AuthorsBookshop.com: Sound Scent & Light

Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.:

"Sound, Scent & Light puts together head, heart, and gut very well. Isn't that all we need to do?"

Peter Dizozza, Theatre Director Williamsburg Art and Historical Center N.Y.C.:

�Through Edward's poetry, we can turn a spotlight upon the shadows in the crevices of our memories.�

Reid Baer, Editor The New Warrior Journal & A Man Overboard:

�Without being maudlin, DiMaio brings an emotional power to his writing that challenges the reader to connect with his own heart and soul. His poetry is raw, while still refined.�

�He has a wonderful ability to balance earthy-type images with the highest aspirations of man. I love DiMaio�s work�

Erika Luckett, winner JPF music award FEMAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR.:

�With one hand wrapped around a tender heart, one arm stretched to the sky, and two feet firmly planted on rich soil, Ed Di Maio reveals the poignant intertwining of our human-ness with nature, with spirit, with possibility.�
"So many beautiful words, images. . . simple and deeply resonant."

Toni Christenson, Door County, WI:

"DiMaio Has a way of being personal and universal"
"The physical world and his internal world merge, so as he experiences nature he experiences self."

Lisa Marie Brodsky Poetry Coordinator Canterbury Booksellers:

I recently hosted Edward John DiMaio at Canterbury Booksellers in celebration of his book of poetry and essays, Sound, Scent and Light. He quickly captivated the audience with his alluring personality and beautifully crafted poetry. With DiMaio, you don't just get a poet, you get a man translating his experiences through words, breath, even stillness. He personifies the very space he's in with hope and grace due, no doubt, to his background in breath meditation and drumming. It's refreshing to meet a writer, even a person, who embodies the very things he interprets so well.

Nancy L. Kohlhoff:

If you have never before thought about life "quite like that",
you will while reading Edward DiMaio's short book of poetry entitled SOUND, SCENT & LIGHT. The twenty-eight poems, divided into PART ONE and ANOTHER PART, reveal a world of experience in unique and deeply thought-provoking images. "I gaze at lush greens of early spring and wonder of our worlds. The one that has always been and the one we created within it," he writes. He calls this book a "book of unfolding." Indeed, it is.
Drawing heavily from nature's beauty to inspire, the author
probes our deepest joys and sorrows. Watching the sunrise at meadow's edge, he asks, "...how do I weave instincts of my soul into the fabric of my life?" Of the cardinal he writes, "...you brave winter's gales to echo hope of Spring down to my frozen roots. Sing, cardinal! Sing! Shake my boughs with a strength one thousand times your size."
Love. Friendship. Loss. Reconciliation. DiMaio explores human experience with unusual insight and creative images. You would do well to share his questing "quite like that."