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Reviews for So Far
by Betsy Sholl, former Maine state poet laureate
...This is a book full of delicious surprises....In this terrific book, humor and love and grief pal around together and invite us to join them. The poet asks what her (and our) chances are for replacing dread with curiosity; the poems say she's already done it.
by Stuart Kestenbaum, immediate past Maine poet laureate
Gretchen Berg has an extraordinary eye for the details of our lives...within those specifics of the everyday, her poems create a space---of laughter, loss, and remembrance--where gratitude and empathy thrive.
Sample from So Far
WHEN I GO TO HELL
I'll be an event planner
or open a bed & breakfast.
I'll wait for people to return my calls
and I'll be cc'd on everything.
On the other side of each wall
a TV blares. Every night is open
mic night and the only empty
seats are in the front row.
Never alone
I'm always within earshot
of parents telling toddlers "good job"
when they eat some crackers
or looking disappointed and speaking
sarcastically to their teenagers.
On the porch loud men tell stories
about humiliating their subordinates.
There are no seasons and plenty
of parking. No meals, just snacks.
Between shopping for Christmas presents
and judging poster contests
we gather for Satan's PowerPoint,
then break into sweaty groups
to list goals and objectives
on big pieces of white paper.
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