An Evansville poet is remembered during a tearful celebration. WNIN’s John Gibson was there:
"Look at all of you. Look at you!"
Gracie Strange is a longtime friend of Bill Sovern, who succumbed to injuries over the weekend suffered in a recent traffic crash.
She was impressed by the big crowd that turned out to honor Sovern at Bokeh Lounge, where he frequently read (red) and performed.
A recording was played Tuesday night:
"I need word. Words to say this, words to say that, words to say the other. Words, words, words. Last time I looked I didn't have the words, last time I looked, I couldn't find the words, last time I looked, the words weren’t there.”
Sovern was rarely at a loss for words and Strange offered another of his works, presumably set on Evansville’s riverfront:
"5:30 a.m., lightness cascades around Crescent City Bend, the coffee brown water swirling to the echoes of a lost generation of riverboat travelers."
William Sovern – sometimes called “Hoosier Bill” – was 73 years old.