Melancholy I

Fernando Esteban Flores

October 5, 2025

Fernando Esteban Flores is a native son of Tejas, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and has published three books of poetry: Ragged Borders, Red Accordion Blues, & BloodSongs available through Hijo del Sol Publishing, published in multiple journals, reviews, newspapers, and online sites, selected in 2018-19 by the Department of Arts & Culture of the City of San Antonio, with support from Gemini Ink for his poem “Song for America V” (Yo Soy San Antonio) as one of 30 poems/poets to commemorate the City’s Tricentennial anniversary, and serves as poetry editor of the Catch the Next Journal of Pedagogy & Creativity. He is the founder of Voces Cósmicas, a group of emerging and established poetry. His book Song for America is scheduled for publication January 2026.