Elan Mudrow
Smidgens
Category: The Fashioned Series
We are made up of outer shells, hooves, and helmets. We live in sin with lonely dishes, decanters, and devil’s food cake. Accessories are not additives, but attachments. Our clutter embellishes, wraps us up within a blanket of collections. The Fashioned Series is about how our intimacy with objects mingles with meaning. These poems fuse humor with observation, fashion with personality, and ponderings with insignificance. Be careful what you’re fashioned after.
Washcloths Are Scrubs
Posted on April 6, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
A bath towel knows the raw and rude truth Which in most cases Is not a good thing A paper towel gets wet Easily. Then it’s all over In one or two short wipes A kitchen towel thinks they’re fancy schmancy But is… Continue Reading “Washcloths Are Scrubs”
Category: Poetry, The Fashioned SeriesTags: Advice, Author, Bathroom, Cleanliness, Decor, Erotic, Household, Interior Decorating, Kitchen, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Sex, Towels, Writer, Writing
Woolens Are Overprotective
Posted on April 2, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Argyles are in cahoots With high waters And can recite, from memory, Dialogue from Star Trek Nylons want to make Believe they are free and easy But run when the going gets tough Woolens are overprotective Leg warmers brag And want to be… Continue Reading “Woolens Are Overprotective”
Category: Poetry, The Fashioned SeriesTags: Accessories, Author, Clothes, Clothing, Comedy, Fashion, Humor, Love, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Socks, The Fashioned Series, Writer, Writing
Never Smooch A Brooch
Posted on March 23, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Always walk arm and arm With a purse. They’re insecure And get addicted to junk Don’t listen to babbling bracelets They get caught up in the apparel Never hang out with a trashy trinket Necklaces will fool you With spoiled-ass sweet talk… Continue Reading “Never Smooch A Brooch”
Beanies Are Babyish
Posted on March 16, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Hairnets keep things in place Caps are con artists Indecisive little shits, who Don’t want to be pinned down Derbies are dumbfounded Stovepipes are bearded with warts Stocking caps muffle their words Then get lost in the snow Unless they have a tassel… Continue Reading “Beanies Are Babyish”
Flannel Likes Your Grandma
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Comforters are insecure Blankets hide in between secrets Muffling the truth of the matter Pillows make lewd suggestions To any side of the head That happens to take an interest Sheets are cold at first Until they warm up to you King, Queen,… Continue Reading “Flannel Likes Your Grandma”
Sacred Clothing
Posted on February 27, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Suspenders are oblivious To their importance They hold shit up Panties can only be pink once Bras are too self-involved Gloves never lay a hand on anything Belts are for the buttless Tightening up when uncomfortable Loosening up after a few drinks Jock… Continue Reading “Sacred Clothing”
Category: Poetry, The Fashioned SeriesTags: Author, Clothes, Creative Writing, Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Modernism, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Victorian Literature, Women, Writer, Writing
Casuals Don’t Fool Anyone
Posted on February 13, 2015 by Elan Mudrow
Slippers are for cowards Slip-ons are for Christmas Morning hung-over dads Sandals are for white people forced into dreadlocks on their way to burn a man Dancing out of their money eating spiced tempeh fries disguised as Jesus peyote offered by the naturopath… Continue Reading “Casuals Don’t Fool Anyone”
Category: Poetry, The Fashioned SeriesTags: Author, Clothes, Comedy, Fashion, Fiction, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Shoes, Short Story, Writer, Writing
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