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Kamome



a soft breeze -
is melting to moonshine
the lemons' scent



a summer storm -
seems to sponge out
all evening's colors



autumn sands -
the world vanishing
in a conch shell



facing the moon,
the simple girl raises
her bare hand

Kamome
(Italy)

Kamome (Fernando lembo di Pino) was born in Italy in 1953. he lives and works on the Amalfi Coast, in the real heart of Mediterranean, both as a teacher of language’s philosophy and as a scribe/calligrapher and painter. passionate since years for japan traditions, literature and arts, he happened to begin a very late study of japanese language, but he’s been writing haiku since his youth.