Quiet Insurrections is a joyous, playful romp of a book-a rare and memorable treat. Through fresh and often funny twists on both free and formal verse, Daniel Klawitter serves up a juicy cornucopia of superb sound, subtle spirituality, and refreshing silliness. The poet's distinctive blend of both deep wisdom and hilarious insight linger in every delicious, well-crafted line. "Read on and be amazed..." he says-and we are.

Joy Roulier Sawyer, author of Tongues of Men and Angels

Klawitter's outlook, at once revolutionary and theological, contains hope that, yes, we can improve our lot. It is how he can write a poem in dedication to the El Salvador Martyrs but still embrace a "foolosophy" that delights in the wonders of nature like a latter-day Saint Francis.

Karl Wolfe, The Driftless Area Review

Klawitter's delight in the sounds of words and in indulging his quirky imagination is infectious. He clearly had a good time writing the poems in Quiet Insurrections, and his readers will have a good time reading them. But Klawitter's sense of play is not only humorous. "A Flock Made Flesh" and "At the Franciscan Retreat Center, Colorado Springs," for instance, employ startling metaphysical conceits. There are poems here to draw the reader in to discover, in Klawitter's words, "the poem behind the poem."

Luke Stromberg, Assistant Director of the West Chester University Poetry Conference
About the Author: Among other things, Daniel has been an actor, a labor rights activist, the lead singer/lyricist for the Indie rock band Mining for Rain, and a poetry book reviewer for NewPages.com. His poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines, both online and in print, in Australia, the UK, and the U.S. Daniel has a BA in Religion Studies with a minor in Theater Arts from the College of Santa Fe and a Master of Divinity degree with a justice and peace studies concentration from The Iliff School of Theology in Denver. A member of the Colorado Poets Center, he is the author of two full-length poetry collections: A Poet Playing Doctor (2015) and Plato Poetica (spring, 2017), both published by White Violet Press, as well as a chapbook of children's poems entitled Put on Your Silly Pants: Poems for Children and Very Immature Adults (Daffydowndilly Press/Kelsay Books, fall, 2016) which won Honorable Mention in the 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for Children's Poetry. You can read more about Daniel at: poetdanielklawitter.wordpress.com