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 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 March 17, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Out on the ledge, the snow hushes the wild. This kind of quiet soothes while it scares Strange mixture of awareness. A lone northern harrier is the only singer. She strafes the powder with one beat of her wings Eyes on everything, including me.… Continue Reading “The Ledge”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Backpacking, Blog, Hiking, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Snow, Trails, Winter, Writing
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 December 27, 2014
by Elan Mudrow
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She vibrates on trails high above Tunnel Falls, where lakes colder than winter wait. No one sees her, only a wake follows. Her apparition is enough to remind her of words left behind—words which cut into her skin—permanent wounds. Not the simple healing of… Continue Reading “Beyond Words”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Artist, Author, Creative Writing, English Class, Famous, Fiction, Literary Theory, Literature, Music, Pagan, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Prose, Religion, Short Story, Silence, Singer, Snow, Witch, Writing
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