Rene Villanueva, the singer and writer for the band Idyll Green, recently released a book of poetry titled, “when love ends, be the water.” The book takes its name from the band’s most recent EP,...
The moss that swing on the trees of the south still feel the fingertips of slaves that hugged them in the night; desperate to find the direction of the north.
A mother’s swollen breast leaks milk for...
Students, professors, colleagues, English fanatics and poetry lovers alike gathered at the San Antonio Library Foundation to celebrate UTSA Professor Steven G. Kellman, Ph.D., and UTSA alumna Natalia Treviño...
Getting to know the city’s new poet laureate.
The world awakens inspiration: sounds, colors, textures. All three come together to help San Antonio poet laureate Octavio Quintanilla create...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned
from those of the past and present
and all of my interactions,
it is that we all have something to say.
You have a story and meaning.
Each person...
My heart is filled with a constellation
dancing and soaring through the dark
but stars burn brightest at their death
and from flaming blasts blossom new scars
that I cannot, will not ever regret
Spanish...
I am physically locked on you
Pulling me in with an intelligent mind and deafening irises
My body aches with desire
Wanton and obsessed I hang on your words
A passionate speaker your ideas...
They call it stick ‘cause it sticks;
The gears whine as they grind and twist
Entwined just fine until I try to shift.
Shit. Was that third or fifth
I think as I’m pitched
Hit the wheel...
When the wolf skulked through the woods,
Red betrayed not a single fear,
though her curling fingers did tremble,
Mother’s warnings grown constant in her ear.
Be wary, my sweet, for you are...
What is poetry? Is there a set definition for this art, or is that guy’s rap a poem? How about the girl venting about a serious issue? Poetry Slam Jam put the definition of poetry to test this past Thursday...
A new and intuitive course — Spanish for Heritage Learners — led by Professor Lilian Cano from the Modern Languages department, has taken its place at UTSA. The course’s goal is to strengthen students’...
On Sunday, Jan. 31, The Twig Bookshop in The Pearl in downtown San Antonio had the privilege of hosting an “Evening of Poetry” with renowned poets: Director of the Trinity University Press, Barbara...
