Felino Soriano


Approbations

843
—after Jon Hassell’s Northline


Her anxiety an anchor anomaly
sudden arm glimpse of grasping self a prior
unconventional forsaken anguish. I
lifted and dove my angular reflectional
fabric, facial softened neath resolved
collocated imagery, summary of talkative solutions
painful bouquet unneeded virtue darkened
embroil, upward weeping awakened near
reality’s contusion weeping
whereas morning antiquates emotional
resuscitation.



844
—after Paul Bley’s Ojos de Gato


rain of ornamental pixels
                                                             threading
                refined geometry of evolutionary glares
cornering
                               thrust of scampering residuals
                                              gait of homeward absence
dissolves within hands of coercing gaze
                                                                            prominent
        vocal imprisoning screech
connecting skeletal bounce with hankering of fleshy
                                      synonyms
awaiting
                          perpendicular swipe, paw of hungry gape
renewing hunger and fullness, relegating misery
to the scale of weighing fitness
                                                  subsequent to the finality of breath’s
origami twirls of sorrow, elementary aching


845
—after Codona’s New Light


                  Following
                                    achromatic contours
of the snake’s ambulatory rendition
                                                                       its fundamental
                                              dusk of human
definitions, of death
debating muscular hold of scaly condemnation
controlling amid contorting revenge
                                                             against hunger’s lasting
unimpeded moment.


846
—after Avishai Cohen’s Emotional Storm


Pardoned, absolute calamity
initial function rejuvenates hatred’s memory
collocated images, maze, moribund
gravity, exhumed. A window
resumes opened portion
returning to state of this version of functionality,
allowing sedentary body
to become aggravated, aware
almost-posture of retrofitted reality
of death’s soon version of closure’s
acclimated insertion.


847
—after Russ Sargeant’s The Sea


relies then
                               adapts
marbled veins’
                                              alabaster soft
angers and condemns
                                                  muscular stone at edge’s shiny profile
                renaming calm
proclaiming outreaching chants
                               desire consulting verbs
                                                                                          to
rewire modes of definitional pageantry
                                                             sifting
upon noon’s relegated sameness
                                                                        a desired outcome of
molding acclaim,
                                         rearranging a moment’s reduced acclimation,
                                                                       corruption


848
—after Ketil Bjørnstad’s, David Darling’s, Terje Rypdal’s, Jon Christensen’s Mother


Wrapped in
woven hands, twined
ribbon
                of a child’s interrelated method,
                                              mother then son pronouncing
familial happenstance, health, hurried
                               anticipated future.


Felino A. Soriano (b. 1974) is a case manager and advocate for adults with developmental and physical disabilities. In 2010, he was chosen for the Gertrude Stein "rose" prize for creativity in poetry from Wilderness House Literary Review. Philosophical studies collocated with his connection to classic and avant-garde jazz explains motivation for poetic occurrences. For information, including his 39 print and electronic collections of poetry, over 2,500 published poems, interviews, and editorships, please visit his website: www.felinoasoriano.info.
 
 
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