Through the Eye of a Needle

the feeling of risk when writing

There’s a point in which a writer can feel simultaneously at peace with their direction, and consumed by the idea that it couldn’t possibly be any good.

Dec 13, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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November 2025

Can it ever be too much?

This week I’ve been thinking about the fine line between experimentation and self-indulgence.

Nov 30, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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manifesto for the book not yet written

My dear atoms, it’s been a while.

Nov 23, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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July 2025

For the Atoms

Silence, photographs, 'Shifty', and false promises

Jul 15, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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May 2025

Time Covers the Monobloc in Blue Light

‘When I recall, let’s say, my mother, am I having a new look at her, or do I see repeatedly a fixed image of her, forever the same? – Etel Adnan

May 29, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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From my position on the floor, crosslegged like a kid

I went to see my best friend perform.

May 15, 2025

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April 2025

The Migraine as Shadow

I am sitting by the Thames; the arterial blood

Apr 27, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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Every Sunday She Pulls Her Hair Tight Into a High Pony

There is a wound at the center.

Apr 23, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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We're All on the Edge of Madness

I A monolingual English speaker struggles to explain that his first language cannot be translated into words.

Apr 19, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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X

Glue here on the dotted / line of body or palimpsest / which is a Frankenstein / corpse of sorts The fine / crease of a Xerox’d sheet / doubles over in…

Apr 16, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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A Knit is a Battlefield

A brain is a film /-frame These enlargements / present a vivid portrait of a / man a man I am / and am not yet The water / in the glass collects in…

Apr 13, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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Reflections on Refractions: Liverpool Street

poetic score written for Alisa Oleva's walking tours on the theme of reflection

Apr 9, 2025 • Elida Silvey

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