Creating a Poetry Book Cover

I’ve written three poetry books so far, and in each case, I’ve painted the graphic for the covers, which has been a fun part of the process. You know people do judge a book by its cover, right?

Happy Father’s Day With Poetry

You know, sometimes I forget it’s Father’s Day. My dad died years ago, and as I’ve said many times here, he was an abusive alcoholic. While my relationship with my father wasn’t the best, I did have great relationships with both of my grandfathers.

Father’s Eyes Wins Reader Views 2008 Literary Award

Father’s Eyes has won an honorable mention in the Reader Views Literary Awards. Again, I very pleasant surprise for me! Thank you, Reader Views!

Father’s Eyes Receives Editor’s Choice Award

I’m happy to announce that my latest poetry book, Father’s Eyes, has received the 2008 Allbooks Review Editor’s Choice Award for poetry. Allbooks Review Editor Shirley Roe said of the winning books: It was a difficult decision from the hundreds of books reviewed in 2007 but these books shone above the rest. Allbooks reviews books [...]

This I Believe

Just found out my This I Believe essay is still second out of now 31,000 entries! That’s after a year and a half on the system. THANK YOU to everyone who has read this essay and made it so popular. The essay has been read by over 36,000 people. Amazing!

Reader Views Review of Father’s Eyes

Thanks to Richard Blake at Reader Views for posting a review of Father’s Eyes on Amazon: A poet’s journey to discovery & self acceptance, August 14, 2007 By Reader Views “www.readerviews.com” (Austin, Texas) – See all my reviews Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (8/07) “Father’s Eyes” is the story of Cherie Burbach’s [...]

"All She Ever Wanted" Author Reviews "Father’s Eyes"

Thanks to T.L. Cooper (Author of All She Ever Wanted) for her recent 4-start review of Father’s Eyes on Amazon.com: Engrossing, interesting, and insightful, August 10, 2007 In easy to read poetry, Cherie Burbach discloses her journey of self-discovery. Her poetry provides an insight into the journey we all travel to find who we are [...]

Nights and Weekends Review of Father’s Eyes

Thanks very much to Nights and Weekends for their review of Father’s Eyes: Verbally abused by her alcoholic father (who ultimately committed suicide) and suffering from a lack of self-esteem, Cherie Burbach began writing poetry when she was young—but she eventually threw her work away, fearing ridicule. After her father’s suicide, however, she began keeping [...]

Father’s Eyes Featured in Midwest Review of Books

Thanks to the Midwest Review of Books for featuring Father’s Eyes as a reviewer’s choice in their Wisconsin Bookwatch section. “Wisconsin poet Cherie Burbach uses verse to chronicle her evolution as a Christian woman who, as a girl, grew up the daughter of an alcoholic father, who had to struggle with self-destructive patterns, and who [...]

Review of Father’s Eyes

A shout out to Julie Jordan Scott for reviewing my latest book of poetry, Father’s Eyes: The first thing I thought when I picked up Cherie Burbach’s collection of poetry “Father’s Eyes” was… “Wow, we have a lot in common.” We were both raised in homes with a father who was an alcoholic. Her father-daughter [...]

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