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Summer - first year

This is a collection of haiku I'm working on.
 

il lago all'alba

la luna sopra di me

la luna sotto

 

the lake at dawn

the moon above me

the moon below

 

 

sotto il platano

ci sediamo a parlare-

l'ombra si allunga

 

under the plane tree

we sit and talk-

longer shadows

 

 

raggio di sole

tutti e quattro annodati

nelle lenzuola

 

sunray

the four of us knotted

in the sheets

 

 

quattro forchette

e solo due coltelli

- che lunga estate -

 

four forks

and only two knives

- long summer -

 

 

ho qui il biglietto-

finito il temporale

scie di lumache

 

ticket in hand-

the storm over

trails of snails

 

 

fragole e panna

ancora tre, no, due

e poi, il succo!

 

strawberries and cream

another three, no, two

and then, the juice!

 

 

per cinque giorni

buche sul bagnasciuga

e cruciverba

 

five days

of holes along the seashore

and crosswords

 

 

pala e secchiello

e sul pancino gocce

di ricoperto

 

shovel and bucket

and on the tummy drops

of ice-cream

 

 

Comments

Shannon McEwen - on May 26 2007
These are incredibly beautiful Alessandra, I especially love the four of you knotted in the sheets.
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Life is what happens while you wait for great things.


Life is what happens while you wait for great things.
Alessandra gallo - on May 26 2007
Thanks, my friend
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domenica mattina - mi arriccio su me stessa come burro


domenica mattina - mi arriccio su me stessa come burro
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