8""Fortepiano' Italian, meaning """"loud then immediately soft"""". Caitlin's FORTEPIANO is an exploration of all the moments in life when things come in loud and then suddenly turn into a whisper; when whispers become thunder on the wind. This is a collection of poems from and for the heart, the mind, and the body - where we experience love and pain and sorrow and pleasure. Where we exist. Where we are.""