Category: Poetry
Here is where my deepest heart lies. These writings emanate from the many times when my passion hits the bottom and other times where it seems to fly on wings. To solace myself, I go to the woods on deep forest trails, pray to waterfalls, look over valleys, and dip my hands in the waters of springs, hoping to soothe myself. Forgive me if I get angry; for at times I’m just plain mad at the world.
Posted on March 30, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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The road—a language. The forest—a heart. Two voices. Both twist around mountains Where one can lose oneself Or be found.
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Blog, Books, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Posted on March 25, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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The mist stifles all sound, confines sight Numbs time, suspends the linear Encloses you in tentative comfort While scaring you with limitations You find yourself worried about the quiet Near the shallow ripples of the lake Where the hills slant their hardest towards… Continue Reading “Linear”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Blog, Lake, Life, Love, Nature, outdoors, outside, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Time, Writing
Posted on March 16, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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The warmth of the car Its heater The soothing voice of its radio The insulation it promises The thoughts we have When losing the trail In the middle of a snowstorm (Image entitled Bones. Click on image to enlarge. More images can… Continue Reading “Social Distancing”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Blog, Hiking, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Snow, Society, Winter, Writing
Posted on March 9, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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Work From rain and melted snow To find a way to the creek. To a stream, in a hurried dash to the ocean And here I stand, with bits of waterfalls trapped, inside buckets. My shoes. Soggy, wicking socks Make close friends… Continue Reading “Destinations”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Books, Life, Love, Ocean, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Water, Waterfalls, Writing
Posted on March 2, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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This river runs cruel… This river runs cold. I know she’s lost in this wilderness, where the lakes are silent, dampened by snow. Here, she walks on the edge of everything. This river will meet the sea, that’s where all lies cease, for… Continue Reading “Cruel River”
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Category: Flash Fiction, Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Blog, Books, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, River, Writing
Posted on February 26, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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There’s a quietness about the river broken by a random leap, splash of steelheads. a prairie hawk loses a feather. The natives drink a loud liquor on their fishing platforms, dip nets looking for fish who choose to become parts of ceremonies. The… Continue Reading “Traveling Near the Dark”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Backpacking, Hiking, LeslieWestMountainTraveling, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, WilliamStaffordTraveling, Writing
Posted on February 17, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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A wide emptiness sits over Spirt Lake from Harry’s Ridge to Harmony Lake Viewpoint. An emptiness of vast distance with stars or sun, clouds and wind…a series of personalities, always in the process of change, threatens to knock all thought out of you. You… Continue Reading “Living With The Volcano”
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Category: PoetryTags: #Monochrome, Art, Blog, Hiking, Life, Love, Mountains, Nature, outdoors, outside, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Writing
Posted on February 5, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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Holding it in, close, became a strength An essence, a nugget, bloom’s heart Shaped by chinks, cracks, and splits Of a shell you wished was a softer hue. Relinquished, expelled, produced a body The lucid form of your careful ambiguity From a cold… Continue Reading “Scapegoat’s Paradox”
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Posted on January 13, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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These cold hills stand unconcerned of what walks beneath them. Snow, that made it through the day’s rain, will be covered by night’s newest layer of white. But here today, the rain collects upon the trail. Footprints lie scattered. There are recent ones, still… Continue Reading “Footprints”
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Category: PoetryTags: Author, Books, Hiking, Life, Love, Nature, Oregon, outdoors, outside, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Reading, River, Snow, Winter, Writing
Posted on December 30, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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The creek isn’t cruel by not knowing my name. Even though, I have known its name all my life. On walks, I still follow its voice, soothed by its flow. I won’t ask it to know me. I’m okay with being an eternal stranger… Continue Reading “Naming Creeks”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Author, Blog, Books, Life, Love, Names, Nature, outdoors, outside, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Writing
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