World Haiku Series 2022 (72) Haiku by Maria Teresa Piras (Italy)

Haiku by Maria Teresa Piras

poppies –

nothing else to learn

papaveri –

niente altro da imparare

(HAIKU DIALOGUE – THE HAIKU FOUNDATION NOVEMBER 23, 2022)

snowflakes – all shades of silence

fiocchi di neve –

tutte le sfumature

del silenzio

(UNDER THE BASHŌ NOVEMBER 18, 2022)

an autumn leaf in silence crosses my silence

una foglia d’autunno in silenzio attraversa il mio silenzio

(UNDER THE BASHŌ NOVEMBER 18, 2022)

hedge roses– the perfume of my childhood in the breeze

rose di siepe –

nella brezza il profumo

della mia infanzia

(ESUJ-H JULY, 2022)

light of fireflies —

I’m in no hurry to arrive

nowhere

luce di lucciole –

non ho fretta di arrivare

da nessuna parte

(SCARLET DRAGONFLY JOURNAL OCTOBER 16, 2022)

autumn wind

in every season

autumn wind

vento d’autunno

in ogni stagione

vento d’autunno

(HAIKU DIALOGUE – THE HAIKU FOUNDATION – AUGUST 24, 2022)

the calm

after the quarrel –

rainbow

la calma

dopo la lite –

arcobaleno

(STARDUST HAIKU POETRY WITH A LITTLE SPARKLE ISSUE 65 – MAY 2022)

art gallery—

the war stays out

for a moment

Galleria d’arte—

la guerra resta fuori

per un istante

(HAIKU DIALOGUE – THE HAIKU FOUNDATION – MARCH 16, 2022)

haiku –

the here and now

of a scar

haiku –

il qui e ora

di una cicatrice

(HAIKU DIALOGUE – THE HAIKU FOUNDATION – FEBRUARY 2, 2022)

the moment

of a snowflake –

our history

il momento

di un fiocco di neve –

la nostra storia

(HAIKUNIVERSE – JANUARY 3, 2022)

Bio

 Maria Teresa Piras is a retired teacher and lives in Serrenti, a town in Sardinia. She is passionate about books and poetry, when she discovered haiku she fell in love with it. The colors, the scents, the wind and the sea of her island are a source of inspiration for her.

Some of her haiku have been published in magazines and blogs: ESUJ-H, STARDUST HAIKU, THE HAIKU FOUNDATION, ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK, MEMORIE DI UNA GEISHA MULTIBLOG, AUTUMN MOON HAIKU JOURNAL, COLDMOONJOURNAL, HAIKUNIVERSE, LUKE’S WATER LILIES, WALES HAIKU JOURNAL, OTATA, UNDER THE BASHŌ, SCARLET DRAGONFLY JOURNAL

Other of her haiku have gained recognition in literary competitions and prizes.

A collection of his haiku, in Italian, ” Si sfogliano i gerani sul davanzale” was published in 2018 by Immaginarte. Her haiku are present in various anthologies in Italian and, translated into Japanese, in various volumes published by Haiku University.

She was included in the “TOP 100 HAIKU EUROPEAN” of 2020 and 2021.

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