Micro Haibun | Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

A whole other life

The cafe' was packed with agitated journalists on computers, cell phones and blackberries, on the far side was a forest of camera tripods and light stands for the TV live positions. 

sitting in the 
shade of an old 
lime-tree

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni…

…is an Italian pedagogist, author, and poet. She began writing Japanese-style poems in 2019 and since has been published in Asahi Haikuist Network, Haiku Dialogue THF, The Japan Society UK, Drifting Sands Haibun, Cold Moon Journal, Bones Journal, Akita International Haiku Network, The Zen Space, The Wise Owl, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and sixty other international journals. Her works have been translated into Japanese, Romanian, Arabic, Malayalam, Hindi, and Spanish. Co-author of haiga and shahai with Andrea Vanacore, life partner, visionary photographer, & video-maker. Drawing and walking in nature are her passions. Her motto is “I can, I must, I will do it.”

Photo by Andrea Vanacore