,
a beautiful woman
had been given charge
a gentle
susceptibility
insisted on a careful screening
proving a
failure
a hostile view
of eloquence
later, the
public mind interfering,
it was decided to summon
a serious regard
to stand in high places
*
Edward
generally advanced,
will dictated solely by
his deep desire.
He had fallen
in love
with a beautiful woman,
and she had fallen in love
soon thereafter.
He had insisted
on proving his infatuation:
a man of
passionate convictions
as well as eloquence,
pursuer of luxury,
his own tangled affairs
empty. There was nothing new
since Edward had come to the throne
reluctantly.
*
proof of
complicity
to feel the crown
on his brow
proving he had
fallen
in love and had fallen
his mistress
insisted
on compliance
proving the
beautiful
always willing
to believe
empty extravagances
Edward had come
to
emptiness, acquainted
with corruption
a beautiful woman
had been given charge
insisted on a careful screening
it was decided to summon
a serious regard
to stand in high places
will dictated solely by
his deep desire.
with a beautiful woman,
and she had fallen in love
soon thereafter.
on proving his infatuation:
as well as eloquence,
pursuer of luxury,
his own tangled affairs
empty. There was nothing new
since Edward had come to the throne
reluctantly.
in love and had fallen
on compliance
empty extravagances
emptiness, acquainted
with corruption
