Ancient Scenes

A Haibun Poem by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

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Hold on tight because the emptiness that takes your breath away comes at night. And there is a musician who still plays his clarinet while the wind gets nice in the street lamp’s light. The scene is cheerful, I smell summer, I want to pack bags. The ocean calls me and will soon call you. I have no idea why it chose me. I know it’s like a mother that likes to comfort her children.

golden grains

in the sand of the memory

multiple shades

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Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an Italian pedagogist and author. Winner of the First Prize 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup National Literature Price.” From September 2022 to today, she has been published in seventy - four international journals. Her works are been translated into Japanese, Romanian, Arabic, Malayalam, Hindi, French, and in Spanish languages.