Move Over, Shakespeare, Here Comes Granny

By Edith Charbonneau

This book of poems is a reflection of my great love for so many things in life, starting with my very dear and cherished biker husband, Frank Charbonneau, with whom I enjoyed thousands of miles of travel on our Harley. We also enjoyed our life in a log house perched high on a mountaintop and raised eight kids there in the summer and in Florida in the winter. With my husband a Naval Commander for twenty-seven years, we were always "on the go," and I found plenty to write about to this day: our "cabin on the hill," my "very dear Dr. Caputo," our Harley rides; even a very noisy blue jay and my brother's death in WWII. When I was a child, rhymes kept running through my head, and I would write them down. When I first met "Doc," I was so impressed by his loving concern. I wrote him a poem, thinking, He probably will never bother to read it; but how surprised I was when he showed me he had it laminated and it was hanging in his office! That encouraged me to write him a new one every time I went to see him, and one day, he suggested we put them all together in a book! This book depicts almost a complete story of my life with many of its joys and tears.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098035457

Book preview

A Good Man

To Doc

God bless the man with sunny heart

Who’s found in life his place,

And serves his God and fellow man

With humble, gentle grace.

The world has need of such a man

To lift our hearts from gloom,

And in life’s darkest place plants

The flowers of love to bloom.

He seeks not as some men seek

For fame and high degrees…

But his good name will ever shine

Throughout eternity!

—E. C.

A Letter to Doc

Oh, Doctor dear, I’m overdue

To come and spend some time with you

And talk of Harleys and days gone by

When to E’town Hospital I did fly!

You saved my leg, you healed my spine,

Now my ancient body feels just fine!

You healed my cat bite, cellulitis too…

There’s no other Doc in the world like you!

—E. C.

A Letter to Dr. Caputo

Dear Doc, each time I say a prayer, I say