Poetry of Eugene David

In the spring of 2003 I rediscovered my poetic muse. I had started writing poetry in the late 60s and continued through my years living in Munich, Germany (1971-85) and beyond. However, for several years following 1991 I fell into the dark hole of careerism, which lasted until I was released by the blessing of "downsizing". Summer 2003, I started presenting my poetry at various open-mic venues in the East Bay Area. On March 31, 2005 I was honored to give my first featured reading at Word Beat (with co-feature John Rowe, president of the Bay Area Poets Coalition).

In my poetry I try to give expression to my deep concern for the current state of the world. In particular, I try to address many of the underlying "modern" reductionist/technological attitudes that I see as contributing substantially to our problems. This often centers around such concepts as self, objectivity, and nature. However, much of my poetic effort is also aimed simply at poetry for its own aesthetic sake.

In the Spring of 2004, I began collecting both old and new poems into a series of chapbooks, which I publish and distribute myself.