patam patam patam
goest the footsteps
of the adowa dancer

patàm patàm, patàm
vanno i passi
della ballerina di adowa

Matilda Aimie Ayitey, Age 14

~o~

from Coconut Dance, A Haiku Anthology edited by Adjei Agyei-Baah

Selected and translated by Lucia Fontana