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Justen Ahren

Justen Ahren is a poet, photographer, musician and writing workshop facilitator.  He’s published two collections of poetry, A Strange Catechism (2013) and A Machine for Remembering (2019). His poems have been set to music by Grammy award-winning Composer Glen Roven, and Cuban composer Ileana Perez Valezquez.

HIs photographs are held in private collections and have been exhibited in both solo and group shows. He’s received two commissions for poetry from Wendy Taucher Dance Theater Opera, and one from John Sims’ Afro Dixie Project.

His album, The War For The Valley is available on here and on iTunes.

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The Earth Tends To Beauty Despite…

Aerial photos above West Texas.

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Crawl Inside The Trees To Sleep

Studies of sections of tree trunks

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Borders Kill:

Lesbos’ Refugee Crises: From A Witness

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A Strange Catechism

In 2013, I met a woman who stood, and turned counterclockwise in a parking lot everyday at 3 o’clock. Why did she do this? This is her story in poetry.

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A Machine For Remembering

poetry collection on Europe’s Refugee Crises

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The War For The Valley

Composed on an old family piano, The War for the Valley is an original album of music inspired by real life witnessing of Europe’s refugee crisis…

You can follow all me on Instagram @enwritenment and @justenahren, and on Facebook @justenahren.