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A Poet's Journey Home: Rosa Lía Gilbert

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Welcome to Behold-Her Beauty Podcast, where we talk about beauty, faith, and the difficult things in life. Today, I am welcoming our lovely guest author, Rosa Lía Gilbert, to the chair.

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🎉 2025 Wrap-Up: Beauty, Faith, and Poetry with Rosa Lia Gilbert

I’m SO excited to share our final episode of the year! We are wrapping up 2025 on a truly beautiful, uplifting note with the phenomenal poet, Rosa Lia Gilbert! 🎙️✨

Rosa joined us for a gorgeous conversation diving into the heart of inner and outer beauty, her faith, and her stunning, highly-praised poetry collection, Under the Samán Tree: Poems on Home, Longing, and Belonging.🌿

Join us as Rosa shares her powerful journey from the Dominican Republic to the U.S., opening up about immigration, cultural belonging, and the pressure of beauty standards. We discuss how she balances her roles as a writer and mother, and you’ll hear her read her exquisite poem, Lessons from a Hermit Crab. Don’t miss her heartfelt closing prayer! ❤️

Key Takeaways You’ll Love:

* Rosa’s inspiring story of immigration and cultural belonging.

* Her honest reflections on traditional beauty standards.

* The deep inspiration and themes of Home, Longing, and Belonging in her work.

* Achieving success in poetry and exploring future writing plans.

Listen to our final episode of the year now! 🎧

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SHOW NOTES:

00:00 Introduction to Beholder Beauty

00:10 Meet Rosa Lía Gilbert

01:08 Rosa’s Journey from the Dominican Republic

03:54 Beauty Tips and Cultural Insights

04:36 Struggles with Beauty Standards

09:50 The Inspiration Behind Under the Samán Tree: Poems on Home, Longing, and Belonging

10:49 The Journey of Writing and Publishing

14:22 Themes of Home, Longing, and Belonging

21:00 Reflections on Blessings and Family

21:45 Balancing Roles: Writing and Motherhood

23:40 Support and Encouragement from Loved Ones

25:38 Achieving Success in Poetry

29:15 Exploring Heritage and Future Writing Plans

33:38 Lessons from a Hermit Crab: A Poem Reading

37:22 Upcoming Projects and Final Thoughts

BIO

Rosa Lía Gilbert is a believer, wife, mother, and poet. Her work has been published in Fare Forward, Inkwell, America Magazine, and Prosetrics Literary Magazine, among others. She was born and raised in the Dominican Republic but now lives in Washington, alongside her husband and three-year-old daughter. Whenever she’s not juggling family life, she is writing bilingual poems on whatever piece of paper she can find. She considers herself to be a hope-filled and sojourn-minded poet. Rosa was formerly part of the Calla Press Publishing team as their publishing assistant and has recently stepped into a new role at Vessels of Light Literary Journal as their Spanish poetry translator and assistant editor. She has also been selected as a fellow for Christianity Today’s Young Storytellers Fellowship. You can find Rosa’s writing on her Substack newsletter, In Light of Eternity, as well as her Instagram @rosagilbertpoetry and https://substack.com/@rosagilbert.

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