Capturing A Granddaughter's Childhood in Verse
by Andrea Kott
Ron Leonard has spent the past six years putting words in his granddaughter’s mouth. Not really. What Leonard does is write poetry that peeks inside the thoughts and feelings of his youngest grandchild, Caroline Brolly McGraw. While his poems, now self-published in two volumes, trace his adoring observations of Caroline’s first six years, they also open a window into childhood for all children, as well as parents and grandparents.
“Perhaps you, like me, were too busy being parents and making a living to enjoy the miracle of childhood with your own children,” Leonard writes in the introduction to “Caroline, Caroline, What Are You Thinking?” the first of his two books. “Grandchildren present you with a second chance.”

