Work samples

  • Blood-Pouring

    This sample is from Dave's memoir, For All the Saints: A Protest Primer, describing a civil rights action in which he participated. It is followed by an important draft action against the Viet Nam war in Baltimore, 1967. The memoir is about trying to change the world, having a part in making history.

  • Prison experiences

    After his own imprisonment for attacking draft board files against the VietNam war, Dave spent 30 years working at the Baltimor City Jail. He has written about his career in his memoir and about criminal "injustice" and stories about prison inmates, often humorous.

  • Poetry from Dave's chapbooks

    With a first page showing covers of three published poetry chapbooks, Dave gives samples of his poems and a flyer for a poetry reading among the many he organized. That makes his literary efforts performative, not just on the page.

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About david

Baltimore City  

David Eberhardt became a peace protester, pouring blood on draft files in 1967 against the Viet Nam war. He was incarcerated at Lewisburg Federal Prison for 21 months, which led him to 33 years of work in the criminal injustice system. He wrote a memoir, For All the Saints, about his time in prison and how it also led to work with peace activists. In addition, he published four chapbooks of poetry and has read all around the Baltimore area. His work is not just a voyage into the… more

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For All the Saints

For All the Saints  is Dave Eberhardt's memoir starting with civil rights and Vietnam era protests in the 1960s. He poured blood on draft files with Father Philip Berrigan, artist Tom Lewis and James Mengele. He did 21 months in prison, which began his career aiding prisoners at the Baltimore City Jail. 

  • David Eberhardt at a protest for Chelsea Manning,
    David Eberhardt at a protest for Chelsea Manning,
    At Ft. Meade, Manning in on Trial
  • David Eberhardt Pouring Blood

    A short video done by a University of Maryland Baltimore County professor about Dave's 1967 blood pouring on Vietnam War draft files

  • Selections from For All the Saints, a Protest Primer

    • Prison Career

    My stay in prison had actually "corrected me" in the sense that it gave me a career in criminal justice.

    • David Eberhardt at the New Mercury Series Readings

      In this video Dave talks about prison life.

    • Prison Career

      My 33 years at the Baltimore City Jail.

    • Poetry

    Writings about poetry.

    • Dave performing one of his poems

      Dave Eberhardt shares his remake of the Lowell Poem, “Once to Every Man and  Nation” in sculpture garden at Johns Hopkins University, Bill Hughes, cinematographer  

    • On Poetry

      Eberhardt about 2020 Enach Pratt poetry prize, critical writing about poetry, and some other unpublished poems.