Felino A. Soriano (b. 1974), is a case manager and advocate for developmentally and physically disabled adults. He has authored 38 print and electronic collections of poetry, including “In Praise of Absolute Interpretation” (Desperanto, 2010) and “Realities of Bifocal Translations” (Blue & Yellow Dog Press, 2010). His poems have appeared at Calliope Nerve, Unlikely 2.0, BlazeVOX, Metazen, Otoliths, and elsewhere. He edits & publishes Counterexample Poetics, an online journal of experimental artistry, and Differentia Press, dedicated to publishing electronic chapbooks of experimental poetry. 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. His website explains further: www.felinoasoriano.info.
Approbations 740
—after Herbie Hancock’s Driftin’
Relocate, then. Then
recall
positional placement
elements of fulcrum
shown
hand-woven documentation
etching now’s malleable spontaneous alterations, here
decorated
evidence of a melody’s dissipating negligence.
Approbations 741
—after John Coltrane’s Serenity
portrays
abstract blurs of succinct representation
disowning proper definitions
stained glass semblances
glossy against renewed
inclines of
manipulated instance.
Approbations 742
—after McCoy Tyner’s Impressions
Persona
portrait
renege clearness distorted consent
of
participatory dialectic
betwixt camaraderie
and
designated halos
constituted logic.
