OrdinaryLife
in Three Acts:
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*The poems are profoundly intimate and personal with pleasuable sensuality. Daniel's
collection of 'reductive poetry' gives hope in our struggles towards collective human-ness...

-G.M.

*When I first read the poems from Mr.Daniel Roth,I was overwhelmed by a series of emotions. Most of the time, Poetry is written in a very peculiar, eccentric and difficult way. Therefore when read by an ORDINARY person like me, is most likely a challenge to understand what the Author wanted to convey. Mr. Roth has the gift to transmit emotions, passion and feelings. The connection in between my soul, my spirit with many of the poems written in his book goes beyond words. From the very first time I read his poems to the last time I've had I can only recall having a close encounter in between my self and my Creator. I thank Mr. Roth for being an ORDINARY man, for sharing his ORDINARY life; I thank Him for giving Me and Everyone who reads this book the privilege to touch His soul, and the opportunity to reconcile with our own!

"The word is for everyone in this world: It must come and go and be interchanged, For it is good to give and to receive the forces of life" - Dogon oral tradition

-M. P. W.

 

*Daniel Roth's collection of poetry is an homage to our emotions, life experiences and memories. The reader is immediately captivated and led through a very intimate journey spanning the years 2006 through 1962. With crystal clarity of image and word, Daniel Roth reminds each of us that we move to a delicate dance in both a very personal and universal existance. This book will reinforce YOUR importance to yourself, your family and the universe. ".....all over the world we sing our songs, dance,break bread......there is no excuse for a cold heart." Daniel Roth's life is not ordinary and his poetry can sing in every heart.

-M.H.

 

*Roth is a purveyor of clear imagery. His writing is elegant in it's simplicity and courageous in it's extreme honesty. It's as if you're reading the private diary of somebody that perhaps you know. The author's voice tells a story about an ordinary life of an extraordinary man and the the book is compelling, touching and evocative. In reading it, many times I found myself nodding and smiling (or nodding and verklempt) as the author transported me in time and space. As I shut the book, I'm left to wonder: when's the next book coming out? When? WHEN? Please don't make this reader wait another 44 years 'til the next one!

-T. B.

 

*If Bukowski had a heart, he might have written these poems! No holds barred, double-barreled, bare knuckles, between-the-eyes poetry. No doubt about it. Don't know who this guy is, or where he came from, but he hits you in the gut with words, emotions, images, and it never stops. Like going into the ring with a heavyweight boxer...Amazing enough, when it's over, you feel cleansed, elevated...something happens. These poems are not for the trendy. No irony, no deconstuctionist, post modern-nonsense. Not for the timid, not for the faint of heart. Bravo!!!!!

-C.A.R.

*The poems in this book are the antithesis of what one could call an ordinary life but then again this poems describe the experiences of what an ordinary life is when embraced by an extraordinary man.... the way Daniel has throughout his life, without a doubt the way one should. Maybe then we will wake up, perhaps we will say and share what we feel, who we are, what we crave, what we wish and what we regret. This book is a gift of life. The Author has done his part. Now it is up to us to do ours . Where are we? What are the rest of us doing for the rest of us?? Why are we quiet? Why are we sleeping? Can't we see? Don't we feel? Don`t we have a treasure to embrace too? We can't wait any more. The shadows of "IT" (the only inevitable, inseparable truth of our lives meaning death) follow our steps untiringly, quiet, second after second until the day "IT" comes unmerciful and takes us; No more chances , no more if I could...., it will be over not a chance to speak then.....it will be too late! Like an unknown Spanish poet said once before"Dilo en Vida" "Hazlo en vida"(Say it while alive).(Do it while alive).

I can only imagine, I am not able to comprehend how much courage and bravery it took for Daniel to expose His soul with such passion and honesty out to the universe, out to be free, available, touchable, questioned and wondered about. My deepest respect and admiration to Him. I Thank him for shouting, Thank him for sharing, Thank him for bleeding, Thank him for singing, Thank him for crying, Thank him for loving but most of all I Thank him for being a true Man!  I have not finished reading all the poems yet I tend to read each one more than once, it's almost like eating my favorite dessert, I eat it slowly I don't want the pleasure to end.

-M.P.R.M.

 

*In the past I rarely derived true pleasure from reading poetry because rarely did I understand what the poet was trying to say to me. I would be left feeling cold, indifferent. This poetry is passionate, a bit overwhelming for this neophyte--so emotional, so intense, so intimate.

-I.C.B.