Elan Mudrow
Smidgens
A Writer’s Guide To Revision
I peek out from the analog…paper skin, bone and water…hue, saturation…body tweaked with vibrance, a layering of edits, revision…revised with dark lines, shades on skin, adjustments…adhered, affixed.
Fixed.
My face, my story, a template, structure of desire, rouge of action…series of alignments…light and color, words to squeeze into a promising book with the softest palms upon its cover.
Truth has eyeshadow on, fiction in a fig leaf…never completely naked. My breath as sweet as apple, hair aglow, you’re reading all the signs, recite. The mirror is surrounded by the brightest lights, in the act of making things up.
My real pixel lips, wet primary colors, loose yarn, no day, no night, no image, words bare
Only a deep, deep spinning
Orbits…
Eyes…
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Beautiful work.
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Yep, you’ve got this one down after plenty of editing. It is full of truth. What more could any poem do if it is done beautifully?
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Amazing. I love your images that feel like mysteries not quite revealed.
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Thanks for answering back! Yeah, I tend to spend a couple weeks on my poetry too.
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I really loved your imagery and your play on words. My synapses were on fire! 🙂
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Brilliant.
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This is beautiful!! I love the ending with orbits and eyes.
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One might be tempted to write a novel with the help of a photo editing program. Haha!
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Well, that’s a bit hard to put a time on them, as some are quick and others take time. This particular one took about 2 weeks. But some days I spent a couple to hours with it and others I didn’t look at it and worked on other things.
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Love this one, you turned the spinning wheels of the cerebral into something visceral and feeling. An excellent piece.
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I like the enigma around this piece… how long do you usually spend on these, Elan?
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This is of the highest quality. It is by far the best piece I have read in a very long time, it is not to exaggerate to say truly inspired and inspiring. Chris T.
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So welcome!
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Thanks so much!!
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Elan, this is truly beautiful!
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