“Bill O’Neill’s poems are graceful, fluid, and revealing. They are powerful and tender in the same breath, but this ain’t no sit-around, clap-your-hands, feel-good poetry. The Definition of Empty is holistically intoxicating, laced with acts of forgiveness and compassion, so much of what is needed in the world right now.”—Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico Poet Laureate, 2020
