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A woman stands in the sunlit cloisters of the Benedictine monastery of St. John the Evangelist in Parma, Italy.

I was in this place
of beauty like no other —
of long history.

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A swirling group of swallows high above an old apartment building in Parma, Italy.

The sound their swirl makes —
the black swallows in Parma,
like a plea — or pleas.

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Two stray cats in a park in Parma, Italy, one sunbathing, one walking with tail up.

First, one sunbathing —
then another comes, tail up,
suddenly there’s six.

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The facade of the Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Parma, Italy.

The front, unadorned,
arches left empty for blooms —
roses, all colors.

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In Parma, Italy, a bouquet of purple irises against a plaque with names of those who have died.

The lessons all learned,
the plaques and words left behind,
and still, we forget.

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St. John's monastery in Parma, Italy.

The historian —
under cloistered squares of sun,
tries to tell it all.

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A barn swallow perched in Parma, Italy.

Swallows diving in,
taking wide ancient circles
in cathedral air.

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A narrow sunny street with a bird above with wings spread in Parma, Italy.

Through the city streets,
long passageways, wingbeats thump —
we follow the light.

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The interior of the main cathedral in Parma, Italy.

Correggio walks
from dome to dome to dome to
draw out what’s holy.

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The pink-marbled babtistry in Parma, Italy.

Long arms at its sides,
the pink baptistry holds firm
at city center.

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A mallard flying out of a pond causing a big splash in early springtime.

Mallard like lightning,
out of the green pond in May —
we walk in the sun.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

The gray-backed warbler,
streaked, as drawn with black marker —
chest yellowed loosely.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

Sparrows chattering
in their house in springtime,
the warbler, quiet.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

My mother burns leaves,
I pull weeds under May sun —
the warbler perched, rests.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

Gentle on each branch,
quiet, quiet at each bloom,
the warbler comes through.

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A deer walks in a field in early springtime.

Color of the field,
knowing spring fills it all in —
the deer walks through it.

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A goldfinch perched in a sunny high tree branch in springtime.

Starting evening song,
the goldfinch in the ginkgo —
his beak to the sun.

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A red-winged blackbrd perched in a high tree branch in springtime.

His song like heartache,
he gives it away for free
to the whole forest.

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