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Three poems by <strong>Felino</strong> <strong>Soriano</strong><br />
First Published in vox poetica<br />
I first read <strong>Felino</strong> <strong>Soriano</strong>’s poetry in 2010. What I noticed was its joyfulness, the life<br />
that breathed in its musicality. <strong>Felino</strong> understood percussion, the rhythm of language,<br />
the way meaning and sound inform one another. He used words to reinvent narrative,<br />
building a poem from the ground up, one phoneme at a time, and he trusted readers<br />
to process his tales via their own associations with vowels and consonants. I hear his<br />
poems as whispers, suggestions of stories. He was a master of wordplay with a<br />
musician’s ear. As prolific as he was, he only had enough time to give us a taste of his<br />
talents. I will miss his distinctive voice. Categories, which appeared at vox poetica in<br />
January of 2011, is a classic <strong>Felino</strong> <strong>Soriano</strong> poem.<br />
—Annmarie Lockhart, founding editor, vox poetica<br />
Categories<br />
By <strong>Felino</strong> <strong>Soriano</strong><br />
stammered<br />
dissecting shrunken bones of past tense<br />
emplacement; worn-etched garment<br />
stitch-heavy forehead salute<br />
invocation tonal impressive deity<br />
conjure absent hitherto<br />
squalled<br />
rhythm saviors calculating deducted<br />
deductive substance, sellable cymbals creating<br />
crashing curators of indelible soundful<br />
calamitous sensations<br />
released<br />
errant misery topographical hurriedness<br />
spraining motional attempting liaison<br />
garnered festive explosive reunion<br />
motive explained of rima oris’ favorable<br />
ignition
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