synchronicity

In this, his second book of poetry, Thomas Zampino imparts flashes of intimacy, intensity, and inevitableness. At its core synchronicity can be read as a love story. One not only existing between lovers, but one that also reveals how synchronicity - seemingly unconnected moments of "co-incidences" - lovingly shaped a life fully lived. A lifetime of poetry observed, told without pretense or presumption. "Brilliant little moments of a life well lived, glimpses -- as if by lightning flash -- of intimacy that often took my breath away. Well done indeed." - Barbara Golder, MD, JD and author of the Lady Doc Mysteries

Thomas Zampino tells us that "...our steps were never linear" in his titular poem, and then demonstrates it in his writing. The careful play with line lengths brings some poems from wide to small, expands others from small to large, or lets the lines dance around an ebb and flow. These visual constructions enhance the mood of the poems in this book, a book filled with the kind of love that only a lifetime together can understand. Read this collection with your heart open and ready to remember just how good life can feel and look. - Jim Lewis (j.lewis) - Editor of Verse-Virtual

By some unexpected alchemy of pen and spirit these poems by Thomas Zampino have been infused with a curious sense of stillness that somehow invites us to breath and feel recognized. These are small poems, deeply accessible. We can identify keenly with what he is saying because it's all so honest. Thus, we know this man, and he knows us. And what a gift it is to be known, and to take a breath, together. - Elizabeth Scalia, author of Strange Gods, Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life