“Exquisite imagery and lyricism. . . . The verses have a sense of rhythm that encourages the reader to pause and reflect.”

Canning House | British Bulletin of Publications

"Olivia Maciel's poems combine simplicity and passion to a degree rarely found in today's poetry. They offer observations so intense that they become voluminous occasions of transcendence. She is a remarkable poet."

Mark Strand

"Olivia Maciel in her Filigree of Light gives us testimony of a poet who has discovered and applied what the word already is, and I cite her: a 'form of light…spring, stream of sonorous current.' It only remains for us to accompany her in seeing, feeling, listening…."

Alberto Blanco