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David Eric (D.E.) Navarro is an American author, poet, essayist and editor, and a poet-philosopher of the pure land school of haiku. He is also a clinical research medical writer and copy editor as well as a biblical research scholar and teacher. He moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2018 to finally settle down after 40 years of roaming around the globe (he describes himself whimsically as a wandering poet-philosopher). He holds a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies (emphasis on arts and humanities) with Purdue University, and has degrees in Communications and Theology.

Born in Newport R.I. in 1962, he moved to Chicago, Illinois by 1964 where he was raised in the inner city (Southside). At ten years old, his family moved to the woods and wilds of rur David Eric (D.E.) Navarro is an American author, poet, essayist and editor, and a poet-philosopher of the pure land school of haiku. He is also a clinical research medical writer and copy editor as well as a biblical research scholar and teacher. He moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2018 to finally settle down after 40 years of roaming around the globe (he describes himself whimsically as a wandering poet-philosopher). He holds a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies (emphasis on arts and humanities) with Purdue University, and has degrees in Communications and Theology.

Born in Newport R.I. in 1962, he moved to Chicago, Illinois by 1964 where he was raised in the inner city (Southside). At ten years old, his family moved to the woods and wilds of rural Crown Point, Indiana where he was free to enjoy nature, and to roam in fields of swaying grass and wooded copses rich with ponds and swamps. He calls Chicago his "childhood home" and Crown Point his "boyhood home". His real formative years were spent in Crown Point.

In 1977 he moved to the suburbs of Munster, Indiana and after a few years went off to college at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana to study English and the writing arts.

He left college to enlist in the United States Air Force where he served ten years and in three conflicts. His first tour of duty was McChord AFB in Tacoma, Washington where he married, then with his wife moved to RAF Alconbury in the United Kingdom for a second tour where he was part of the Air Raid on Tripoli. He completed a degree in Communications and Leadership, then moved to Patrick AFB in Satellite Beach, Florida where he was part of the Invasion of Panama and the First Gulf War.

He separated with an honorable discharge and entered a biblical studies program where he completed a degree in Theology with focus on biblical languages, texts, and translations. He served 35 years in the ministry as a biblical research teacher and minister, and continues to translate biblical texts and write research articles. He returned to school with Purdue University Global and completed a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies graduating summa cum laude. He plans to pursue a master's in arts and humanities and maybe a doctorate later.

In addition to being an author and poet, he's held a number of professional positions locally and with global companies. He's been a firefighter, first responder, superintendent of fleet repair and maintenance, CEO/CFO of a credit union, tech writer/editor internal controls at a global bank, NERC CIP corporate security analyst at a global power utility company, and most recently, a medical writer/editor with a clinical research company. He has a strong background in linguistic analysis and technical writing and editing. He has written poems in several languages and helped foreign language poets translate their work into English.

His love of poetry and the writing arts started at age 8. A collection of his poetry was first published in the 1980 Winter Issue of the Purdue Exponent Literary Edition and many of his poems, essays, and articles have been published in various magazines, venues, and journals ever since.

He is Founder of NavWorks Press and the Pure Land School of Haiku, and originator of the online We Write Poetry forums where he teaches poetry and haiku and enjoys mentoring new poets and writers. He also did a series of in-person poetry workshops for the public library system in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from 2007-2010.

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	Between Life and Language: Pride in Poetry Volume I (Pride in Poetry, 1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Dare to Soar it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hello folks. I have been living at Writer, Author, Reader, and Poet (WARP) speed. I moved from Southern California to Tucson, Arizona and finally feel like I am settling in. I reengaged in university studies to pursue advanced degrees and have written a new book on early childhood education. So yes, it's been WARP speed.

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