Rays Were Never So Near As Now:
Selected Poems 2020-2024
by David Dephy
45 Poems ~ 87 pages
Price: $10.99
Publisher: Westbrae Literary Group
ISBN #: 979-8-9917199-2-6
To Order: Amazon.com
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this evocative collection, David Dephy invites readers on a profound journey through light, shadow, and resilience. From the pulse of New York City subways to the stillness of an empty square, his poems bridge the intimate and the universal, capturing moments of love, war, memory, and hope. Written during a time of immense personal and global transformation (2020-2024), these verses illuminate the human spirit’s capacity to endure and flourish, even amid chaos. Dephy’s reflections traverse landscapes of solitude and connection, culminating in a celebration of survival, love, and the unyielding desire for peace.
ADVANCE PRAISE:
When I first saw David Dephy read his poem at the Bowery Poetry in Manhattan, I thought of William Blake. It was an instinctive response, rather than critical or intellectual, born of the poem’s aphoristic intelligence, its refusal to reduce the world to the commonplace. That same engagement shimmers through this book.
–Aaron Fischer, An Author of Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems
David Dephy surely carries the spirit of America in his heart and adeptly builds up the poetry perception. We find his works to be extremely unique and attractive. David Dephy’s poetic voice is strong, his poetic world is extraordinarily rich.
–Linda Galbraith for Cultural Daily
We deeply admired David Dephy’s works. We enjoyed how he used nature to portray complex emotions, and we loved the intertwining of natural occurrences and human experiences. The parallels were really haunting, and we loved it.
–McKenzie Lynn Tozan, An Editor of Lit Shark and American Essayist and Poet
The way that David’s poems cut fantasy with reality and highlights the relief of arriving is beautifully done. It truly pushes the boundaries of art, humanity, and beauty.
–Pena Literary Magazine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
David Dephy is an award-winning American poet, novelist, essayist, and multimedia artist with a Master of Fine Arts degree accredited by Globe Language USA. He is the founder of Poetry Orchestra and American Poetry Intersection, as well as the Poet-in-Residence for Brownstone Poets for 2024-2026. His poem, “A Sense of Purpose,” has been sent to the Moon in 2025 by NASA, Lunar Codex, and Brick Street Poetry. Recognized as a “Literature Luminary” by Bowery Poetry, a “Stellar Poet” by Voices of Poetry, and an “Incomparable Poet” by Statorec, he has also been called “Brilliant Grace” by Headline Poetry & Press and praised for his “Extremely Unique Poetic Voice” by Cultural Daily. In 2017, Dephy was exiled from his native country of Georgia, and was granted immediate and indefinite political asylum in the U.S. His wife and 9-year-old son joined him in the U.S. in 2023, after seven years of exile. He lives and works in New York City.
FROM THE BOOK:
The Sky is Clear Tonight
by David Dephy
Silence tomorrow,
the sky is clear tonight. See?
Still, the song echoes,
you know a song enough
to drown the notes
to silence as the seeds.
Mirages of clear water
across dusty horizons,
ripe expectations just
over the rise, right there.
An old photograph
makes us chuckle,
but now your smile
has such a glare,
I just can’t tell.
This endless journey
keeps ne turning back
to something forgotten,
to something misplaced,
keeps me turning back
toward you,
and the clouds above you
form as the moon rises,
and we still try to give them
a sense of purpose.
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