Five Unpublished Monoku Poems
from afar a fleck of color
heron’s stiff march the limit
river's dynamic nature a meander
bee sting I’m very angry
grapevine our friendship
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an Italian pedagogist and author. Her Japanese-style poetry has appeared in nearly 300 journals, including The Mainichi, Modern Haiku, The Asahi Haikuist, seashores, and tsuri-doro. A 7th Basho International winner, she earned two nominations for The Touchstone Award 2023 and 2024 (Word on the Street Haiku, Susan Furst Editor). Her haiku poem was nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology (2025) by Marie C Lecrivain, Curator of Al-Khemia Poetica: A Women’s Arts and Writing Journal.
Ranked among the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors (2024, 2025), she received Honorable Mentions at the Fujisan Tanka Contest (2024, 2025) and was featured for three consecutive years on The Mainichi’s Haiku in English Best.
Her passions include drawing, swimming, and nature.
Her motto is: "I can, I must, I want."
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