I can hear the winds murmur, they wonder where you are. Everything is quiet. A flake pops off and spins away. I'll lie in the long grass, eating pears and toast to life. Look, this is how the world should see your name, okay, on a beautiful piece of art that you created. In return, you'll have a small taste of the ecstasy and insight that awaits you down the illuminated way.
magnolia in bloom
will it will its perfumed
rhapsodies to me?
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Everything is Barely Touched
by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
Bio:
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni alias @bag is an Italian pedagogist, author, and winner of the First Prize in the 2023 "Zheng Nian Cup National Literature Price". She began writing Japanese-style poems in 2019 and is published in The Mainichi, Asahi Haikuist Network, Akita International Haiku Network, The Haiku Foundation, The Japan Society UK, and in ninety - seven other international journals.
They have been translated into Japanese, Romanian, Arabic, Malayalam, Hindi, French, and Spanish languages. She is co-author of Haiga and Shahai with Andrea Vanacore, life partner, visionary photographer & video maker with a long and varied experience. Drawing, swimming, and walking in nature are her passions.
"I can, I must, I will do it.” her motto.
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