Renee Kalagayan
@rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social
Poet & editor. Filipina in the American South. MFA candidate.
Poems: Carolina Muse, Persephone Literary, Listening Journal, and others.
https://linktr.ee/rkalagayanpoet
Poems: Carolina Muse, Persephone Literary, Listening Journal, and others.
https://linktr.ee/rkalagayanpoet
It’s my birthday AND South 85 released its latest issue? Best day ever. Read at south85journal.com/fall-winter-2025 !
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s my birthday AND South 85 released its latest issue? Best day ever. Read at south85journal.com/fall-winter-2025 !
I am so excited for the upcoming issue of @south85journal.bsky.social - releasing SOON!
September 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I am so excited for the upcoming issue of @south85journal.bsky.social - releasing SOON!
Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨
Check out this interview with editor Leslie Pietrzyk, who shares observations about South 85's reading process, our team of readers & offers thoughts on how to get your manuscript noticed. Plus why art matters & thoughts about handling fallow writing times!
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"The World Needs Art." A Chat with Leslie Pietrzyk, Editor of South 85 Journal
"A tiny moment that feels like something huge..."
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September 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨
It’s been a minute. My newest publication is out! A very old poem of mine found a home in the Incandescent Review. 💡
Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19
Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19
Issue 19 | The Incandescent Review
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September 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It’s been a minute. My newest publication is out! A very old poem of mine found a home in the Incandescent Review. 💡
Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19
Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19
Reposted by Renee Kalagayan
Thanks to our social media manager @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social for getting @south85journal.bsky.social into the meme game.
And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!
And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!
Send us your fiction ~ poetry ~ CNF ~ flash...because no one likes a crying kitty!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thanks to our social media manager @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social for getting @south85journal.bsky.social into the meme game.
And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!
And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!
One more little poem out in the world! 🌹 Thanks to The Dewdrop for publishing one of my spring haikus: thedewdrop.org/2025/05/06/d...
dewdrops: Spring Week 5 - The Dewdrop
This week's haiku for spring BY RENEE KALAGAYAN
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May 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One more little poem out in the world! 🌹 Thanks to The Dewdrop for publishing one of my spring haikus: thedewdrop.org/2025/05/06/d...
Never not reposting this poem. Especially now.
May 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Never not reposting this poem. Especially now.
Release day (again)! My poem “And I Go On Saying” was published in Last Leaves Magazine’s tenth issue! 🍂
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Last Leaves Issues | Last Leaves Mag
Literary magazine accepting art and poetry submissions.
www.lastleavesmag.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Release day (again)! My poem “And I Go On Saying” was published in Last Leaves Magazine’s tenth issue! 🍂
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RELEASE DAY! Check out my poem “Elegy on a Recurring Nightmare” in this anthology by @sidhepress.bsky.social
Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...
Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...
April 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
RELEASE DAY! Check out my poem “Elegy on a Recurring Nightmare” in this anthology by @sidhepress.bsky.social
Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...
Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...
The new issue of @south85journal.bsky.social is HERE! Read at south85journal.com/borders-boun...
April 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The new issue of @south85journal.bsky.social is HERE! Read at south85journal.com/borders-boun...
I love lit mag happy mail! 😍
April 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I love lit mag happy mail! 😍
My friend Brig published a story in @thetwinbill.bsky.social ! ⚾ You can read it here: thetwinbill.com/a-vigil-beyo...
A Vigil Beyond Left Field - The Twin Bill
By Brig Berthold
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April 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My friend Brig published a story in @thetwinbill.bsky.social ! ⚾ You can read it here: thetwinbill.com/a-vigil-beyo...
Lucia Perillo. I feel like this portion of “Samara” speaks for itself. 🫶
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lucia Perillo. I feel like this portion of “Samara” speaks for itself. 🫶
Sometimes prompts in MFA workshop pay off. Just had a prompt-inspired poem accepted by Last Leaves Magazine! 🍂
March 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes prompts in MFA workshop pay off. Just had a prompt-inspired poem accepted by Last Leaves Magazine! 🍂
Had one of my early nature poems accepted for publication. Thanks to The Incandescent Review for creating a space for young and emerging writers!
March 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Had one of my early nature poems accepted for publication. Thanks to The Incandescent Review for creating a space for young and emerging writers!
A victory in the formed verse department: Had my first contrapuntal poem accepted by Sídhe Press for a forthcoming anthology on grief. Thank you, @sidhepress.bsky.social !
March 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A victory in the formed verse department: Had my first contrapuntal poem accepted by Sídhe Press for a forthcoming anthology on grief. Thank you, @sidhepress.bsky.social !
Obsessed with this gorgeous print copy of Persephone Literary Magazine that arrived in the mail! persephoneliterary.com/january-2025
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Obsessed with this gorgeous print copy of Persephone Literary Magazine that arrived in the mail! persephoneliterary.com/january-2025
“When women speak, it is mostly poetry.”
—Audre Lorde
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
—Audre Lorde
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
March 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“When women speak, it is mostly poetry.”
—Audre Lorde
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
—Audre Lorde
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
My friend Kelsey had her poem “When I Find Out I Have Cancer” published in Anacapa Review: anacapareview.com/kelsey-stanc...
“When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”
“When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”
Kelsey Stancliffe
When I Find Out I Have Cancer I am at work and my least favoritecoworker comes to console me first.I cry into her secondhand smokesweatshirt, think this is who I haveat the worst point in my life? I l...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My friend Kelsey had her poem “When I Find Out I Have Cancer” published in Anacapa Review: anacapareview.com/kelsey-stanc...
“When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”
“When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”
“All things we see are the shapes death makes.
When we see straightly and hard we see
with the eyes of death.”
—Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”
When we see straightly and hard we see
with the eyes of death.”
—Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“All things we see are the shapes death makes.
When we see straightly and hard we see
with the eyes of death.”
—Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”
When we see straightly and hard we see
with the eyes of death.”
—Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”
Carolina Muse recently published my poem “Crushed Cherry.” 🍒 Here’s a preview!
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Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order
simplebooklet.com/carolinamuse...
Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Carolina Muse recently published my poem “Crushed Cherry.” 🍒 Here’s a preview!
simplebooklet.com/carolinamuse...
Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order
simplebooklet.com/carolinamuse...
Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order
🎉 Hooray for publication day! Flip to page 44 to read my poem “The Shape of My Body.” 🌿
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March 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🎉 Hooray for publication day! Flip to page 44 to read my poem “The Shape of My Body.” 🌿
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Currently reading Ray Bradbury and am particularly taken by this quote:
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
February 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Currently reading Ray Bradbury and am particularly taken by this quote:
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
It’s been out for a while now, but I’m so thankful to Persephone Literary Magazine for publishing my poem “Decline.” 🐍 Here’s a preview!
Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025
Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025
February 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s been out for a while now, but I’m so thankful to Persephone Literary Magazine for publishing my poem “Decline.” 🐍 Here’s a preview!
Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025
Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025