Felino Soriano

Aromatic Understanding
—after Constance Stadler


Constant

the motional deliverance................positive symptom.................of high reaching

.........—and to mention
...................across
................splintered tongues

................................................a language in which resemblance is unfathomed
.......................................................................(your fathoming is a newly rising

................................................................................invention, a blend:
........................................................................................time x wind x absent
erratic behavior).

...................................Imagine a dragonfly

leaving the stone of turquoise
and the sudden

..........................garb of burgundy transforms blur

into silence, a new vernacular
composed of neoteric

samples of metaphysical beliefs.

.......................................................Is it this simple?..............[Answer]:

speak into a light
where steps lead into a .........................distance

unaccustomed to a reality
bridging
beyond and understanding

...........occurrence, yours.



Occurrence, Only When Breath is Vital, Alive

The thread approach hair of receptive willows
combed by mending hands of
wind’s feminine desire.............................................................(mother finds concept
a deed in this manner, beautifying monotonous appearances)
................................................................branding
...........................................with silence
.........a toothless edge calling
toward



................myopic manifestation

...........................Cultural

(willow, oak,
...pine)...................................................speeches of such innate beauty

talks often among an esoteric

body, sliding with those arms fluctuating

dimension, goal,

unsuspecting nuances of light fashioning its halos

around
.............................the tallest of their burgeoning needs.




Felino Soriano (California) is a case manager working with developmentally disabled adults. He is the editor of the online experimental poetry journal Counterexample Poetics. He is the author of three chapbooks Exhibits Require Understanding Open Eyes (Trainwreck Press, 2008), Feeling Through Mirages (Shadow Archer Press, 2008), Abstract Appearance Reaching Toward the Absolute (Trainwreck Press, 2009) and an e-book Among the Interrogated (BlazeVOX [Books], 2008). The juxstaposition of his philosophical studies with his love of classic and avant-garde jazz explains his poetic motivation. Website: www.felinosoriano.com