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Tiny carved flowers on a centuries' old yellow wall in Mantua Italy.

The gentlest flowers,
not separate from the air —
but made out of air.

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A view looking up of the dome inside the Rotonda di San Lorenzo, Mantua, Italy.

I thought this was home,
the morning light in my arms,
I wake and it’s gone.

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Two pigeons rest on the upper cornices of the Oratorio di San Rocco church in Lerici, Italy.

Like charcoal smudges,
perfectly drawn, sharp, black, gray,
birds rest by the sea.

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View of the doors Baptistery of Parma looking up and skewed on a sunny spring day.

You’re like a stone door,
sealed at the bottom and sides —
even sky shut out.

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A view of the National Gallery with a bird flying just above it on a sunny day in Parma, Italy.

Blue wings like blue glass,
the bird above the building —
blue glass like blue sky.

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A view looking up inside the Mantua Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Pietro).

Stories come undone —
unwinding in rolling domes,
prayers shook loose, lost.

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An outdoor statue of a Muse with wings staring blankly at the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

As afraid as me —
coyotes outside my door,
sneaking up at dawn.

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An outdoor statue of a Muse looking off to the side at the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

Just out of my reach
there’s a perfect thing blooming
full of all graces.

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An outdoor statue of a Muse with her eyes covered with fabric at the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

My garden is gone,
I still tend it in my mind
under sun and moon.

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An ourdoor statue of a woman holding a book under blue sky at the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

A quiet dismay,
the how and why escapes me —
I wait, I wait, I...

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Yellow sunburst lichen growing on a astle wall in Parma Italy.

Stars on top of stars,
the lives we don’t understand —
breathing in and out.

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Two arched windows above old olive oil barrels in a castle basement in Parma Italy.

Windows become eyes
lit by the green valley light,
barrels become cheeks.

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A closeup of a red poppy bloom in springtime in Parma Italy.

The poppy calls for
pointing for someone to see
spring fields lit with red.

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The shadows of a man and woman walking on a path at night with lights blurred and another couple up ahead of them, walking, blurred, in Parma, Italy.

Big Dipper above,
roses in bloom, we’re a pair —
say goodnight, goodnight.

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A view of a solitary house in the Emilia-Romagna region on a clear spring day.

The day is open,
like a sheet of velvet grass
and hills that shelter.

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A seagull floats against a blue sky in front of colorful buildings in Lerici, Italy.

The gull catches wind
in the colorful village,
just in from the sea.

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A statue of a woman outside at the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

An ear to the past,
an eye to the blue-skied day —
I keep my secrets.

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A plaque on the ground in Lerici, Italy from 1905 with the words on it in Italian: "Oh traveler who passes by in a hurry, stop for a moment, pick a wild flower and say a prayer."

We four travelers,
together by the blue sea,
making our wishes.

"Oh traveler who passes by in a hurry, stop for a moment, pick a wild flower and say a prayer."

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