the pelican water-dance

the pelican water-dance

dons

   an open door

towards desire

   where

a bellyful

   of illusion rests,

and love

   is measured

against a wingspan,

   coursing

its fate

   towards the sun.

Eliana Vanessa

    

Eliana Vanessa is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana at a young age.  Her poems have been selected for display via a community project called St Tammany Poetry on the Streets, and she recently participated in the Jane Austen Festival (2017,2018, 2019, upcoming) as part of a panel of other selected poets.  Eliana Vanessa’s work appears in Siren’s Call, The Horrorzine, The Rye Whiskey Review, The Ramingo’s Porch, Fearless Magazine, and the anthology, Masks Still Aren’t Enough.