Pruning Editor Poem by Saiom Shriver

Pruning Editor



Some editors who wouldn't think
of taking a brush and painting
over an artist's wet seascape
or a chisel to a sculpture
do not mind excising
living cells... the words of a poem

Pruning Editor
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: writing
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(note: I have not experienced this firsthand but have read about others' run ins)

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