Reflections: A Book of Poems (PB) (2022)

Reflections: A book of Poems, growing up in Africa, building a life in America, and traveling around the world. Reflections is an extraordinary tale of resilience, perseverance, and unexpected success in a poetic memoir. Itai David takes the reader on a journey growing up in Africa, losing his parents, winning a cricket scholarship, and migrating to America. His approach to poetry is dramatic while being soulful, combining traditional techniques and infusing imagery from his African roots. He is a critic yet pragmatist. His American poems call out issues of Race, Rights, and Spirituality. He transports the reader through his travel poems authored in many countries such as Spain, UK, Netherlands, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and UAE while weaving together themes that connect the human experience. He is a risk taker experimenting with 3 languages in his poems (English, Spanish and Shona) capturing the reader without overburdening them. Reflections is a breath of fresh air that redefines modern poetry, drawing insights from different cultures, countries, and languages and yet is accessible. In this book, Itai David has achieved something rare by turning a book into a work of art.