Bill Graeser is a "small word poet." 

His poems are themselves small

and rarely reach a second page. 

When in his poems there is a tree

he calls it a tree—not a maple or eucalyptus. 

A flower is a flower

and, best of all,the sky is the sky. 

 

Iowa Poetry Association's Awards Received:

2012 Norman Thomas Memorial Award

  2016  Awarded Second Place 

2021 & 2022 Awarded Third Place 

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Published in “North American Review,”

Michigan Avenue Review,”

“TelePoem Booth,” “Lyrical Iowa,”

“Chiron Review,”

“Long Island Quarterly,” “Dryland Fish,”

“This Enduring Gift.”

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Born and raised on Long Island, NY. 

Has worked as carpenter, dairy farmer,

teacher of the

Transcendental Meditation Technique.

Is currently Locksmith at Maharishi International University.

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Author of "Fire in a Nutshell” and "Rushing is a Waste of Time"