Haley's Publishing produced a volume of poetry by David Smith-Ferri in February, 2007. David wrote two thirds of the poems while in Iraq after encounters with Iraqi people, in a wide-range of settings – from hospitals to homes to bomb sites. The book sold out in four months, and in November, 2007, Haley’s published a second edition of the book, with twelve new poems and a new foreword by Kathy Kelly. This book is being sold to raise funds for Direct Aid Iraq, which provides urgent medical assistance to some of the 2.25 million Iraqis who’ve fled their country and now live in Amman, Jordan or Damascus, Syria.
In July, 1999, David visited Iraq for the first time, as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation organized by the Chicago-based group, Voices in the Wilderness. Learn about his experiences and inspirations by visiting the About pages of this website. Read some of his poems on the Poetry pages, and consider purchasing the book for $14, all of which goes to Direct Aid Iraq.
About "Battlefields"
Direct Aid Iraq
Two Iraqi Portraits
