She witnessed what women were capable of enduring.
The silence in the shadow of a robbing man, the alpha
Disguising a puddle. Discriminating against her light and shove
Her into a room where she would depend on protection.
Everybody had these women’s tastes on their tongues.
Their hearts ran marathons and they’d still find love.
They would be moulded into the casts of tragic heroines.
And I look into their eyes and I had seen them on the floor.
Hope hid behind every tear, the resilient skin, the hearts
Picking themselves back up. No matter how small they would
Make themselves, they’d never disappear. They make room for
Certain men to absorb them, men with the soul of a rat.
They underestimate their stamina, their character and envy
Their self-actualising powers, the perseverance of their minds.
What drove these women into the arms of these men? This
Toxicity? Was it sex? Was it worth it? Was their love this flexible?
She cannot look at him anymore, this boy in a man’s body.
She had tried on a million faces and he had been blind to all of them.
“Julia Gardiner Tyler” by Francesco Anelli (1805-1878)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My poetry and short stories have been published in two anthologies entitled 'Shaking Thoughts' and 'Until Forever Becomes The End', both edited by Joan Barbara Simon PhD PhD, leading to a prose and poetry recital called 'Silence Breakers' at the Libreria Altrimenti in Luxembourg.
My article on 'Biblical Imagery and Apocalyptic Visions in Films' written for the university course 'Film And Popular Culture' was published in a Luxembourgish film magazine named 'Graffiti'.
My work was chosen as obligatory reading for the academic course 'Creative Writing' at the University of Luxembourg and was the focus of the students’ exam portfolio. I was invited by the University of Luxembourg to do a workshop on my short story 'Prophets of the Streetlight' for the 'Creative Writing' course, including a reading and a Q&A.
In 2013, I published my own collection of short stories and poetry entitled 'Seraphic Addiction', which led to an invitation by Ara City Radio to do an interview and a reading on air.
Consequently I was encouraged to create my own radio show called 'Chasse-Sirène' surrounding literature, films, music and art.
Furthermore, I am the official German translator of Joan Barbara Simon’s 'Verses Nature' trilogy.
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
I am the creator of "Croque-Melpomene: Femalecentric Poetry" and I have a YouTube channel carrying the same name.
I am a weekly blogger for RTL Today, a major European media platform.
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