Arezzo : Writing

New England Morning

New England Morning

A Poem by Arezzo


It was a day as all days should be, with every tree impressively arrayed in lush summer growth. As if on cue, the lustre of the grass il..
He Likens Marieta to a Cactus

He Likens Marieta to a Cactus

A Poem by Arezzo


The cactus is a joyless plantwhich to dry slopes inclines, and those who would engage with itare sure to feel its spines. But once in every yea..
Marxism For Dummies (4)

Marxism For Dummies (4)

A Poem by Arezzo


The Corsican was never really Gallic. The Austrian was not remotely Prussian. Jugashvili (let's put this in italics) could not be, in a month of S..
Infinite Regression

Infinite Regression

A Poem by Arezzo


Imagine there's a chair which, in all fairness, is a humble enough affair, the very soul of chairness. Imagine someone sits on its raffia ..
Groucho's Gefilte

Groucho's Gefilte

A Poem by Arezzo


Always the same little hash joint. For lunch, the identical dish -- in Kremzer's, on Mott and Delancey, potatoes and yiddisher fish. His real..
Maria de la O

Maria de la O

A Poem by Arezzo


For my fingers, bands of gold, for my whims, bank notes untold. For my curves, embroidered tresses, woven shawls and silken dresses. T..
He Berates Gates

He Berates Gates

A Poem by Arezzo


It's pointless to equivocate. I loathe, despise and execrate that cesspit, Microsoft. The rest of you may bow to Fate and worship Gates: at ..
You Ought to Be on the Stage

You Ought to Be on the Stage

A Poem by Arezzo


(It leaves Dodge in half an hour)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? For, after all, you caused this nasty rash. I've had to take more pills t..
Save the Cathedral! (4)

Save the Cathedral! (4)

A Poem by Arezzo


Hero He worked alone in cold, intensely black peat water. Had to feel his way. Laid down one hundred thousand concrete blocks, around ..
Save the Cathedral! (3)

Save the Cathedral! (3)

A Poem by Arezzo


Cometh the Hour … When Coventry was cowed, it got Godiva. The French were frantic, so God sent them Joan, and Stanley showed up j..