Clockwise Cat Issue 40

Cat's publishing tenure, we featured his poems so many times I finally made him
our Poet-In-Residence. I was always thrilled to be witness to his poetic evolution.
I was honored to be Felino's friend. We never met, though I certainly entertained
a time when we might share a stage together, reading our poetry. Or when I
could simply and blissfully listen to him read his magnetic manifestos of verse.
For in the end, each poem Felino scribbled was a manifesto - against the sterility
of language and for genuine and impassioned idiomatic expression.
Felino, my friend, you
have left a void in the
hearts of your loved ones
and in the world of words,
but your scintillating spirit
lives on through your
verse, so vivid and vital.
Please Note:
Clockwise Cat will be doing a
special Felino Soriano
Tribute Issue, to be released
early 2019. Please submit
any poetic tributes as well as
any of your favorite Felino
poems that may have
appeared in your journal. You
may also contribute
collaborative efforts, and any
art, essays, stories, flash
fiction inspired by Felino’s
poetry. Please try to have
your submitted pieces in by
mid-January. Please check
the guidelines at
clockwisecat.com, and send
submissions to
Fleurdumal666@gmail.com.
Image by Pascale Gouverneur