Welcome to my website.  You may read about my background or contact me to share your comments or reactions.  Let us build social justice together.

Červenà Barva Press has produced a gorgeous trailer for my latest poetry collection, Here’s Plenty.  Watch it here.

Doris White, in the latest issue of Deus Loci, concludes, “Here’s Plenty, David Radavich’s latest work of poetry, would make an ideal addition to any reader’s bookshelf.  Its cheerful cover, boasting an apple branch heavy-laden with fruit, gives an indication of the abundant joys and deep satisfaction to be found inside.”

Two of my poems have recently won first prize!  “Bunker Thoughts” won first prize in the 2026 Rod Carlos Rodriguez Prize for Poetry, sponsored by Formidable Women Sanctuary.  “Gaza Women” won the 2026 St. Andrews Poetry Prize and will appear in their anthology, Bearing Witness.  Maybe lightning does sometimes strike twice!

Poem of the month: “Planting in September”

Social Issues Poem: “Iran: A Found Poem“

 

Literary Works

Drama:

Full-Length Comedies

ON THE VERGE:  A Cycle of Seven Plays for Our Time

One-Act and Short Plays

Essays

Poetry:

America Abroad: An Epic of Discovery (2019)

America Bound: An Epic for Our Time (2007)  

By the Way: Poems Over the Years (1998)

Canonicals: Love’s Hours (chapbook, 2009)

The Countries We Live In (2014)  

Greatest Hits (chapbook, 2000)

Here’s Plenty (2024)

Middle-East Mezze (2011)

Slain Species (1980)

Unter der Sonne / Under the Sun (2021)

The Yearly Poems (read them here)

Screenplay