M Of The Southern Downpours

M Of The Southern Downpours Is Alton Melvar M Dapanas' Second Collection Of Prose Poems. Dapanas, A Resident Of The In-betweenness Of Genres And Forms As A Prose Poet And Lyric Essayist, Crafts A Book Of Poems Which Are Part Unsent Letter To The Dead, Part Lyric Topography Of Their Hometown, And Part Poetic Centones From Urban Literatures And Place-writings Of Mahmoud Darwish, Richard Siken, Yun Dong-ju, Vivek Shraya, Jody Chan, Golnoosh Nour, And Gaspar Orozco. In This 'spellbook Of Poems', In The Words Of Polyglot Poet Kiran Bhat, Dapanas Meditates On Southern Philippine Cityscapes: From The Stretch Of Velez Street To Sayre Highways Edge, From Hotel Fire Exits To Unpeopled Bus Stops Along The Coastal Drive.