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August 19, 2025
I thoroughly enjoyed Marco Melfi’s debut poetry collection Routine Maintenance. The poems are beautiful and nostalgic, funny and profound in equal measures.
The unrhymed poems wander through the many permutations of the free verse form, sometimes with very short two- or three-line stanzas, sometimes in one longer block. The tone of the poems is both musical and practical. I find this collection very personal, yet universal; a glimpse into the everyday, but examined with an eye both discerning and amused at the peculiarities of what we call “normal.” Each poem is a glimpse into ordinary moments made extraordinary through the grace of the poet’s vision.
I’d highly recommend this collection to admirers of poetry, as well as to non-poetry readers looking to find a little extra magic brought into their daily experiences. In a literary market often suffused with explorations of suffering and pain, this collection was truly a breath of fresh air to read.
Longer review originally published in Bewildering Stories Magazine: https://bewilderingstories.com/issue1...
The unrhymed poems wander through the many permutations of the free verse form, sometimes with very short two- or three-line stanzas, sometimes in one longer block. The tone of the poems is both musical and practical. I find this collection very personal, yet universal; a glimpse into the everyday, but examined with an eye both discerning and amused at the peculiarities of what we call “normal.” Each poem is a glimpse into ordinary moments made extraordinary through the grace of the poet’s vision.
I’d highly recommend this collection to admirers of poetry, as well as to non-poetry readers looking to find a little extra magic brought into their daily experiences. In a literary market often suffused with explorations of suffering and pain, this collection was truly a breath of fresh air to read.
Longer review originally published in Bewildering Stories Magazine: https://bewilderingstories.com/issue1...
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