Tony Schanuel
Several feral children who have been found through the decades, a few of whom are still alive today.
Oxana
When it is safer to eat in the dirt
with the dogs under the table
that’s where you sit
When the adults go soft and quiet
passed out from drinking vodka
but the dogs still play
that’s who you run with
Kevin
hessian sack over
the hen house
window
tiny boy is
starved
of sun beams
human contact
he can only peck
and flap
Genie
From gentle
beautiful babbling
toddler
to ever-broken
girl
Father hit
big stick.
Father is angry.
Father hit Genie
big stick.
Father take piece wood hit.
Father is dead.
Marie-Louise received her MFA in 2020 from Manchester Writing School. In 2021 her pamphlet, When We Lived in Los Angeles was published by Alien Buddha Press & she was a winner in Poetry News’ “The Lesser Loss” competition with her poem, Orphan. It appears (with audio) on the London Poetry Society website. Originally from London she lives in the US with her family.
Tony Schanuel is an award-winning photographer and visual artist who has fused a professional background in photography, digital technology, and painting and mark making to create fine art that transcends those mediums. His work has been featured in Digital Imaging Magazine, Computer Graphic Magazine, Wild Heart Journal, St. Louis Design Magazine, and is a featured artist in Cyber Palette and Extreme Graphics, two books showcasing digital artists and their work. He has exhibited at the Florence Biennale and his art is held in private and corporate collections including the Fine Arts Museum of Houston permanent photographic collection.