In his masterful debut collection, Imagine Morning, Eric Forsbergh offers wisdom in poems that are insightful, lyrical, and compassionate. Inquisitive, he observes an array of subjects from a lonely widower to “the speckless gold” of a model’s body as he seeks to uncover the intricacies of humankind in poems that contemplate the time-honored themes of companionship and solitude. Here is an author who masters both free and formal verse while revealing a skillful handling of figurative language and sound devices. Here is a poet who ultimately reminds us to pay attention to even the smallest details in life, to refrain from dwelling on the past and instead “sway forward” like an inchworm, “stretch and touch,/ let go what’s behind.”
                                                                                     ~ Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
                                                                                     Virginia Poet Laureate Emerita, 2006-2008

Eric’s poems take you into a hundred different worlds, each cadenced in metaphor, confirmed in color, imbued with feeling. A dazzling array of life stages and experiences shines in these collected landscapes, portraits, and reflections.
                                                                                     ~ Anne Meek, educator, editor, poet