[I’m still trying] by Eva Eliav

[I’m still trying]

I’m still trying
to nourish myself
with words

elusive prey

once I was as well-fed
as a bear

words leapt like salmon
into my waiting mouth

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Eva Eliav received her BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Toronto. The daughter of Holocaust Survivors, she grew up in Canada and now lives in Israel. Her poetry and short fiction have been published in numerous literary journals, including The St. Ann’s Review, Room, Emrys Journal, Ilanot Review, Flashquake, The Apple Valley Review, Horizon Review, The Fairy Tale Magazine, Stand, Constellations, Minyan Magazine, ONE ART, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Gyroscope Review, Panoplyzine, Ginosko Literary Journal, and Fictive Dream. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks: Eve (Red Bird Chapbooks, May 2019), One Summer Day (Kelsay Books, March 2021), and October (Kelsay Books, 2026).