Title: humorous, fetching poems
Product review: Each of the 84 poems begins with the word "Grandmother" in bold type on the top line as if the title; this is followed by verbs such as lets, trots, gives, sits, hears, teaches, sings, knows which set the tone for the respective poem. Then in a tone sometimes cranky, sometimes mischievous, sometimes empathetic, sometimes humbled--but never arrogant, supercilious, or preachy--the character Grandmother spins out an observation or remarks containing her wisdom gained from decades of involvement in relationships of all kinds and nearby nature. With Grandmother's unpredictable, idiosyncratic, yet unfailingly discerning appearances in the varied situations, she is like the trickster figure of Native American folk lore. She is pictured on the cover dressed something like a old Eskimo woman with hands on hips yelling out something. Whitney, with previously published books of poetry, lives in Wisconsin and teaches writing in Wisconsin colleges.
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