Lori Romero

Winner of the Spire Chapbook Contest for The Emptiness That Makes Other Things Possible.

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Praise for The Emptiness That Makes Other Things Possible

"These poems are true lyrics, exploring the luminous nature of things. As Romero says: "I carry Santa Fe/in my mouth" along with childhood memory, and the miraculous quality of the everyday. Imagistic, poignant, magical--these are real poems."

      ~ Miriam Sagan, Searching for a Mustard Seed : A Young Widow's Unconventional Story

"To read Lori Romero's poetry is to experience an enhanced appreciation of the amazing that stirs within the barely noticeable. Through her memorable images, her vivid and clear language, she creates poignant and unforgettable expressions-- the kinds that linger in a reader's mind.  In these poems that celebrate and mourn, Romero explores her own astonishment and translates it well to receptive readers.  There's something alive and moving within each poem."  

      ~ Pamelyn Casto

"Lori Romero’s poems taste language (“moon’s tallow silhouette”) allowing mystery to remain concealed amid warm, lustrous textures in whose vowel sounds the infinite present tense insists itself. I hear the vowels and consonants “unnest” to chronicle “a wrong turn” in which “each footstep raises dust and doubt, a homily of stones.” These poems gently and intimately blend being, knowing, and valuing."  

      ~ Sheila Murphy, how to spell the sound of everything