My name is Anna De Astis, I live in Ruvo di Puglia (Bari) and I'm 56 years old. A few years ago I began to put on paper the feelings and emotions experienced in particular moments of my life. I discovered the cathartic function of writing straight away capable of bringing out the world that lived inside me, hidden latent and secret. Deep intimate secrets, kept undisclosed to me out of shame and secrecy. Ink seems to have the power to free me from a weight, from that deep feeling that sometimes saddened me and made me melancholic. Readers will find in the verses happenings and lived events, emotions and feelings. I wish you a good reading and get excited! Anna Deà (Anna de Astis)