Erasures are great when you’ve got catching up to do, but I certainly don’t think of the method as a cop-out; it can be an art form, and it definitely takes a measure of attention. I tried my hand at a few during last year’s project, and I feel a draw to return to it – admittedly, largely because I’m a bit behind on my poem count, but it’s also a lot of fun!
Number twenty-two comes from Oedipus Rex:
Transcription:
Let
my words keep
pure
their
mortal
memory.
Time
plummets
but
will wait
for
the
desperate
poet.
Sacred
deeds
make
endless
words on the wind.
rhythm's nest 
Okay, I kept reading, so I think I get the idea–no specific poet or poem, just respectful use of their words to cobble together a new poem…?
That’s the basic idea! Longer poems (epics, poetic plays, etc.) have much more material to work with, so I find that those tend to be the ripest for mining, but depending on what inspires you, practically anything could work. I think that the more traditional approach opts for blacking out all but the selected words of the original work, but I like to leave them visible and circle or somehow highlight my chosen poem-within.
Thank you so much!!