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Haiku
A. Puškin, Basho, Alceus

 

by Guido Monte

 

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Pic: "self-portrait" - © 2007 Giuseppe Quattrocchi - Size: 6k
Autoritratto ("self-portrait")
© 2007 Giuseppe Quattrocchi

 

 

(Swans - October 8, 2007)  

Gisin zacem ti mne dana?
"mizu no oto...
eros anthemóentos
epáion erchoménoio"

 

 

[Why must I live?
"Plop: here's the water sound...
as when I was conscious
of a coming bloom spring"]

 

 

Drawing: Giuseppe Quattrocchi, Autoritratto (2007)

 

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