Throughout Bill’s adult life he wrote poetry. Within this section on Bill’s life and thoughts, his poetry will be published. The first selection of poetry, ‘Rising’ is from his book, I Do – Poems from a Marriage.
I remember the Milwaukee River
and the song rising from its bank
as an exhausted man sighing.
So many trips we took
to save the song from drowning,
then use the song for
something private.
As a phoenix entwined
we came out as one,
now return
stare down into the shallows,
an eight inch goldfish
resting in a tire
something we glance at
then ignore.
The river is surviving;
we’ve come to watch,
participate.