D. Vincent Delorenzo is a U.S. Army veteran and the author of Sand and Silence and The Last Boat: Echoes After the War, the first two volumes in The Quiet Soldier Series. His upcoming literary war novel, Ashes in the Rain, continues his signature exploration of conflict, displacement, and the quiet moments that follow catastrophe.
Influenced by authors like Hemingway, Tim O’Brien, and Anthony Doerr, Delorenzo writes with a stripped-down, poetic voice that reflects both lived experience and deep emotional realism. His stories aren’t about battlefield heroics—they’re about memory, silence, and the weight of what we carry when no one’s watching.
When he’s not writing, Delorenzo finds peace in island life, distant shorelines, and the slow, meditative rhythm of boats, books, and solitude.
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D. Vincent Delorenzo is a U.S. Army veteran and the author of Sand and Silence and The Last Boat: Echoes After the War, the first two volumes in The Quiet Soldier Series. His upcoming literary war novel, Ashes in the Rain, continues his signature exploration of conflict, displacement, and the quiet moments that follow catastrophe.
Influenced by authors like Hemingway, Tim O’Brien, and Anthony Doerr, Delorenzo writes with a stripped-down, poetic...
Poems on sobriety, recovery, and the life that waits
by D. Vincent DeLorenzo
Some books shout.
This one stays.
STAY is a quiet companion for anyone who has ever stood at the edge of a drink, a habit, a relapse, or a moment that could undo everything they’ve worked for.
Written in simple, honest language, these poems trace the arc of recovery from...
Some days the world feels too heavy for one heart to hold.
Small Prayers for Heavy Days is a book of gentle poems and quiet prayers for people learning how to keep going. These are words for the nights when you can’t sleep, the mornings when you need strength, and the hours when you can’t find the right language for hope.
What do we become after the fire, when the flames are gone but the smoke still lingers in our lungs?
In The Weight of Smoke, Book 5 of the Poetry of the Fire & Light Series, D. Vincent DeLorenzo writes from a masculine but deeply vulnerable place, tracing the quiet aftershocks of grief and the...
I started this publication because too much of American writing about America now feels thin, tribal, or false.
One side shouts. The other side sneers. Too many writers treat the country either like a brand to be defended at all costs or a shame to be escaped. Both approaches miss the truth. America is a nation of beauty, burden, courage, failure, sacrifice, and promise. It deserves better than slogans.
I wanted to build a place for essays and reporting that speak in a different register, one...
