A Lonely Grandmother - Paperback

by Diane Marquart Moore (Author)

No matter the period in human history, grandmothers have always been important, cherished women in the family constellation. In this volume of poetry, a maternal grandmother calls the poet's family "a tempest in a teapot," but is only showing concern for her grandchildren's dysfunctional upbringing. A stern but forgiving figure in the poet's early life, Grandmother Nell comes to realize that "the children gone/Absolutes will not keep her company." A poetic tribute to a grandparent, The Lonely Grandmother spans a family history from the poet's childhood to adulthood and ends with the meditative piece of closure: "She closed the heavy door behind me. When I reached the sidewalk, I looked up at the cupola on the roof of the old house. A phantom flew out of the window beneath it and disappeared in the sky."

Author Biography

Diane Marquart Moore is a poet, journalist, book author, and blogger at A Word's Worth (revmoore.blogspot.com), who divides her time between Sewanee, Tennessee and New Iberia, Louisiana. She is a regular contributor to the Pinyon Review, has published in The Southwestern Review at University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, Interdisciplinary Humanities, The Xavier Review, Acadiana Profile Magazine, American Weave, Louisiana Historical Review, Trace, and other literary journals. She has been an Associate Editor for Acadiana Lifestyle Magazine, New Iberia, Louisiana, feature writer and columnist for the Daily Iberian, New Iberia, Louisiana, as well as a feature writer and book reviewer for The Yaddasht Haftegy in Ahwaz, Iran where she lived during the reign of the Shahanshah. Her young adult book, Martin's Quest, was a finalist in the Heekins Foundation Award Contest and selected to be on the supplementary reading list for gifted and talented students by the Louisiana Library Association. Moore is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and retired archdeacon of the Diocese of Western Louisiana.