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The Antimodel
Leave a commentJune 5, 2015 by Mel Turao
It gets in the way of things: The hind in hindsight, the wind in window. But it doesn’t desire a …
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The Weight of the World Versus A Lightness of Mind
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2014 by Mel Turao
A Reader Response to Mads Bajarias’ Pepsi Tastes Funny When It’s Christmas Eve & You’re Alone Eating Canned Tuna …
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How To Read A Mel Turao Poem: An Introduction To A Few Inflammables
Leave a commentJuly 11, 2014 by Mel Turao
By Felino S. Garcia, Jr. Melecio F. Turao, (whom I fondly call Mel after I’ve met him in both flesh …
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A Few Inflammables
Leave a commentJuly 11, 2014 by Mel Turao
No one seems to be within earshot of words in this long-overdue book by the talented Melecio F. Turao. People …
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Hashtag Hash
Leave a commentJuly 2, 2014 by Mel Turao
On my knees, I can’t tell light from sound, color from shade, distance from shape. “He’s having a heart attack,” …
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The Walled City of Denial
Leave a commentJune 26, 2014 by Mel Turao
A knee jerk reader response to Mads Bajarias’ Pepsi Tastes Funny When It’s Christmas Eve @ You’re Alone Eating Canned …
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The Ambivalence of Self-Disclosure in Peter Solis Nery’s Ten Elegies: A Sneak Review
Leave a commentJune 21, 2014 by Mel Turao
There’s no one way to read a poem. Some poems (and poets) are as elusive and clear as the weather …
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Hang Loose at the New Hang Out: Bistro Torrento
Leave a commentJune 21, 2014 by Mel Turao
Whether at sea or at home, Eugenio Torrento III, keeps it on the down low. After a little more than …
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The Death of Angst
Leave a commentJune 6, 2014 by Mel Turao
The word angst entered the layman’s vocabulary as early as the start of the 20th Century. As opposed to its …
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Staycation
Leave a commentMarch 29, 2014 by Mel Turao
Zzz. Pfft. Pfft.
