An intimate dance between poetry and philosophy, Painting Dirt delves gracefully into the grit of the human experience. Poems of love, longing, and self-discovery mingle with somber reflections on the absurdity of life and the modern death of meaning. Witty and vulnerable, blunt yet inviting, this book is a bold embrace of life's roughest edges, a celebration of uncertainty, and a reminder that our darkest moments are often our deepest. "LaMarco's poetic snapshots are succinct and precise, offering blink-and-you'll-miss-them insights that continue to reveal their truths in waves long after the reading is finished. This poetry collection consistently delivers the rare kind of finely tuned free verse that speaks volumes with the barest minimum word count." -Readers' Favorite