Maria Eleonora Ummarino was born in Nettuno (RM), on 3/12/1957, a high school teacher, lives and works in Rome where she teaches philosophy, history and pedagogy The poetic "feeling" soon becomes a privileged expression of her soul. The short verses, as if to mark the important moments of a "harsh" and difficult inner itinerary, still want to "tell" with the simplicity of real things, of things that happen, that surprise, that move: lights, shadows, silences, expectations of an existence that continues to seek its "meaning".