Just One Scent: The Rest Is God

Often lushly longing, Piero Rivolta’s poetry and philosophic musings are gathered together in Just One Scent, The Rest is God. Originally published in Italy by Crocetti, the 23 poems and three prose pieces form a meditation on a life well-lived as Rivolta plumbs eternal questions and reviews the choices made and unmade as one navigates the seas of existence. "I can do no more than reread what I wrote for myself thirty years ago then ask myself whether I wasted my youth or used it well." A true romantic, Rivolta references the sunrise and sunset of relationships in his poetry, planting himself firmly in the fertile fields of love lost while watching, always hopeful, for the rain of love still to fall. Ultimately, hope holds forth more than regret.

Piero Rivolta has been a poet all his life. While his careers have been many and varied, poetry and imagination have been central to all of his endeavors. He has created luxury Italian sports cars, raised jumping horses, developed real estate properties, built custom-designed yachts, and co-founded an international chamber music festival. His passion for exploring the human spirit continues to inspire his life and writing. He has published four other volumes of poetry and four novels.