nico!

nico escalona: aspiring poet. filipino. he/him. read me in @MudRoomMag, @HeightsAteneo, @tideriseslit, @CrowKeys.

[nico! @iconicography]

Very proud of this one + very grateful to Crow & Cross Keys for publishing this!

[Crow & Cross Keys | SUBS OPEN @CrowKeys]

Like horror movies? Like prose poems? Well, heck. We have the perfect piece for your reading pleasure.

"Pitches for the Next Cult Classic B-List Indie Horror Film" by @iconicography

https://t.co/iPSlIigdsC

[nico! @iconicography]

@amydunneisahero Thank you so much!

[nico! @iconicography]

Something light and breezy for a rainy day

[nico! @iconicography]

@ST0NESPIRAL Thank you!

[nico! @iconicography]

Very proud of this one + very grateful to Crow & Cross Keys for publishing this!

[Crow & Cross Keys | SUBS OPEN @CrowKeys]

Like horror movies? Like prose poems? Well, heck. We have the perfect piece for your reading pleasure.

"Pitches for the Next Cult Classic B-List Indie Horror Film" by @iconicography

https://t.co/iPSlIigdsC

[Rajiv Mohabir @rajivmohabir]

Mosab Abu Toha

[Danez @Danez_Smif]

“We come together…to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine. We stand with their anticolonial struggle for freedom and for self-determination, and with their right to resist occupation.”
✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

https://t.co/Bhn7gbrTww

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

Gazan poet Heba Abu Nada, who died yesterday in the bombardment.

[nico! @iconicography]

Just realized a typo in this; it's supposed to be "1 to 6" in the instructions. Oh well, that's why you should look for the edited version of the piece in HEIGHTS' printed issue!

[nico! @iconicography]

READ: Sixty Percent of a Body is Water, an experimental poem first published in @HeightsAteneo 70.2.

[the tide rises, the tide falls | literary journal @tideriseslit]

Cetacean Standing | #poetry by @iconicography

I pray that when you see the corpse in the sand, posthumously baptized
In lightning-struck saltwater, you think of soft skin and soft eyes
And the smell of cold, clean metal.

read the full poem here: https://t.co/HbLT9uuOIG

[nico! @iconicography]

I'm very honored to have Cetacean Stranding find this home!

[the tide rises, the tide falls | literary journal @tideriseslit]

Cetacean Standing | #poetry by @iconicography

I pray that when you see the corpse in the sand, posthumously baptized
In lightning-struck saltwater, you think of soft skin and soft eyes
And the smell of cold, clean metal.

read the full poem here: https://t.co/HbLT9uuOIG

[HEIGHTS Ateneo @HEIGHTSAteneo]

HEIGHTS Ateneo would like to extend its gratitude to the contributors of Heights’ Second Regular Folio for S.Y. 2022-2023.

Join us as we celebrate the culmination of the folio on May 3, 5:00 PM at the Rizal Mini Theatre.

#HeightsTUKLAS
Poster by Ven Bello

[nico! @iconicography]

Incredibly thankful to HEIGHTS for publishing "False Asphodel" and "Sixty Percent of a Body is Water"!

[HEIGHTS Ateneo @HEIGHTSAteneo]

Together, we can embrace the unknown.

HEIGHTS Ateneo officially presents the Second Regular Folio of S.Y 2022-2023.

Physical copies will be available on campus.

#HeightsTUKLAS
Video by Mia Tupas

[HEIGHTS Ateneo @HEIGHTSAteneo]

HEIGHTS is calling for submissions for its second regular folio under the theme of “The Unknown.” We are looking for works that interrogate the unknown and respond to its indeterminable nature.

Open to all Loyola Schools students, professors, staff, and alumni.

[nico! @iconicography]

Incredibly excited and grateful for this opportunity!

[HEIGHTS Ateneo @HEIGHTSAteneo]

Congratulations to the newly accepted HEIGHTS members of A.Y. 2022-2023! We are looking forward to your journey with us. 💜

[MudRoom | submissions OPEN @MudRoomMag]

"I do not mean to embarrass you / When I say that all my scars smell like sunblock and sea salt."

Read the rest of Nico Escalona's poem in our Spring issue here: https://t.co/kcfVZKz127

[nico! @iconicography]

Many thanks to MudRoom for giving "Seashorisms" a home along with many other amazing pieces by many other amazing authors!

[MudRoom | submissions OPEN @MudRoomMag]

MudRoom’s Spring 2022 Issue is now live! Featuring work by @wordpottersull1, M. L. Brown, Akpa Arinzechukwu, @iconicography, @LaurenK_Carlson, Karis Lee, Doria C. Wohler, and Matthew Heiti, this issue is just what you need to welcome the warm weather.

https://t.co/ksPZUnvmOe

[MudRoom | submissions OPEN @MudRoomMag]

MudRoom’s Spring 2022 Issue is now live! Featuring work by @wordpottersull1, M. L. Brown, Akpa Arinzechukwu, @iconicography, @LaurenK_Carlson, Karis Lee, Doria C. Wohler, and Matthew Heiti, this issue is just what you need to welcome the warm weather.

https://t.co/ksPZUnvmOe

[HEBE poetry magazine @HebePoetry]

"Forget that I was /
Picked by callused hands /
And spun by machines /
And stained with sweat. /
Because I am pristine now, /
Cleaner than where /
I was stripped from."