Eddie Vega
@eltacolico.bsky.social
Husband, father, brother, teacher, poet, taco-logist. 7th Poet Laureate of San Antonio.
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San Antonio has a Mega Corazón as its heart. URBAN-15 celebrates with a mega poetry marathon that can be streamed 24-7 through the end of National Poetry Month. Hear more here with George Cisneros and @eltacolico.bsky.social.
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Mega Corazón showcases the giant poetic heart of San Antonio for National Poetry Month
URBAN-15's co-founder George Cisneros is joined by San Antonio Poet Laureate Eddie Vega to preview the 2025 Mega Corazón poetry event.
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April 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
San Antonio has a Mega Corazón as its heart. URBAN-15 celebrates with a mega poetry marathon that can be streamed 24-7 through the end of National Poetry Month. Hear more here with George Cisneros and @eltacolico.bsky.social.
@texaspublicradio.bsky.social
shorturl.at/s8IFA
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With our SA, group meeting on Capitol Hill, talking priorities, esp in housing & health care. I felt like Ainsley Hayes from the West Wing:
The people I have met are extremely qualified, their intent is good. Their commitment is true, they are righteous, and they are patriots.
And I’m their poet
The people I have met are extremely qualified, their intent is good. Their commitment is true, they are righteous, and they are patriots.
And I’m their poet
March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
With our SA, group meeting on Capitol Hill, talking priorities, esp in housing & health care. I felt like Ainsley Hayes from the West Wing:
The people I have met are extremely qualified, their intent is good. Their commitment is true, they are righteous, and they are patriots.
And I’m their poet
The people I have met are extremely qualified, their intent is good. Their commitment is true, they are righteous, and they are patriots.
And I’m their poet
Don’t be all, “Sabes que? I eat a lot of eggs - I’m giving them up for Lent. It’s a sacrifice.”
Diosito sabe, bro.
Diosito sabe, bro.
March 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Don’t be all, “Sabes que? I eat a lot of eggs - I’m giving them up for Lent. It’s a sacrifice.”
Diosito sabe, bro.
Diosito sabe, bro.
I think I understand Emily Dickinson's decision to remain in poetic obscurity more and more each day - she didn't have to fill out grant or fellowship applications.
February 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I think I understand Emily Dickinson's decision to remain in poetic obscurity more and more each day - she didn't have to fill out grant or fellowship applications.
I feel like the timeline on Kid Rock’s Kennedy Center Honor just got moved up.
February 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I feel like the timeline on Kid Rock’s Kennedy Center Honor just got moved up.
If they ask, “papers?”
make a peace sign
turn it on its side
say, “scissors!”
and walk away
make a peace sign
turn it on its side
say, “scissors!”
and walk away
February 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If they ask, “papers?”
make a peace sign
turn it on its side
say, “scissors!”
and walk away
make a peace sign
turn it on its side
say, “scissors!”
and walk away
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Because eggs and deportation.
February 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Because eggs and deportation.
All I’m saying is that if Americans are going to go to Mars, that they do it legally. I wouldn’t want them working hard to get all the way over and then deported because of paperwork.
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
All I’m saying is that if Americans are going to go to Mars, that they do it legally. I wouldn’t want them working hard to get all the way over and then deported because of paperwork.
What are the chances the people pardoned for invading the capital can turn around and replace the workers lost to deportation?
January 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What are the chances the people pardoned for invading the capital can turn around and replace the workers lost to deportation?
They should call him Re-Pete because we’ve heard all this mess before…
…and it never seems to matter at all.
…and it never seems to matter at all.
January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They should call him Re-Pete because we’ve heard all this mess before…
…and it never seems to matter at all.
…and it never seems to matter at all.
The same people who want you to accept Jesus in your life
will not accept Jesús in their cities
will not accept Jesús in their cities
January 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The same people who want you to accept Jesus in your life
will not accept Jesús in their cities
will not accept Jesús in their cities
Maybe it’s time to pivot to a virtual AWP and go back to LA in a few years like how KC got a redo from Covid. It makes little sense to go and occupy places to stay while locals are looking for places to live.
January 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Maybe it’s time to pivot to a virtual AWP and go back to LA in a few years like how KC got a redo from Covid. It makes little sense to go and occupy places to stay while locals are looking for places to live.
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Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
I need to go buy candles later and I can’t remember which is the saint for school closure. 🙏 😇
January 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I need to go buy candles later and I can’t remember which is the saint for school closure. 🙏 😇
We’re currently living during a younger person’s future nostalgia.
January 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We’re currently living during a younger person’s future nostalgia.
So now that they’re phasing out the horse-drawn carriages in downtown San Antonio, hear me out:
LOW RIDERS
- expressions of local culture
- can be decorated according to the season
- low and slow, but still make the light
- tires don’t get hurt like hooves do
- no poop in the street
LOW RIDERS
- expressions of local culture
- can be decorated according to the season
- low and slow, but still make the light
- tires don’t get hurt like hooves do
- no poop in the street
December 17, 2024 at 3:33 AM
So now that they’re phasing out the horse-drawn carriages in downtown San Antonio, hear me out:
LOW RIDERS
- expressions of local culture
- can be decorated according to the season
- low and slow, but still make the light
- tires don’t get hurt like hooves do
- no poop in the street
LOW RIDERS
- expressions of local culture
- can be decorated according to the season
- low and slow, but still make the light
- tires don’t get hurt like hooves do
- no poop in the street
Ugh. Can we stop being so exclusive?
Drake should go, too.
Drake should go, too.
December 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Ugh. Can we stop being so exclusive?
Drake should go, too.
Drake should go, too.
It’s not a race; it’s a journey. It took me me 25 years, but I finally finished this MA degree. Thanks to all who supported and never gave up on me.
December 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM
It’s not a race; it’s a journey. It took me me 25 years, but I finally finished this MA degree. Thanks to all who supported and never gave up on me.
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The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.
December 6, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.
“tamal” implies the existence of “tabien”
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 AM
“tamal” implies the existence of “tabien”
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being an artist is a lot of asking yourself if you even are an artist
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM
being an artist is a lot of asking yourself if you even are an artist
There are two ways to say it:
peh-KAHN or puh-KAHN
The other one is incorrect, that’s something you take on your fishing boat if you don’t want to go off the side.
peh-KAHN or puh-KAHN
The other one is incorrect, that’s something you take on your fishing boat if you don’t want to go off the side.
November 28, 2024 at 12:56 AM
There are two ways to say it:
peh-KAHN or puh-KAHN
The other one is incorrect, that’s something you take on your fishing boat if you don’t want to go off the side.
peh-KAHN or puh-KAHN
The other one is incorrect, that’s something you take on your fishing boat if you don’t want to go off the side.