idearound poet
Bill Eberle
Published chapbooks and collections — poems in print and PDF editions, available at billeberlepoet.com.
Sue
8 poems for my sister
Written 2007–2013, for his sister who died in 2007. A chapbook of love, grief, and dancing — 8 poems across 6 years.
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10 Love Poems
ten poems, 2000–2006
Six years of love poems, from the crystalline “breathless moment” to the sweeping “when I.” Dedicated to Dagney C. Ernest.
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Where we live
and other poems
Twenty-two poems from 2002–2012 — places, people, rivers, light. Includes an afterword on the strange necessity of poetry. For Ann and Ben.
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2012
23 poems
Twenty-three poems from January 2012 through January 2013 — love and presence, family, grief, anguish, redemption and dancing. For Dagney C. Ernest.
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A Graduation
6 spontaneous poems
Six poems written spontaneously during and after a high school graduation, June 2013 — written to record the moments and offer reflections about life’s difficulties, and some hard-won encouragement. Dedicated to Alayna.
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Going Out
6 vacation poems
Six poems from a canoe trip at Nahmakanta Lake, Maine, September 2011 — paddling into the wind, sun on the shore, a rainy day in the tent, and the wild ride home. Dedicated to Dagney C. Ernest.
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Ann
10 poems for my daughter
Ten grief poems written 2010–2014 for his daughter Ann, born June 1973, died January 2010. Love, loss, ashes, prayer, and the altar that holds her memory.
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