Usually on a geometric plinth,
sometimes ahorse, once like Charlemagne,
here at the end of the wide, tree lined gravelled
Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi
that leads from the Giardini Pubblici,
he stands, as if on an Appenine peak,
with one of his Red Shirts below to one side.
Though probably better known in Britain
for his eponymous biscuit, the hero
of both Italian freedom and unity
faces what had once been a canal
but was made a street in his honour,
POPPIES
APPLES AT ERDDIG: A GLIMPSE OF AVALON
ORGANISED CRIMES
APPLES AT ERDDIG: A GLIMPSE OF AVALON
OCTOBER 4TH