Apperceptions of Reinterpretations, Felino Soriano

Apperceptions of Reinterpretations (Calliope Nerve Media), poetry by Felino Soriano, Reviewed by Lynn Alexander.

Felino Soriano has this amazing ability to weave a multi-dimensional scene replete with hidden histories and surmised contexts from works of art. I first became familiar with these poems from the work published in Full of Crow Poetry, then set out to find and read more of his work. I soon made my way to his website and then to this “e-chapbook” at Calliope Nerve. Continue reading

"Antisocial", David Blaine

Connie Stadler (Calliope Nerve) reviews David Blaine’s new chapbook from Outsider Writers Collective: “Antisocial”.

David’s Blaine “Antisocial” is a hidden treasure. You expect poetic diatribes and rants, you get wonderful wit laden bites that must be read a second or third time or the rich profundity/in-your-face irony will surely be missed. Though seeming toss-offs ,these are multi-faceted, rich gems.
There are many targets here, but not specific “causes”, Blaine rather wishes to probe the fertile underbelly of the genesis of our sequential stupidities: Continue reading