Popularly monickered "The Comma Poet," Jose Garcia Villa's poetry, though often characterized by its metaphysical concerns and modernist experimentation, is also deeply rooted in the natural world.

The birthday of the late National Artist for Literature, Jose Garcia Villa, falls on Aug. 5 and it’s a good a time as any to talk about his legacy. Penguin Classics published his Doveglion ...

MANILA, Philippines - Freeway pays homage to another great National Artist — the legendary poet, fictionist and NA for Literature, Jose Garcia Villa.

Cherie Gil reads to the students of Legarda Elementary School a poem from Jose Garcia Villa's book Doveglion. She said one of her favorite Villa poems is "First, A Poem Must Be Magical." First, a poem ...

Recently, Freeway has once again paid homage to another National Artist for Literature — Jose Garcia Villa. The much awaited third part of the series features the literary works of Villa, ...

Doveglion. That was the pseudonym of Jose Garcia Villa, our first National Artist for Literature, who wrote luminous poems in English in the first half of the 20th century.

Jose Garcia Villa’s poetry as music. Last week, a program on the poet’s works and its transcendent relationship with musical ideas and expression was presented before a small group of ...