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Davidson Garrett a.k.a. King Lear of the Taxi
Click the links to purchase King Lear. of the Taxi or Cabalett:Poems of a New York City Taxi Driver
Poetry Books by Davidson Garrett available on amazon.com
Arias of a Rhapsodic Spirit published by Kelsay Books, 2020. https://www.amazon.com/Arias-Rhapsodic-Spirit-Davidson-Garrett/dp/1952326273
All. books available on amazon
King Lear of the Taxi
Southern Low Protestant Departure: A Funeral Poem
What Happened To The Man Who Taught Me Beowulf and Other Poems
To Tell the Truth I Wanted to be Kitty Carlisle and Other Poems
(published by Finishing Line Press available only at finishinglinepress.com)
Davidson Garrett is a poet, actor, and drove a New York City yellow taxi from 1978 until 2018 to supplement his writing and acting career. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, and trained for the theater at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and at H.B. Studio with Alice Spivak. He has worked in theater, film and television since
Davidson Garrett is a poet, actor, and drove a New York City yellow taxi from 1978 until 2018 to supplement his writing and acting career. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, and trained for the theater at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and at H.B. Studio with Alice Spivak. He has worked in theater, film and television since 1973, and is a member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity. As an actor he appeared in verse plays of Shakepeare, W.H. Auden, and T.S. Eliot. He worked for many years in television and film appearing on All My Children, The Guiding Light, Spin City, Oz, Law and Order, New York Undercover, As the World Turns, and on PBS in the award-winning documentary, Something Within Me. Davidson also toured extensively in the United States and Europe. In 2016, his spoken word play, Conspiracy Theory: The Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen was performed for the Boog City Poet Theater.
Davidson Garrett is an award-winning poet whose poetry and prose have been published in The New York Times, The Episcopal New Yorker, The Stillwater Review, First Literary Review East, The Paddock Review, Sensations Magazine, Xavier Review, 2 Bridges Review, Big City Lit, and in Podium: the literary journal of the 92nd Street Y. As a sp
Davidson Garrett is an award-winning poet whose poetry and prose have been published in The New York Times, The Episcopal New Yorker, The Stillwater Review, First Literary Review East, The Paddock Review, Sensations Magazine, Xavier Review, 2 Bridges Review, Big City Lit, and in Podium: the literary journal of the 92nd Street Y. As a spoken word poet, he has read his poetry in New York City at The Cornelia Street Cafe, Joe's Pub, The Algonquin Hotel, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, CUNY Graduate School, John Jay College, Poets House, Dixon Place, The Sidewalk Cafe, Subculture, The Crosby Hotel, and WBAI Radio and on the Manhattan Cable Television Cuture Channel for the program Celebrating Art.
Davidson Garrett's poetry was a finalist for the 2000 Gival Chapbook Award and he was named 1st Place in the Juanita Torrence-Thompson International Poetry Competition in 2015 sponsored by Amulet Poetry Magazine. He has been featured in New York Magazine and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Davidson has been a NYC yellow taxi driver for 40 ye
Davidson Garrett's poetry was a finalist for the 2000 Gival Chapbook Award and he was named 1st Place in the Juanita Torrence-Thompson International Poetry Competition in 2015 sponsored by Amulet Poetry Magazine. He has been featured in New York Magazine and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Davidson has been a NYC yellow taxi driver for 40 years to help subsidize his artistic pursuits. His poetry has been anthologized in Beyond the Riff: Poets of the Pallisades published by The Poets Press, and From Somewhere To Nowhere: The End of the American Dream published by autonomedia, among others.