Respiro: Metropolitan Haiku in Bloomington, MN

An illustrated volume of haiku in English and Italian for all who live the city and its relation with nature, tradition, and the self.
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By breathing, we are able to see the truth and beauty of life, even in the midst of metropolitan chaos and the
speed of modernity
. This sentiment resonates deeply throughout the collection, as Simon transforms the
urban rhythm
of Shenzhen into a poetic canvas, in search of "truth and beauty
".
- Prof. Zhang Guangkui，School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University. "
Chiatante's haiku flood the mind with a variety of emotions, driven by their
modern and varied structure
. The environment, waterscapes and urban landscapes, dominates this self-expression as an exploration of the self. The ecology of haiku, represented by the interconnectedness of words and punctuation, is
a free form
, deviating from canonical standards yet giving an innovative form to an impulsive writing of feelings
- Prof. Matteo Convertino, fuTuRE EcoSystems Lab, Tsinghua University.