Body Haul: Poems by Allan Justo PastranaThis collection offers the poets contemplation of peripheries childhood, domestic scenes, strange birds, [and] new places. (Alfred A. Yuson) In the words of another Thomasian poet, J. Neil Garcia, The body in this astonishing debut by Thomasian poet Allan Pastrana is of course the sensuousness of the verse form itself. The author has degrees in Music Literature and Piano Performance from the UST Conservatory of Music. He is also working on an M. A. in