AIKU The Way of Love
A story told in Haiku
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staring at memories
the stillness
of a moving train
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t’ai chi for two
a silent dance
in every mirror
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twin flames in the air
our hands move
the way of the Tao
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with you the timelessness of one heart beat
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walking barefoot
a thousand times
the sand remembers us
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slowly unpacking the scent of being still there
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gentle nodding
the meadow’s yes
to this wind
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About the Book
A ‘love haiku’ book is a rare gem in micropoetry. A ‘long’ love haiku book is even more special. A long love haiku book given voice by ‘a single author’, as compared to a collective of poets, makes it one-of-a-kind. In addition, the author tells her personal love story, in the language of haiku. Each poem and image expresses and defines some of the unique moments and experiences unfolding in her extraordinary storyline. All haiku together make the love story. The arc of narrative created with each haiku is designed to move the reader along a journey of pure love, deep transformation and spiritual alchemy.
In releasing not one but two books at once, AIKU The Way of Love with The Way of Love, a collection of tanka, the author introduces The Way of Love series announcing the return of The Way, the most radical revolution that only the heart can lead. At this incredible time in human history, The Way of Love is the energetic template for a new evolutionary wave, the path to the unconditional embrace of the self with the beloved, oneness with all creation, the true source of healing and beauty, is…living poetry and beyond.
About the Author
Rita R. Melissano, Ph.D. is a Touchstone Award nominated Poet. Her presence in the micro poetry field has been quickly noticed and her work received special commentaries. She has been the featured Reader in poetry events, her poems published in national and international poetry journals, anthologies, and featured on websites & podcasts. She is the recipient of the Honorable Mention award of the Mt. Fuji Taisho Tanka Contest 2024.
A first-time author, she surprises the literary world by releasing not one, but two books at once and creating her own series: AIKU The Way of Love: a story told in Haiku, with The Way of Love: a collection of Tanka. Her third book in the series will debut at the end of the year.
“The Way of Love” series combines her passion for poetry with her commitment to raise consciousness, promote healing & mindful living, and transmute suffering through the alchemy of love. Walking The Way is becoming who we are, aware and awakened in the place we are destined to be in this life: our heart.
To know more about the author’s rich background, dive into the visual, literary, auditory and spiritual experience offered on her website www.thewayof.love.
A clinical psychologist from Italy, she obtained her doctorate in marriage and family therapy from BYU, UT, feeling at home in international settings. She is a world traveler who speaks several languages and has studied all the major ancient spiritual traditions and cultures. She lives in a forest overlooking the Mississippi which inspires her writing, mindfulness practice & teachings, photography, oneness with Nature and the wonders of The Way…of Love.