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Question: What is an editor like!?
A small challenge if you care to; a stanza on what an editor does or is like!. Here is mine:

An editor with punctuation
is like a Mom with a washcloth…
cleaning up the messes and
putting a shine on your mug,
although usually a little reddened!
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my verse complete
i re-write, delete
grab a fresh sheet
throw incomplete
my editor, meet

me!. my worse editor nightmareWww@QuestionHome@Com

Depends on the Mom in question!.
I'd rather have my Dad!

When I think editor per say, I think of the relationship between Max
Perkins and F!. Scott Fitzgerald, How much better could it be!. Then
again, F!.S!.F life has always facinated me, his struggle in marriage and with booze etc!. yet some how he kept writing!. tragic life yet with some
victory of a sort!. I wonder what he would have been without Max!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nit-picking pedant who loves to make you wrong
Pompous, bombastic, drowning your sweet song
Pointing out the picayune, at it hammer and tongs
On the anvils of clarity and euphony, Yet you've known all along
That this tempering and tampering is what has made you strong!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The only editor I have ever known
resides upon this screen
she came to me with welcoming arms
as a woman, a friend
a sister poet
and I discovered her vast knowledge
and talent
and warmth!.

Oh, did you say she was an editor!?
I hadn't noticed!Www@QuestionHome@Com

An editor broadens the appeal of a poem
Deletes words that limits reader base
Corrects spelling, adds panctuation
Ruins a poem that was perfectly
Fine in the first placeWww@QuestionHome@Com

TD!!!! Mantises are gracious bugs!.!.!.uh, forget that they are predators too!
Good Morning!

Elaine, my prayers have been answered!.!.!.now for the next bombardment of heaven!!!! Parteeeeee!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Editors have magic eyes,
able to be so very wise
and teach, if we'll just listen
and in the end some very fine
poetry may be written!

Thanks Neon!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ever try and get between a hungry dog & it's meal !?!?

The same here Vise like grip on Manuscript ,,,Red Pen flared at the ready,,,,,Try and get the manuscript now!! uh uh,,taint gonna happen,,,,Www@QuestionHome@Com

With a pail of water
pours on love's fire
kills the warmth and light
just a wisp of smoke
fading in the night
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I have no clue to that mystery!.

Although I am fond of shiny mugs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Female Preying Mantis comes to mind!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves!.!.!. I love it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Watch out for those editors!. Right now they are more like "praying' mantises!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I once edited an Army magazine but I'm OK now!.Www@QuestionHome@Com