Friday, July 6, 2018

Cruelty by Eliana Vanessa



a black sky bouquet
weighs heavily on the brain

the sudden loss of humanity

what dangers
the babies face

my memory traces
the exits
of the schoolhouse
where they play

i know
that love alone
will not save the day

as life demands
the certainty of my cruelty
time and time again






Eliana  Vanessa is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana at a young age.  Eliana's 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 and 2018) as part of a panel of other selected poets.  Eliana attends several writing groups, including Poets Alive, Bayou Writers and Inklings in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Her work has been published at The Rye Whiskey Review, Cajun Mutt Press , The Horror Zine , Under The Bleachers .

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