HAIKUS
1
So
suddenly it happened
dew
down leaves rolled
such
a sharp blade.
2
So
suddenly it happened
blue
bombs burst in the heart of May
blue
rododendron.
3
June
is bloody now
nothing
at late eventide
poppies
burst at night.
Anna Maria Dall’Olio
Anna Maria Dall’Olio: MA Languages (Pisa,
1985), BA Letters (Pisa, 2004). She devoted herself to poetry and playwriting. In
2005 she was ranked second in "Hanojo - via Rendevuo", a Vietnamese
cultural competition for the millennial celebration of Hanoj (1010-2010). She
published 4 collections of poems in Italian: "L’acqua opprime"
(“Water anguishes”, 2016), “Fruttorto sperimentale” (“Experimental food
forest”, 2016), "Latte & Limoni" (“Milk and lemons”, 2014),
"L’angoscia del pane" (“Bread is sorrow”, 2010). She also wrote
"Tabelo" (“Table”, 2006), a play in Esperanto. Several Italian poets
and literary critics have expressed their favorable opinions on her works. She
published her poems in sundry anthologies and also wrote for a few literary
magazines as well as webzines.
Italian scholar Gianfranco Cotronei has recently
edited “Le sirene di cartone di Anna Maria Dall’Olio” (“Anna Maria Dall’Olio’s
cardboard sirens”, 2017) .a monograph about her 10-year-old literary career.