Tag: River
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 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 October 7, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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The fireman walks down to the dock, where the fisherman adjusts his line every few minutes. I see the fireman asking the fisherman questions. The fireman seems concerned, looking towards me as he talks. You see, I’ve been taking photos of the firehouse,… Continue Reading “Fishing”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Blog, Fishing, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Profiling, River, Terrorist, Writing
Posted on September 29, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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The river is high for winter, but it’s still the water I know, its muddy banks, dirty shore, lucid waves. Swollen, I can’t follow it to the lighthouse. I cut through brambles, to the trail, stepping on spongy flora forming a false carpet,… Continue Reading “Warrior Rock Light”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PoetryTags: Art, Author, Book, Hiking, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, River, Writing
Posted on August 12, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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She said we never reach the river we dream of. Never. Yet, she’s there, roasting marshmallows, gutting fish, keeping dry inside a tent. Perhaps, she’s forgotten how a wild river feels along the soles of her feet. It’s cold water, during the hottest days,… Continue Reading “No Dreaming Required”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Blog, Hiking, Life, Love, Nature, Passion, Photography, Poem, Poetry, River, Writing
Posted on July 29, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Although I haven’t seen the small river yet… the one tucked back in the Coast Range, I know the trees will come up to its edge, some will lean too close, arching over the water. Ferns will dot its shores, trailing back to darker… Continue Reading “The Small River”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Animals, Art, Backpacking, Environment, Forest, Hiking, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, River, Wildlife, Writing
Posted on January 3, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Klickitat River, December 2018 More images can be found here.
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Posted on January 23, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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The river– Cold, of a certain depth, certain speed, enough to conceal . Annie had freckles that hid frowns, dusty eyes—unmanageable red hair like wild wires sitting upon a strange round head. Pulling Jessie’s wet wrists, towards the water, hands slipped away. Annie… Continue Reading “The River (Portrait #1)”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PortraitsTags: Burial, Desire, Edgar Allan Poe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Forest, Love, Murder, Nature, Pagan, Passion, River, Short Story, Snow, Surreal, Witchcraft, Word Pictures
Posted on January 5, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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The river runs grey today Echoing the action of clouds They move, as it runs We are underneath, on the banks The river is smiling at us This leads to a flood of sky Movement, on the way The flow can’t be… Continue Reading “The Ripples Are Confused”
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Category: PoetryTags: Author, Civilization, Climate Change, Control, Extinction, Fiction, Flood, Literature, Love, Nature, Non Fiction??, Poem, Poetry, Post Apocalypse, Rain, Reading, River, Writer, Writing
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