David Dephy is an award-winning American poet, novelist, multimedia artist, and the founder of Poetry Orchestra. In 2025, he received the Nassau County Poet Laureate Award in New York and served as the Poet-in-Residence for Brownstone Poets from 2024 to 2025. NASA, Lunar Codex, and Brick Street Poetry sent his poem, “A Sense of Purpose,” to the Moon in 2025. Dephy was exiled from his native country of Georgia and received indefinite political asylum in the U.S. His wife and son joined him in 2023 after six years of exile. He is recognized as a “Literature Luminary” by Bowery Poetry, a “Stellar Poet” by Voices of Poetry, and an “Incomparable Poet” by Statorec. He has also been called “Brilliant Grace” by Headline Poetry & Press and praised for his “Extremely Unique Poetic Voice” by Cultural Daily. He lives and works in New York City.