Diaspora

by Ivy Alvarez

DIASPORA: VOLUME L by Ivy Alvarez is part of a multivolume work of 19 letters based on the Filipino alphabet. Innovative in scope and approach, the series engages Filipino idioms, cycling through the free verse poem, and prose poem forms.

Ivy Alvarez is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, New Zealand Poetry Society's editor for a fine line magazine, and an international editor for the first NZ/Aotearoa edition of Atlanta Review. Born in the Philippines, Ivy Alvarez grew up in Tasmania, Australia. Having lived in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, she lived almost ten years in Cardiff, Wales, before arriving in Auckland, New Zealand in 2014.

64 pages, Paperback

Published April 15, 2019

About the author

Ivy Alvarez is the author of Disturbance (Wales, UK: Seren Books).
Her latest collection is Diaspora: Volume L (Paloma Press).
Her poetry appears in anthologies, literary journals and new media worldwide and online.
Wikipedia entry here.

Reviews

[Patty Enrado · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the concept of this collection of poems, taking Filipino idioms - both the meaning and literal translations - and fleshing them out into these visually vibrant moments. But you don't get the translations until the end of the poem, which I liked.