Maria Tosti, an Italian poet, shares her Japanese style poetry
Maria Tosti is an Italian author from Perugia. Her literary debut was with a multilingual poetry book in 2014. She likes various forms of poetry but she’s particularly interested in short poems, in Japanese style such as Tanka and Haiku, and also likes creating visual poems thanks to her passion for Photography and Drawing. Many of her literary and artistic works have appeared in various national and international literary journals, magazines, blogs, websites and anthologies in China, India, Canada, USA, Brazil, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Romania, Switzerland, and Tasmania.
TANKA 1
… Yakamoz –
Swaying over the bosphorus
Moonbeams
The first boats out to sea
Fishing for hopes
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TANKA 2
It rains in the city –
In your mavi eyes
I rediscover the sky
I close myself in your embrace
Oblivious to the world
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TANKA 3
Nostalgic tour –
The last ride downtown
With the red tram
Your perfume inebriates
Sequences of memories
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HAIKU 1
One thousand and one nights –
Lit lanterns and spices
At the grand bazaar
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HAIKU 2
On the waterfront –
At lunch your smile
Between tea and simit
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HAIKU 3
Night photos –
Two lovers and behind
The red bridge
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Received from Angela Kosta Executive Director of MIRIADE Magazine, Academic, journalist, writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator, promoter
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