Jeff William Acosta: How I Wrote ‘of thee I sing’

They came in like flashes, in fragments—a tapestry of thoughts. Writing poetry in a language that is not native to me, in a sense makes me think of ways or approach the English language in a different angle.

Jeff William Acosta is a poet from Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is a 2021 Jack Grapes Poetry semifinalist, 2022 Foley Poetry Contest finalist, Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest semifinalist. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in America Magazine, Kritika Kultura, Tomás Journal, Strange Horizon, NOVICE, and the Margins.

You can find him on Instagram @jeeeepney or on Facebook under Jeff William Acosta

Interview by Zoë Brigley