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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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Detail of the statue of Giuseppe Verdi by Enrico Butti in in Parma Italy in springtime.

The path is well known,
the orbit and the orbited,
eyes closed and spinning.

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Detail of the statue of Giuseppe Verdi by Enrico Buttiin in Parma Italy in springtime.

Am I out of time,
is morning music enough,
rewritten, sung strong?

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A view of an intricately decorated ceiling in a castle in Parma Italy depicting a gold sun surrounded by branches of a flowering tree.

When we admit love,
the understory wakes up,
poems are written.

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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 view looking up at the interior of the dome of the Rotonda di San Lorenzo in Mantua, Italy.

In the quiet light
caught nine centuries ago —
dome, gold like Venus.

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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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