Bob VarettoniSummer’s Highlight: Mom’s 75th HS ReunionOne highlight this past summer was a Friday afternoon in late June that I spent happily surrounded by a eight women at a country club in…Sep 1Sep 1
Bob VarettoniMarcel Proust in Plain VanillaIs there anything better than ice cream on a hot summer’s day?Jul 10Jul 10
Bob VarettoniA Bouquet of Haikus in New JerseyThis post is all about poets, organizations, and events in New Jersey… all who inspired me to write a poem a day during Poetry Month 2024.May 15May 15
Bob VarettoniLost in Westchester: A Poetry Month OdysseyApril is, of course, Poetry Month — a fact that should strike fear and wonder into the hearts of anyone who reads what I post.Apr 7Apr 7
Bob VarettoniRuthlessly Pruning My First SonnetOne assignment in a recent poetry class was to take a poem I’ve written before and pare it down by focusing on the economy of language.Feb 211Feb 211
Bob VarettoniWhat Songs Make You Happy?As a Notre Dame alum, I don’t have a rooting interest in tonight’s college football championship… except for one thing:Jan 8Jan 8
Bob VarettoniA Toast to Frank O’HaraLately, I’ve been haunted by the ghost of Frank O’Hara.Dec 21, 2023Dec 21, 2023