Fishing for Family

-George Guida, Author of Zen of Pop, Pugilistic, and New York and Other Lovers; Co-editor, 2 Bridges Review Navigating the waters of life from childhood through senescence, DiMatteo pierces through an intricate, vividly depicted metaphoric netting for his resonant, metaphysical question: "Can a life outgrow its home?" With lyrical eloquence, he probes a paradox: we are / are not a product of family. Right from the start, "a child has a way of voicing other/ than a parent's, a different way/ of seeing, of feeling." Our ever-evolving self is always "at a crossroads ... open at both ends where one stands." Art's greatest inspiration, he reveals, is "how light floods the world with shadow." Each uniquely transient moment is, "a beauty bound to be nevermore,/ with nothing else like it when it lived." Yet, he affirms, "how lucky one is to be alive." -Gayl Teller, Author of Flashlight: New and Selected Poems; Walt Whitman Birthplace 2016 Poet of the Year