Grandma Poems~Not Too Sweet - Softcover

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As its title indicates, you won’t find any saccharine platitudes about grandmothering in Carolyn Raphael’s arresting new collection. She gives us sharp-eyed views of actual grandmas and their grandchildren, and captures perfectly the wistfulness of infrequent visits over a distance of 800 miles. These poems will hold special interest for anyone who has ever had a grandma, or been one, and yet will appeal to all readers who care for skilled poetry, memorable and true to life.

X. J. Kennedy, poet, novelist, children’s author, and textbook writer

Any woman who has ever experienced shock and awe at the realization that she is now (can it be?)—a grandmother—will find a new best friend in Carolyn Raphael. This collection of charming, well-crafted, often hilarious, and occasionally pensive poems will strike a familiar chord for all of us who may not have felt entirely comfortable—at least not at first—taking on the exalted Nana role. Raphael offers the reader enormous validation here, a growing joy, plus beautifully expressed reassurances that we are not alone, but simply “answer to a different call: a secret, a password, a bond.”

Marilyn L. Taylor, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Emerita, winner of the 2016 International Margaret Reid Award for Verse in Forms, author of Step on a Crack

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