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Floating Petals: English Edition
An intimate book of poems written between two worlds, Europe and China, Floating Petals blends cultures, perspectives, art forms that do not often mingle.
"The author’s capacity to blend, in his verses, very distant cultures, comes primarily from his travels, and from his experiencing ways of living and thinking that are almost opposite to one another. The subtle inquietude of a slow decadence in Western tints dilutes in the candor of an Eastern dawn and flourishes in pages of ink on rice paper." — Amerigo VerardiShifting between a confessional style and the elliptical forms of Asian poetry, Floating Petals takes you on a journey within its own complexity and transformations. In this new, extended edition, travel impressions, natural snapshots and Asian mythology brew together in profound simplicity, retracing the delicate and meditative interplay between the elements of a tea ceremony.
"The author’s capacity to blend, in his verses, very distant cultures, comes primarily from his travels, and from his experiencing ways of living and thinking that are almost opposite to one another. The subtle inquietude of a slow decadence in Western tints dilutes in the candor of an Eastern dawn and flourishes in pages of ink on rice paper." — Amerigo VerardiShifting between a confessional style and the elliptical forms of Asian poetry, Floating Petals takes you on a journey within its own complexity and transformations. In this new, extended edition, travel impressions, natural snapshots and Asian mythology brew together in profound simplicity, retracing the delicate and meditative interplay between the elements of a tea ceremony.
96 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 29, 2022
About the author
Simon Chiatante
10 books6 followersSimon Chiatante is a language teacher, translator and author from Italy.
Years spent teaching and traveling across China gave him the chance to dive into the multiple facets of its arts and philosophies, as much as into Zen buddhism and into the Way of Tea, unexhaustible sources of inspiration for his writing.
Based in Shenzhen, where he founded the Shenzhen International Poetry association, he has been appointed Global Communication Ambassador by the Shenzhen Daily newspaper, and International Experience Officer by the authorities of Qianhai area for his cultural activity.
His work is included in several projects and publications in literary magazines between Europe and China, such as RIVISTA (Milan) and Poetry World (Shanghai).
Years spent teaching and traveling across China gave him the chance to dive into the multiple facets of its arts and philosophies, as much as into Zen buddhism and into the Way of Tea, unexhaustible sources of inspiration for his writing.
Based in Shenzhen, where he founded the Shenzhen International Poetry association, he has been appointed Global Communication Ambassador by the Shenzhen Daily newspaper, and International Experience Officer by the authorities of Qianhai area for his cultural activity.
His work is included in several projects and publications in literary magazines between Europe and China, such as RIVISTA (Milan) and Poetry World (Shanghai).
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