To be ... or, Not to be ...
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Friendship & Love
isbn: 978-1-61546-302-2
Copyright (c) 2009 Friendship & Love.
All rights reserved. Take Me Home
Poetry Transcending from the Besotted Heart
isbn: 1-60610-676-7
Copyright (c) 2008 Poetry Tran-
scending from the Besotted Heart.
All rights reserved. I'm Yours
Young Akane
from the story "Weeping Willows" in her innocent five years of age
Copyright (c) 2009 Friendship & Love.
All rights reserved. Est.1994
Benevolent Akane
from the story "Weeping Willows", twenty years after death
Copyright (c) 2009 Friendship & Love.
All rights reserved. Est.1994
News & Updates
implemented changes
( 01-02-2012 ) : I am now offering autograph for e-books at book signing locations. Fans and Friends must present their online purchase receipt of the ebook(s), image or paper, to vouch for an autograph.( 11-29-2011 ) : For a limited time only until April 2012, autographs are given for online orders purchased ONLY at Death-Star Records eCommerce.
( 05-08-2011 ) : You may install Adobe Digital Editions to read epubs and all digital book formats as well as sample releases of my work in the making or you may browse it here online.
( 03-16-2011 ) : I have now released the eBook format for "Friendship&Love" with Barnes&Noble Nook and PublishAmerica. The Amazon Kindle version TBA. menu
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Future Projects
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Friendship & Love Special EditionsAudio Book (for the sight impaired)
Video Book (for the hearing impaired)
Poetry Transcending from the Besotted Heart Audio Edition
Acronym Poetry of Names (23/250)
Testimonials
friends who have read my book
" I am very impressed by the manner in which Danny Kaplansky is able to express his feelings by using everyday words. He speaks to all of us poets that get stuck trying to think of a word to describe our feelings. His flow is consistent and the more I read his poetry the more I understand. Danny speaks for all of us. "-- Henry Nunez (Broker/Owner)
" A beautiful book. Simple and direct words that travel straight into your heart! "
-- Cathy Segal Garcia (cathysegalgarcia.com)
" This free style approach of writing poetry seems to be very fresh and spontaneous since the critical elements of great poetry is to maximize the writer's unlimited boundless imagination. This peice of work showed a overwhelmingly creative succulence of performance. "
-- John Chu (Small Business Owner)
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"A day of book signing with Danny Kaplansky." TBA menuAbout Me
but not too much
I came to the United States in 1981 through a sponsorship from an American family. I remember them as a person, how they look like is a part of history. Perhaps, I've been blessed being able to live a new life in the United States. With the life style I've had in my younger years, I haven't been very blessed. Things are looking a whole lot better now. The trials of life, whether you are born wealthy or poor it's hard to keep smiling when things doesn't look so good.I won't get into much details with my family. Like love, a supportive family shouldn't be taken for granted. Not like I've experienced such a family during my childhood. Even now in my early 30's, it's like a stake in my heart. I'm searching for some sort of salvation and I find that in music. Maybe music is all the family I have. I wish I can commit more time to it. Soon, . . . all will change.
Love, Money, and Meaning. I haven't been very successful in these fields. Don't you eager to see the future? When you have acquired love and money, meaning would just follow. These three fields have shaped me who I am today. I hope to graduate from it with flying colors. menu
Biography
my mission
I believe that you do not have to be a scholar to enjoy poetry. It does not have to be complex in wording or even rhyme, although most people would expect a poem to rhyme. I want to write poetry where all ages and walks of life can enjoy and be intrigued in its simplest form transcending right from the heart.Literature unlike Poetry combines the arts of unique and traditional writing. Uniqueness in literacy writing involves the complex association of the English language, but is rather simple. Its more traditional form have been witnessed and published in lost times and newfound eras, this is more complex in mindset than it seems.
I strive to be innovative every word to bring you great poetry and literature in the making or out-of-the-closet to share to the community.
Artists are truly making it a better world. menu
Interview
frequently asked questions
eBookThis 21st Century technology is a "Go-Green" for the environment. However, prolonge exposures to any computer monitors and/or even television my cause retina deterioration. I have always favored reading a book at hand under natural sunlight which helps us enhance our mindset and perceptional reading skills. The confinement of reading a book onscreen versus its freedom of space held in hand. Both share their advantages and disadvantages, satisfaction gauranteed.
At the current moment, I do not offer autographs for ebooks. Please consider purchasing a physical copy should you wish it to be autograph at any one of my book signing locations. Thank you for your understanding and support. menu
Friendship & Love
book descriptions
Eight months after the release of my first book, I decided to transform my life experience into tales of empathic friendship and platonic love. Unlike Poetry Transcending from the Besotted Heart, which is a collection of poems, this book consists of romantic narratives that closely pertain to my poetry and ultimately revealing another one quarter of my life. If you have read Poetry Transcending from the Besotted Heart then you will know it is the gateway to Friendship & Love. Twenty-Five separate novels are all summarized into one book by one man for only you the dreamer to continue dreaming until it comes true. Still, time waits for no one to amuse, yet time stops when the book is firmly closed. There are no thinking caps needed, simply keep your mind free and you will discover another reality. menuPoetry Transcending from the Besotted Heart
book descriptions
I came to the United States in 1981 through an American family sponsorship five years after the Vietnam War. As I spent twenty-five years on what everyone would call "The Land of Opportunity," I began to realize in order to achieve my winnings, I would have to excel in English by voice and writing. With adamant ambitions for success and lack of a supportive family background, I am eager to reach my financial freedom in alternative ways. Acquiring a real estate license in 2001 got me a step closer to mastering that English. Don't let that handsome, boyish face fool you. Behind that multi-mask is a very caring, generous, and intellectual being sent to the United States with plenty words of love waiting to be shared and remembered. I'm my first generation of creative writers, and maybe the last. menu... The End
" The Past is History, The Present is
what's left of Today, The Future is yet
to be written. "
" When you are in love, distance is only
a word and not a number. "
December 07, 1976
signed: D_Kaplansky
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