Books by Arthur Marinello

Writing the lines contained in this volume has been, despite the pain associated with the subject, in some cases, a singular pleasure of creative expression. All that we do is art, but some art is practiced with an accompanying awareness of its blessed nature.Making furniture, cleaning house, cooking a meal, baking - - - - - - all is art - - - - and fortunate is the person who is aware of it.

It was some years ago.I awoke in the early morning in a state of restlessness or quasi restlessness.Something needed to be expressed. The first line of a poem.And then another. And soon I had a poem.And now, many years later. Hundreds of poems largely unbidden and writing despite fading vision, I look back pleased at what I have done and wanting ever to do more.

There was a time, early on,that the writer would write something, a poem, once every year or even two. But this volume was written in just one year's time. Sometimes he feels that he has little to do with it, consciously, directly.

The writer is now well into his nineties. Continues to write. And happily so.

The author, like others, has had many experiences in life, and he writes about them. Although these poems were written from April 2009 through May in 2013, they are not restricted to those years for subject matter, for he often delves into his past.

Grandma and the Miracles is both the third volume written and the third volume to be published by Arthur Marinello. The poems cover a span of five and a half years from 1990 to 1995. As usual, they indicate the experiences, the inspirations in his life as they occur.