About the Book
Unspoken Word: Love Longing & Letting Go is a "best of" collection of Mitch Ditkoff's poetry - his fourth book in an ongoing series. His poems are a kind of inner tuning fork, giving voice to the human quest for the divine, as well as the existential gap between our highest aspirations and the seeming mundane realities of daily life. Inspired by the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, and Rilke, Ditkoff's expressions of the heart serve as a bridge between two worlds - the timeless world of ecstatic experience and the all-too-common 9 to 5. Human beings tend to live their lives between these two polls, often gravitating to one over the other. What Ditkoff attempts to do in his poetry is honor all of it. To him, it's all holy, all sacred, all divine - even if it doesn't always seem that way. As he notes in The Only Pilgrimage Required: "Here's a little secret: every breath you take is a prayer, 22,000 times a day it rises, unannounced, then returns to who knows where, you do not need to kneel, you do not need to speak, and the only pilgrimage required is the one from head to heart, the one all people seek."
About the Author :
Mitch Ditkoff is the author of four books of poetry and three books on storytelling, two of which are recipients of Axiom Book Awards. A father of two, former Huffington Post writer and twice-selected "Innovation Blogger of the Year," he is also the co-founder of three consulting companies dedicated to unleashing creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit: Idea Champions, Sage Catalysts, and Face the Music. He lives in Catskill, New York.
Review :
"Your poetry has given me one of the greatest gifts of all - hope." -Michael Nouri, Television and Film Actor
"Unspoken Word is entrancing - a stellar accomplishment. This precious book is a rare treasure, a cloudburst of wisdom, a true feast for the soul." - John Audette, Author, Loved by the Light: True Stories of Divine Intervention and Providence
"Mitch's poetry resonates with the story of my life and pours forth like an erupting volcano, igniting that unnameable thirst within." -Joan Apter, Healer and Author, Miracle of Thirst
"Ditkoff connects everything with invisible threads of joy that point to a past, present and future of profound acceptance and gratitude for what is." - Rabbi Zoe B Zak, Temple Israel, Catskill, New York
"I spent a month reading a few poems each day from Unspoken Word. It became a journey of searching my own soul. It connected me with my loved ones, the world, and a better understanding of myself." -Hank Alpert, President, Spartan Petroleum Corp.
"I've just read the first few poems and am very touched. Tears started falling almost immediately. How beautiful! For me, what you've written is a love letter I want to savor." -Susan Hubly, Realtor
"Mitch Ditkoff's poems are striking and lyrical. His wide range of poetic styles reflect the gentle romanticism of Rilke and Gibran and the wry wit of Billy Collins. Like Rumi and Hafiz, Mitch has the gift of distilling infinity into words that inspire you to feel its vastness within you. Unspoken Word is ecstatic poetry for the 21st Century." -Francisca Matos, Writer
"Inspiring. Ecstatic. Mystical. Profound. Exciting. Mesmerizing. Juicy. Memorable. Joyous. Wondrous. Sublime. Uplifting." -Jonathan Lloyd, Writer & TaiChi/QiGong teacher
"Mitch Ditkoff's poetry is inspired -an invocation to Spirit for guidance, grace and opening to a life of love. His writing makes the unseen world visible and palpable. It opens the heart." -Steve McHugh, Author, You are God Enough
"Unspoken Word evokes some of my favorite devotional poets, Rumi in particular. These pages will delight with a familiarity similar to remembering an enchanting dream that has long been forgotten." -MaryAnne Erickson, Fine Artist
"From the very first poem in this book, we find ourselves on a journey all of us share in common. Mitch Ditkoff has eloquently put into words the transcendence of our limitations as we experience the grace of being human." -Steve Ornstein, Founder, Israel Seen
"These beautiful poems reflect us back to ourselves, allowing us to see our human condition with greater love and compassion, to breathe a sigh of relief and flow." -Ellen Goldberg, Mystic and Author, The Art and Science of Hand Reading
"One cannot fail to respond to the call of Mitch's poetry to awaken us in the midst of life's circumstances. No matter how apparently estranged from our hearts we feel or troubled in mind, we glance a second time at what's before us and find it suddenly transformed." - Robert Esformes, Cantor
