an illuminated path of heart

Deepening the Map  |  by David A. Martin

Cover Photo: “the origami bird is ever in flight” by David A. Martin, 2014

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A poet and an outdoorsman;
a writer, educator and guide
who has lived a life immersed in the beauty of nature
wherein he has found a sense of place,
a sense of spirituality (or connection to meaning)
and an expansive sense of the Self. 

Deepening the Map

In his second collection of poetry, David Anthony Martin uses the mirror of nature and the lens of experience to reveal the depths of the experience of life. Attention to the present moments and spaces shared with others allow many of these poems to function as mini-meditations. The content is informed by a lifetime of writing and practiced contemplation.

As in his previous collection, Span, Martin’s attention to details of his inner and outer world gives us poetry that can be ascribed to be within the scope and genre of Human Ecology. As an astute interpreter of both his interior territory and the outer environment, he guides our attention to the depths of the map of the Human experience of the world. In some of these poems, the inner world and outer worlds become interchangeable mirrors reflecting each other, in others they each become lenses through which to deeper examine the other.

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Cover Photo: “the origami bird is ever in flight” by David A. Martin, 2014

deepening the map | by David A. Martin
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David Anthony Martin is a native of the Salish Sea and grew up in the temperate forests and raincoast of the Puget Sound area of the Olympic Peninsula.   He is a published author, poet, blogger and artist. He served as a Ranger / Environmental Educator with the Mountain Park Environmental Center where he taught the award winning Earth Studies program.  Although environmental literacy holds a special place in his life,  he has a deep love and respect for literacy in general.  This has led him to serve the children and parents of his community as a Clerk in the Youth Services section at the nationally noted Rawlings branch of the Pueblo City County Library. 

David is a writer who has been informally inspiring, coaching and ministering to his local and global community for years. Through his mindfulness practice, work with teachers and a journey through a broad spectrum of life challenges and experiences he has received deep insights into the nature of perception and energy, which not only inform his poetry and writings, but which also allow him to guide others through the challenges of personal inner work on their path towards empowerment.  In 2012 he formalized this service through his calling as a certified Maven Method ^TM life-coach and started Empowered Path life coaching and programs.

Although he has traveled quite a bit in the United States and abroad, he has made Colorado his home since 1995. He currently resides in the beautiful Ponderosa Pine forests of the Wet Mountain foothills of Beulah, Colorado where he manages The PINES of Beulah guest cabins.

His first book of poetry, Span (Rhizome Publishing, 2011, 2012) was published as an eBook in 2011 and recently published in paperback in 2012. His publishing credits include poems published in the books Peaceful Poetry to Love Your Societal Consciousness (Ann McCall 2001) and Baby Blessings (Harmony Books, 2002) as well as in Poetry Motel, Junction, Mountain Alchemy and articles in the Pueblo P.U.L.P. and the Mountain Park News.

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