Alegrarse issue two
Editor's Note:
Folks, friends, fam,
I'm delighted to present to you the second issue of Alegrarse. In this issue, Alegrarse rededicates itself to the mission of being an online space that is both for and about poetry. In the upcoming weeks, we'll be sharing brief, mini-interviews with some of our gorgeous & incredibly talented lineup of contributors, in which they'll be talking about their work, their writing process, their poems. We've also added to our 2019 Recommended Reading page, highlighting poetry and essays about poetry from across the web. We're actively working on ways to expand this mission in other directions, and you can expect issue three to feature some super exciting examples of this.
But in the meantime, let's focus on the work of the present.
Issue Two splatters. It excites, debases, and offers moments of stillness as monumental as its moments of song. The work of Luke Evans grapples with two narratives with such attention to longing and understanding that they seamlessly blend into one. Surath Fernando's suggestive title and short breath of a poem speaks to what I can only describe in the most banal of ways--the human condition. Golden's work is re-imaginative, lyric, and breathtaking; their poems demand to be shouted as much as they demand to be whispered. Robert Julius' poems celebrate and envision, Aidan Aragon's hush and remember. The work of Lisa Folkmire and Ace Boggess is contemplative, carefully crafted and meticulously molded into poems that delight as much as they perplex. Hadiyyah Kuma's poem is as sure to bring a smile to your face as Nome Emeka Patrick's is to make you gasp.
I am so honored to feature each and every one of these poems on this site, in this space.
I hope you enjoy their work as much as I do.
Gratefully,
Bailey
I'm delighted to present to you the second issue of Alegrarse. In this issue, Alegrarse rededicates itself to the mission of being an online space that is both for and about poetry. In the upcoming weeks, we'll be sharing brief, mini-interviews with some of our gorgeous & incredibly talented lineup of contributors, in which they'll be talking about their work, their writing process, their poems. We've also added to our 2019 Recommended Reading page, highlighting poetry and essays about poetry from across the web. We're actively working on ways to expand this mission in other directions, and you can expect issue three to feature some super exciting examples of this.
But in the meantime, let's focus on the work of the present.
Issue Two splatters. It excites, debases, and offers moments of stillness as monumental as its moments of song. The work of Luke Evans grapples with two narratives with such attention to longing and understanding that they seamlessly blend into one. Surath Fernando's suggestive title and short breath of a poem speaks to what I can only describe in the most banal of ways--the human condition. Golden's work is re-imaginative, lyric, and breathtaking; their poems demand to be shouted as much as they demand to be whispered. Robert Julius' poems celebrate and envision, Aidan Aragon's hush and remember. The work of Lisa Folkmire and Ace Boggess is contemplative, carefully crafted and meticulously molded into poems that delight as much as they perplex. Hadiyyah Kuma's poem is as sure to bring a smile to your face as Nome Emeka Patrick's is to make you gasp.
I am so honored to feature each and every one of these poems on this site, in this space.
I hope you enjoy their work as much as I do.
Gratefully,
Bailey
Table of contents
Contributors
Luke Evans
Surath Fernando
Golden
Robert Julius
Aidan Aragon
Lisa Folkmire
Hadiyyah Kuma
Ace Boggess
Nome Emeka Patrick