The Melting Potential of Fire is a contemplation of love within the challenges of freedom and competing solitudes. Part travelogue and part love letters, these evocative verses highlight the glowing landscape of Italy, with the sights and sounds of Amalfi, Salerno, Furore, Capri, Rome, Florence and Incisa.

The author was reading Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet during these travels, and Rilke's meditations on solitude influence these verses.