Elizabeth Biller Chapman’s work has appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Bellevue Literary Review, Image and The Texas Observer. Her poem “On the Screened Porch” was included in Best American Poetry, 2002. Creekwalker, her 1995 chapbook, won the (M)other Tongue Press international competition, and her collection, Candlefish, was published in 2004 by University of Arkansas Press. Chapman earned her B.A. from Smith College, her M.A. from the Shakespeare Institute, and her Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Other poems by Elizabeth Biller Chapman in Verse Daily:
May 7, 2004:  "Falling on Grass" "The house is sold; I take my leave. Not mine..."

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Other poems on the web by Elizabeth Biller Chapman:
Two poems

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"Reading Elizabeth Biller Chapman’s poems is like inhaling draught after draught of perfume, except instead of becoming numb, your sense of smell sharpens. ‘Razor clams lie in the cole, creamed honey of their shells.’ For pure luxe of language, no one is more adept. Chapman’s imagery is stunning."
—Enid Shomer

"Elizabeth...writes with vigor and soul — her luminous poems shine like beacons."
—Naomi Shihab Nye