Photography © Natalie Pardue
robot dance may
also be accompanied
a cappella
~~~
anything that goes
beep-bop-boop
stick it in the tub
~~~
seeing
a cat’s reaction
to catnip
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is among the winners of the 7th Basho – an international English Haiku Competition and has been nominated twice in the Touchstone Award 2023 and 2024. She has been recognized in The Mainichi’s Haiku in English Best list for 2023 and 2024 and received an Honorable Mention at the Fujisan Tanka Contest 2024. Her Japanese-style poetry has been published in 250 international magazines and translated into 12 languages.
Natalie Pardue: “Future Focus Photography is imaginative and experimental Sci-Fi digital art. The theme for this piece is to show everyday scenarios where robots replace humans.”