Giorgio Gazzolo giorgiogazzolo@inwind.it Italian no personal web site Italy He was born in 1937 in Genova, Italy, where he studied and graduated in medicine. He lived in Milano and Rome, where in 1967 he began to see his poems published by important reviews. Returning to his hometown, he became an active member of the French Cultural Center, frequented the city,s literary scene, collaborated with several newspapers, and published three volumes of verses to critical acclaim.  His most recent production includes a series of 48 tanka collected in the small volume Sguardi, which was presented at the Oriental Art Museum, E. Chiossone, with the sponsorship of the Genoa City Municipality.  Giorgio Gazzolo is currently working on a volume comprising 100 haiku that will be titled, Il pozzo delle Rondini (Swallow,s Well)

canta insistente quest,ultima cicala" è quasi notte	the insistent song of this last cicada" soon, night
il vento stacca   la bianca piuma presa nel fil di ferro	the wind frees the little feather imprisoned on the barbed wire
sole a gennaio" nuota nel mare freddo  un uomo anziano	January sun" in the cold sea an old man swimming
parco deserto" entro in punta di piedi nell,erba nuda	deserted park" I walk tiptoe through the naked grass
ancora vivo il rosso della rosa gettata via	still full of life the red of the rose  dropped to the ground