His collection of narrative poems, Judevine, was republished in an expanded edition by Chelsea Green Publishing Company in 1999.
Among Budbill's other plays are Little Acts of Kindness, Thingy World!, Two for Christmas, and his latest, first produced in 2010, A Song for My Father.
[3] Zen Mountains/Zen Streets and Songs for a Suffering World, both, audio CDs of his poetry, with the music of jazz bassist and composer William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake were released on the Boxholder Records label in 1999 and 2003.
Inspired by ancient Chinese and Japanese reclusive poets, Budbill kept alive a discourse about his struggles living a simple life in a complex modern time.
Garrison Keillor read frequently from David's poems on The Writer's Almanac on National Public Radio (NPR).