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.
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