David Holper has done a little bit of everything: taxi driver, fisherman, dishwasher, bus driver, soldier, house painter, bike mechanic, bike courier, and teacher. He has published a number of stories and poems, including two collections of poetry, The Bridge (Sequoia Song Publications) and 64 Questions (March Street Press). His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, and he has recently won several poetry competitions, in spite of his contention that he never wins anything. He teaches English at College of the Redwoods and lives in Eureka, California, far enough the madness of civilization that he can still see the stars at night and hear the Canada geese calling. He was recently chosen as the City of Eureka’s first poet laureate and will be serving from August 2019-August 2020.

As part of the Eureka Poet Laureate Program, David Holper, wanted a website that provides a list of local poets with at least one book published.  The purpose of this page is for local community members to learn about who the local poets are, as well as for those poets to make connections with one another.  As the noted British author E.M. Forster once wrote, “Only connect.”