Customer Reviews:

• "Accept the invitation to Dream With Me and enter a dream time of meter and rhyme! These wonderful poems will set you dreaming with their delightful phrasing as Emily Romano explores an intriguing range of dream subjects. Her original artwork (whimsical pen and ink and watercolors) compliment her writing and allow us to dream a bit more…

So accompany the “Moonwalker”
      Walking on the moon while dreaming,
          Effortless and light as air,
      Kicking up translucent moon dust…
          Locomotion without care.

and “Follow The Dream”
      Lost in a dream world, laced with fern,
      Where butterflies are winging
      And dewdrops glitter, each in turn,
      With breezes softly singing,

as you will enjoy Dream With Me." - Margaret Smith

• "The starry framed plum and cerulean blue watercolor cover (original seascape painting by Emily Romano) entices us into a dream-world of timeless boundaries. “In dreamtimes past I dreamed of you...” (Dreamtimes: Past, Present, Future) we read just one of many phrases that personalizes our invitation to enjoy the realm of the super-conscious with Romano’s fluid imagination. “Before great deeds are realized there need to be great dreams” (To Dare to Dream) puts us in the correct mood and atmosphere, as we enter into this extraordinary chapbook into the fanciful realms beyond.

“From the Great Unconscious comes a world of dreams,” (From The Great Unconscious) guides us to where we need to be to fully live the dream, and to learn how to participate. Whether dreaming of where we are: “We wander now along the stream entranced by nature’s wonders,” (Following The Dream) or of far off places: “Walking on the moon while dreaming, Effortless and light as air, Kicking up transluscent moon dust...Locomotion without care” (Moonwalker, Stanza 1), we learn that dreams are real no matter where or what they are made of. Dreams are ageless, comprised by the young and the old, and children seem to naturally fall into this state of mind, a marker of youth and mental dexterity: “A child droops at her window desk, gazing at a drifting cloud;” (In And Out Of Dreamland).

Take some real time out with Romano’s Dream With Me, and remember what it’s like to break lose of the many boundaries that seem to encroach upon our daily lives. Feel the freedom of timeless meanderings into limitless realities, and join this visionary on this delightful diversion from mundane life. “I’m proud to say it....I believe in dreams;” (A True Believer) says it all........and it is the true mindset for participating in this amazing journey." – Jan Turner

• "“Dream With Me”—the very title is an intriguing invitation...and a challenge to readers to transcend the world of the ordinary and enter a realm where anything is possible—the world of dreams. I accepted the invitation to explore and celebrate the boundless world of the dreamer and discovered daydreams, sleeping dreams, flying dreams to dying dreams, childhood wishes, grown-up visions, and everything in between!
While reading this book, a thought came to me which I pass on to you… Dreams inspire poets, and poets inspire dreamers. May this pocket book of poems touch and inspire the dreamer in you. But first, may I suggest setting the proper mood for your mystical journey—reserve a quiet time and a cozy corner—curl up with a soothing cup of tea. Now you are ready to begin…go ahead, don your imaginary wings, open up the pages of your mind, and “Dream With Me!”" - Marti Fox

• "With the 24 poems found in "Dream With Me" (illustrated by the talented poetess herself), Emily Romano enchants the reader with images of nocturnal visions. In "Delving Into a Dream," she paints a scene in which she is watching "three fallow dear all grazing. . . moonlight is gilding horn and hoof. . . Pouring down throats like honey." At the poem's conclusion she reflects: "How can voyeur remain aloof. . . when such a vision, right at hand, is free for just the taking?" Then she creates a bit of mystery, concluding, "Or have I delved into a dream and will soon be awaking?" These lines offer one example of several pearls of wisdom Emily has to offer the reader with her beautiful dream poems. I especially enjoyed the message of the poem "Spinning a Dream"(in which a poet's art is compared to the work of a spider making a web or to the task of a weaverbird)and that of "Following The Dream"(in which she portrays an ancient landscape)by reflecting how its first "pioneers who trod these ways had little time for dreaming" and concluding nicely with this line: "While we can spend our leisure days just pondering life's meaning." Finally, here are some of my most favorite poems in this book with samples of some wonderful lines from those poems:

From "Winter Dreams":

        Gray sky above a dull gray sea
        With threads of rain descending,
        Adds to our doldrum's misery
        Of winter days unending.

From the romantic "If You Dream":
        Should you chance to dream of me,
        May the dream forever be
        Etched into your memory. . .

and last, the conclusion of "Dreamer in the Dark":
        One with dark, I listen
        For the heartbeat of the night.

And that says it all for me as well!" -Andrea Dietrich

Emily Romano is a prolific poet and artist whose abilities are considerable. Illustrations enhancing her poetry range from whimsical to delightful, with a "folk art" impression over all. Whatever form it takes, her poetry is pleasing and uplifting. These are words of a dreamer, an eternal optimist who's lived many decades and still sees life as wonderful and beautiful.

This excerpt from "Embryonic Dreams" is a perfect example of Romano's use of sound, rhyme, and cadence in the crafting of poetry:

        An embryonic dream
        Born of intuition
        Or imagination,
        Soon a declaration
        of intent, it flowers.

"Peculiar Dream" is pure whimsy. I laughed like a child while reading it and will quote the entire poem so readers of this review can enjoy it too:

        I had a dream of llamas
        All wearing silk pajamas,
        Except for one….quite shocking…
        Who wore a pale green stocking,
        AND NOTHING ELSE!

        I wore a coat, well fitted,
        Which I myself had knitted,
        In shades of blue quite stunning
        And really quite becoming,
        With many belts.

        We went aboard a ferry
        And soon were all quite merry
        While drinking pints of sherry,
        And eating smelts.

        The ferry started rocking,
        The llama tore his stocking,
        But what was still more shocking,
        I awoke with welts!

Nothing expresses Romano's philosophy better than "A True Believer." This poet and artist melds childlike wonder, joy, hope, and exuberance in amazing ways. I'll end the review with a poem:

        I'm proud to say it…
        I believe in dreams;
        A dream can be a lifeboat
        On the sea of imagination;
        It can carry you to safety,
        Or to the outmost realm of stars.
        It is your choice,
        You dream the dream." - Review by Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review