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Luisa A. Igloria

@thepoetslizard.bsky.social

Poet Laureate of VA 2020-22, Emerita; ODU Louis I. Jaffe Professor; Baguio girl; https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbearer/ ; linktr.ee/thepoetslizard

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POETRY-IN-PROGRESS: LUISA A. IGLORIA Editor’s Note:   The Halo Halo Review  is pleased to offer a new feature: “Poetry-in-progress” where poets focus on the making of a single p...

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The Halo-Halo Review Critical reviews, Introductions, and other engagements with the English-language works of Filipino authors in all genres

Thank you Eileen Tabios for the invitation to help kick off your new series of features (Poems in Progress) at The Halo Halo Review ✨🎉

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Thank you Eileen Tabios for the invitation to help kick off your new series of features (Poems in Progress) at The Halo Halo Review ✨🎉

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See you in SF ✨

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Thank you 2025 BRILLIANT POETRY PRIZE judges for this honor ✨💕✨

You can read all of the poems in full at www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025

All are invited to a virtual reading with the shortlisted poets on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.

The event is free
tinyurl.com/bp2025-read

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"The Nature of Our Times" Hybrid Poetry Reading & Exhibit Launch Join us for a hybrid poetry reading and exhibit launch featuring contributors to the new anthology "The Nature of Our Times."

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Caulbearer — The Poetry Lighthouse Having just marked its one-year birthday, Luisa A. Igloria’s Caulbearer reads now like a small constellation; each poem a bright, necessary star that keeps its own orbit while throwing light on its ...

In 12 days, it will be my 14th year
writing [at least] a poem a day.

Grateful for this sustaining practice.

* Check out my latest book, CAULBEARER, from @blacklawrence.bsky.social; and this review of it at The Poetry Lighthouse www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/book-reviews...

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Bit of a late post— I just happened on this in a FB Group I’m a member of. Apparently one of my poems (from CAULBEARER, Black Lawrence Press) is among the “Special Mention” poems (among many excellent poets) in THE 2025 PUSHCART PRIZE Anthology and wasn’t informed (same with a lot of other poets).

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It’s complete and it’s beautiful!!!
So proud, and grateful to Venazir Martinez who created ODU’s first public mural, one that honors the legacies and achievements of Filipinos in Hampton Roads! 🎉💕🎉
[Photo credit: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Director of the ODU ODU Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries ]

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Artist threading Filipino culture and local history into a mural near ODU Venazir Martinez has created festive murals around the world, each reflecting their surrounding communities. She will discuss her work Thursday, Oct. 30 at ODU.

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The 2025 Brilliant Poetry Competition Shortlisted Poems: Luisa A. Igloria - IYQ 2025 Brilliant Poetry is an international competition that invites participants from around the world every year to explore scientific discoveries and curiosity through poetic expression.   Aligned with th...

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Safety Pin Safety is a body with a place to hide in.

"Safety is a body with/ a place to hide in."

Read "Safety Pin" by Luisa A. Igloria (@thepoetslizard.bsky.social), new in our #PoetryTuesday column in #TheMargins. 🧷

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miCRo: "Tell me about the future" by Luisa A. Igloria A poem for those experiencing climate anxiety, with an unexpected turn in the changing environment

Here's the text of one of the poems featured by Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard in Episode 25 of their "Poems You Need" —

"Tell me about the future"
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 40 A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

Despite everything, poetry. With @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social 3/3
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Poems You Need, Episode 25: Luisa A. Igloria
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Thank you so much Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard for such beautifully attentive readings of my poems. 💕💕💕

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Caulbearer — The Poetry Lighthouse Having just marked its one-year birthday, Luisa A. Igloria’s Caulbearer reads now like a small constellation; each poem a bright, necessary star that keeps its own orbit while throwing light on its ...

What a gift to be read with such depth and precision! I could not have asked for a better reader.

Thank you Erwin Arroyo / The Poetry Lighthouse 💕💕💕

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Luisa A. Igloria (@VAPoetLaureate2020) reads “[God gave a Loaf to every Bird —]” by Emily Dickinson | Read A Little Poetry Luisa A. Igloria (@VAPoetLaureate2020) reads “[God gave a Loaf to every Bird —]” by Emily Dickinson.

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“San Maló” by Luisa A. Igloria | The Missouri Review Discovering the best in fiction, essays, and poetry

Today marks the start of Filipino American History month.

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Mark your calendars - and join us Wednesday 08 October at 8 PM.

Free/open to the public, but please register at Eventbrite—
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Join us — Luisa A. Igloria @thepoetslizard.bsky.social , Michelle Peñaloza, R.A.Villanueva, & @rhonierika.bsky.social — for a virtual reading & conversation, OUR HISTORY BRINGS US HERE * 8:00 ET, Wed Oct 8 * We're
toasting our books published this past year/this year, so RSVP now at aaww.org/events/

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Missing this crew already!!! Thank you KSU and Wick Poetry center— you bet we’re coming back! 💕💕💕 Thank you and here’s to everything else ahead 🍸🎉 #ecopoetry #thenatureofourtimes

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Home Home The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.

Thank you, poets.org and Poem-a-Day! 🎉 poets.org/poem/lingard...

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Filipino American History Month: 10 Poetry Recommendations for Booksellers - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses October is Filipino American History Month! To help bookstores and libraries celebrate, we’ve put together this roundup of 10 poetry collections to spotlight all month and year-round. (We publish long...

Wooo! So cool to be listed in this roundup with my daughter Ina Cariño and my friend and colleague Marianne Chan! 💕💕💕

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Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.

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Reading Series | Wick Poetry Center | Kent State University Wick Poetry CenterReadings & Events 2025–2026 The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through PoetryAugust 29, 5:00pmCenter for the Visual Arts, CVA GalleryKent State Campus, 325 Terrace Dr, Kent, OH 44...

And on Thurs., 18 Sept., join me and my co-editors Aileen Cassinetto and David Hassler for the Book Launch of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA'S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER NATURAL WONDERS Poetry Reading, 7:00 PM * Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.
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The Exhibit · The Nature of Our Times Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders

If you are in Cleveland on Fri., 19 Sept., come give a listen to Ohio poets (and anthology editors) read from THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA'S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, and OTHER NATURAL WONDERS (Paloma Press, 2025)
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We hope to see you at the BOOK LAUNCH programs for THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, at the Wick Poetry Center 18 September, and at the Cleveland Public Library 19 September. <3

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And I am so grateful for the tireless work of my co-editors, and the vision of Dr. Phil Levin and United By Nature. 

Agyamanac unay! <3

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Thank you to the 210 poets who gave us their poems for this beautiful print collection; to the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, Poets for Science, the Ohio Arts Council, the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture, the Woodward Foundation, and Alex Catanese at Each+Every

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