photo- Paul Dame
Bio David Eberhardt was born in March, 1941. As a peace protester, he was incarcerated at Lewisburg Federal Prison for pouring blood on draft files in 1967 with Father Phil Berrigan and two others to protest the Vietnam war. He has worked in the field of criminal justice since 1974. Eric Basso wrote me on 9/21/09 to say: "Dave, I went to your Web site. You were one of the Catonsville Nine? You saved someone I knew in college from getting his final orders. He'd been drafted, packed his bags, and was ready to go, convinced he would die. The blood destroyed his records." But, Eric- I was one of the "Baltimore 4". The 9 burned records. I would love to know that I saved a life- or might have. I think these stories are in the realms of "apocryphal". If I ever saved some one from going to Vietnam- please contact me w proof?!?!? How the rock group, "Thunderclap Newman" said it so wonderfully well that you COULD believe- "because the revolution's here- and you know it's right- and you know that (I love the addition of "that") it's right"- BUT- I remember thinking of it at the time as a comic book, sort of "furry freak brothers endeavor"- in other words- not realistic. I thought of it as a possible "rebolution", w a b- which made it ridiculous. True revolutions have been mass movements. We need a revolution- preferably non-violent. Two books of poetry are available: The Tree Calendar and Blue Running Lights, (ABECEDARIAN Publications), also essays on art, music, poetry, book collecting, and, with Dan Cuddy, "The Poetry Scene in Baltimore from 1964-2007" (Loch Raven Review) and a longer prose work on his civil rights, peace and criminal justice experiences....also Soul Book written for CORE w photos by Carl X. The site is underconstruction- you will see. Please sign my guestbook and thanks for visiting. I will give my first blogger a free book (altho actually I am cheap and am tired of giving it away). Besides, I can't figure out how to "blog" on my own site!!! I think I'd like to remain blogospherically challenged- or blogless in cyberspace. (eyeless in You can watch me reading if you google dave eberhardt reads a poem on war mongers on youtube If any one can help me reconcile Marxist revolutionary with Christian pacifist thought- contact me immediately!! Otherwise- I will continue in my "schizophrenia". Never forget- the DOD has enough TNT to blow up the world 300 times over-and if you ever need more money for mass transit or repairing the Chesapeake Bay- it's there! there and in the foolish wars we keep waging. Or the fact that some one dies of starvation every three minutes (is it seconds)? If that doesn't make you mad- you're not observant. blurb by Dan Cuddy: (dave's cousin( not really) "David Eberhardt who is a kind of Elliot Coleman (minor Baltimore poet- JHU Writing Seminars- note by de), a free ranging but classically-minded poet, and a political activist, a witness to and for the Berrigans’ Vision of Social Justice and Peace, He has poems---of course, because he is first and foremost a poet, and essays, such as The Baltimore Poetry Scene- 1964-2007 (on which I collaborated), and essays such as Homage to Rachmaninoff or Fantasia On a Rakmaninov Theme, etc. There are also poems and prose about his experience as a war protester. Some of his poems leap into lyricism; others are rather visceral, the roughage (as in breakfast cereal? note by de) of contemporary sensibilities. This website is developing. David Eberhardt’s work always has his personal stamp, and always provides the unexpected. Explore what he has to say but don’t let your visit to his website be a one time thing. There will be new entries as they are written. Is David Eberhardt Baltimore’s contemporary John the Baptist? (the Blabtist?-note by de). The zeal, the vision are similar, though this 21st century prophet has a sense of humor. Eberhardt is a unique voice. Perhaps, since all of you, to whom this email is sent, are writers, his thoughts and words may inspire, in one way or another, your own poetry, prose."- DC "Dave Eberhardt- bless his big toes"- Robert Bly Actually R B's advice to me many years ago- I hope I have taken to heart- any poet- take heed: "The trouble is lack of concentration. Your desire- energy is being wasted away in minor skirmishes with the world. The intelligence in the poems, as a result, scatters among too many objects, and none of them come alive. A word or a phrase in a poem can only live through your energy. To get it into the world, the energy has to be withdrawn from the world. It's a hard choice." Pooh, said Piglet: “What’s the first thing you say to yourself when you wake? “ What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today”, said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing”. – AA Milne from House at Pooh Corner feel free to use any of this- just let me know- and credit me- dave mozela9@comcast.net this site dedicated to civil rights martyrs Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman, and Joshua Goren and Louise Eberhardt dave eberhardt is sponsored by ju ju fruit and pampers if you want to visit one of the world's greatest living artists- an artist that embodies all the brillance of collective/ collaborative art- go visit Mr. Peter Schumann and his wife and the Bread and Puppet Theatre Museum in Glover, Vermont! They may not have achieved the prominance of a David Mamet, or a Martin Scorcese- ask yourself why? Too political? Peter Schumann- WORLD LEGACY ARTIST_ endangered species- the figure in his right hand? "This is the museum guard", he says. 10/4/09
— Philip Roth 
The afternoon ends in the must-see Paper-maché Cathedral behind the Museum with acts from this summer’s Dirt Cheap Money Circus: headless stilters, burlap turkeys, the Healthcare Can-Can, and diminutive Super heroes battling the Disasters Dragons. And finally, for those hearty souls who can withstand both cold and hard benches, there will be excerpts of the current work-in-progress, Tear Open the Door of Heaven.
All this takes place on the Bread & Puppet Farm, Rt 122 in Glover, Vermont; admission is free, donations much appreciated.
Call 802-525-3031 or -6972 for more information.
