Chattanooga Poet survives home fire, publishes Fire Poems book, and donates a portion of the proceeds to American Red Cross.
Out of the flames of his house fire Finn Bille created poetry and collected aid for other fire victims.
Bille’s recently published collection, Fire Poems, deals with the fire that destroyed his house at 504 Fort Wood Place in Chattanooga on March 18, 2003. He and his wife, Jeanne, had lived in the Fort Wood Historic District for 25 years.
A few of these poems were also published in 2011 in the anthology, Southern Light: Twelve Contemporary Southern Poets, Executive Editor, Ray Zimmerman.
The Red Cross assisted the Billes with necessary personal items, while the neighbors united to help them with housing, clothes, and support.
Bille’s advice: Do not leave oily rags where they can start a fire. Enclose them in airtight metal containers.
When you buy a copy of Fire Poems at Winder Binder Gallery and Book Store on Frazier Avenue in Chattanooga, two dollars will be donated to the Red Cross for aid to fire victims.
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