The Empathy of Rain: A Collection of Poems

Parise for The Empathy of Rain:

"Be the words that you share when nothing else remains. Verde Mar"

"Reading The Empathy of Rain is like entering a vortex where dreams, hopes, and well-wishes are made. A musical tapestry of weathered storms that beautifully creates the tiny facets of wonderfully carried particles we call life. The writing style is as unique as that of the poet's perfectly crafted words. Adding in Komerebi's shine of light while the beautiful-voiced Calliope sings, each poem draws in the emotions, the sights, and musical sounds as they entwine the soul with the poet inside us all. Verde Mar's poetry plays in song, as light and dark etches the weather mirrors of our emotions in sequence. This is a collection to be read over and over again, under the stars of night, a storm-filled morning or through the memories of raindrops that fall upon our journey through life."

• Catherine Mellen; author of Then You'll Believe, A Childhood Tragedy Under a Mother's Watch: Part One: 1975-1982, and A Life Given to Me: Part Two: 1982-2019.

Praise for Turbulent Waters:
"A layer of thought and content exists to fulfill the author's vision. His structures, themes, and motifs deconstruct darkness and light as an analysis of the differences between loss and resilience will, Verde's themes are finely tuned, they cross realms, and play with time lifting content of the pandemic to something gorgeous and forever. Writing from within, Verde's expression enters the full range of human emotions through his companion, music, when he composes."
Dr. Linda Best; author of Antonio's Story; Coming of Age on the battlefields of WWII.