Super Crone: Poetry

by Deborah Coy, John Roche (editor), Jules Nyquist (editor)

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Reviews

[Dee Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deborah Coy’s "Super Crone" tackles aging head on, with humor, depth, and empathy. A seasoned poet, Deborah integrates many techniques and points of view, delighting the reader with her perceptions and insights. Small turns of phrases transform poems from funny to tragic and back again. She includes recollections of childhood and family, and rich descriptions of love, illness, and politics. In “Snow Sketch of Potrero,” she gives a touching description of how various plants “balance their allotment” of snow. Like these lovely plants, Deborah poems balance their allotment of words beautifully. Highly Recommended.

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do not read much poetry but I quite liked this collection. I love when older/old women embrace their age and acknowledge the victory of reaching old age rather than dwelling on the loss of youth. It is rare to see in this culture and I think it is something beautiful and important. The poems about her husband were incredibly romantic and the political ones were very raw and had some absolutely banger lines. The poems about New Mexico were very comforting to me an I did love them as they accurately portrayed the unique beauty of the land in the form of a poem. Overall I really enjoyed this little poem collection and would reread it.