Hello…
My name is Zina Gomez-Liss, and I am a poet and critic. I started The Beauty of Things in late January of 2023 in order to help fund my graduate degree. There is no way I could have applied without support from this Substack.
I am a contributing editor at New Verse Review and an MFA candidate in Poetry at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. I live in Boston, MA with my husband and five children.
You can find my poetry at Autumn Sky Daily Poetry (“Transition Age”), New Verse Review (“Tell-Tale”), and Ekstasis (“Sorrow”).
Why is this Substack called The Beauty of Things?
The title of this Substack comes from the California poet, Robinson Jeffers, who concludes his poem, The Beauty of Things, with these words:
Beauty, is the sole business of poetry. The rest's diversion: those holy or noble sentiments, the intricate ideas, The love, lust, longing: reasons, but not the reason.
I am happy you are here.
Maraming salamat!
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Zina Gomez-Liss is a contributing editor at New Verse Review and an MFA candidate at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Her writing can be found on her Substack, The Beauty of Things. She lives in Boston, MA with her husband and five children.