This week's Haiku Sunday is an introduction to Italy's Le Marche region. This stunning region along the Adriatic Sea and held by the spiny Sybelline Mountains just west is one of the most compelling and least visited regions in Italy. This tip of the iceberg should get you all excited to visit. (Remember to click the photos to see full size)

Rolling wildflowers

along organic vineyards

make me smile quickly

Blue skies abounding

over a  seven sided

tower and no people

Looking back surprised

we only wanted to see

and not touch the goods

Invited to see

the world of a ship's crew was

squalor and still hope

He stood no taller

than a child of eleven

and made cheese daily

chilled but not cold

bracing then round offers a glimpse

into the soul of man

last night cheese in our hands

cool red wine from the glass jug

real discovery