Maurizio Brancaleoni is a writer and translator. 

His poems / haiku / short stories / pastiches have appeared in several journals and collections. 

He manages “Leisure Spot“, a bilingual blog where he posts literary gems, reviews and translations.

“Uno o l’altro verso tante direzioni comunque”, the original Italian version of the poem published here, won second place in a literary contest on “the new places of contemporaneity” in 2015 and was published on the website of the poetry zine “Versante Ripido” (“Steep Versant”).