Unlike The Vikings

About the Book

These poems speak for themselves. The writer has been mindful of the tale that George Bernard Shaw made certain that whatever he wrote be understandable to his valet. The poems written herein make no effort to be obtuse, elitist, mysterious or otherwise opague. Poetry is blessed with so many advantages, it requires merely a simple rendition of the thoughts that occur. It places no other burdens on the poet. These poems recount the unique passage through life of one man.

About the Author

Arthur Marinello was born in Greenwich Village in New York, spending his early years in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and in Brooklyn. He participated in World War II with the Third Army in the Battle for Normandy and with the Ninth Army in the Battle of the Bulge. After returning from the war he met Vera Sabatino at Brooklyn College. A year later they married. They now live in California where they raised their family. He has been writing poetry since at least 1965. This volume, his fifth, is the first to be published. He is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Has degrees from The University of Southern California and Claremont Graduate School. Among his hobbies are furniture-making and gardening.