aldrinbadiola

Aldrin Badiola (he/him) is a poet, pianist, photographer, & enthusiast of 90's Filipino rock & disco music.

His work can be found in Cutbow Quarterly, FRIGHTEN THE HORSES, Acedia Journal, & elsewhere.

Publications

“CITY WHERE BOYS CAN SING” & “Self-Portrait as Man, or Death,” forthcoming in Acedia Journal
"Fatherhood Apologia," forthcoming in Fleeting Daze Magazine
"Classical Guitarist" & "Flowerboy," published in 2024 issue of school journal
"I WANT TO BE BURIED UNDER A CATHEDRAL DOWNTOWN," published in FRIGHTEN THE HORSES, March 2024
"Circular Reasoning," published in Writeadelic, January 2024
"Diagnosis" & "Bird Seed," published in Apple a Day, November 2023
"When Spring Returns, Homebound," published in Cutbow Quarterly, September 2023
"That Night in the Corner of the Small Closet," "Looking Up," & "The Thousands of Islands," published in CHARM, September 2023
"I've Been Asleep," published in Backwards Trajectory, July 2023
"Doctor Since Birth," published in HaluHalo Journal's blog, July 2023

Education

Adroit Journal mentee for Poetry under Jeddie Sophronius, June 2024 to July 2024
Sankofa Museum workshop under Unique Mical Robinson, March 2024 to May 2024
Writers in Baltimore Schools student; "Poetry & Social Engagement" class at Johns Hopkins University under Bruce Snider, January 2024 to April 2024

Honors & Experience

Writing tutor at the Writing Center at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, SY 24/25
Editor-in-Chief of ARTISTS FROM MARYLAND collection, March 2024 to present

Performances, reverse chronological

Select Publications

"CITY WHERE BOYS CAN SING," forthcoming in Acedia Journal
"Fatherhood Apologia," forthcoming in Fleeting Daze Magazine
"I WANT TO BE BURIED UNDER A CATHEDRAL DOWNTOWN," published in FRIGHTEN THE HORSES
"Diagnosis," published in Apple a Day
"When Spring Returns, Homebound," published in Cutbow Quarterly