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This book has more than fulfilled its purpose. It was declarative, entertaining and made readers ask of themselves, “What do I think?” “Your poetry moves my heart to God,” one reader said and over the year I ‘worked’ it in the market place, two constant, re-emerging ideas came forth in peoples comments. The first was a particular word. Individuals kept using ‘beautiful’ to describe what they had found. I’m so glad about that. Putting a little beauty in this world is a good thing. The second was about a particular person, and they weren’t of the literary arts; but of the musical arts. Many people, independent of each other, said in some fashion or another, that they ‘heard’ John Coltrane in my poetry. Now I’m no John Coltrane, but the fact that the arts were breeched, that a person ‘heard’ Mozart in a painting or ‘envisioned’ a photograph when listening to Bach, was a lovely, mystical voice affirming that the expressions of the human intellect, heart and soul often transcend their artistic medium. Joy!

Den the Pen

For decades, readers from around the world of all ages, cultures, and religions have been touched in thought, heart, and soul by poet Den the Pen. From great university educators to religious theologians, from teens to parents to business pioneers, from the social elite, to the common man and woman on every continent, all have found humor, truth, and meaning in his work. According to Den, “This is poetry for everyone of every faith and for those of no faith at all.”

A Christian, a romantic, Den’s early influences of C.S. Lewis, e.e. Cummings, and John Steinbeck surface throughout his poems as he puts ‘everything on the table’ and meets love face-to-face. With lyrical precision and abundant passion, Den digs into the five stages of Romance and of being ‘IN’ love, the ‘risen life’ of the Christian believer, the love of life itself, of friendship, family, and community. He takes us on spiritual journeys, takes us ‘into’ prayer, and in some of the most beautiful writing of a generation, explores the nature and love of the Trinity.

This collection affirms the power of love in every life and is a treasury filled with comedy, tragedy, and thrilling revelations that will charm, jar, and ignite the readers’ imagination. The “Quotes” section in the front of this book will invite you into this brilliant and inspiring second edition that contains revisions, expansions, dozens of new works, and The Journey of One, Den’s epic masterpiece of a soul searching for God.

An Anthology of Accolades

“I was hooked from the first poem. Classic. Sensational!”
Andrew Carroll, The American Poetry And Literacy Project

“Poetry In Motion.” Dennis McClellan, The Los Angeles Times

“A prolific wordsmith, he writes hauntingly and viscerally of love.”
The Bookreader

“If you like the ‘beats’ and other poets who tell the truth, give Den a try.
In his words, ‘‘everyone is welcome inside’’ and he means it.”
Lisa Rollins, Editorial review - Amazon.com

“These poems belong to the transcendentalist constant which is the essential quality of American Literature.” Roger Asselineau, Professor Emeritus,
Dept. of Letters & Literature, the University of Paris, the Sorbonne

“The Journey of One is a great adventure through the body, mind, and soul.”
Gordon McClelland - Hillcrest Press
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