Diana Webb

…the difference between water colours and crayons…

Crayons are made of wax like candles inside the church where the votive flames flicker. Water colours are of the atmosphere outside, of the clouds and the moisture, the rays of the sun in the seasonal cycles. And what poetry only can attempt to describe is shaped by the words.

struck by moonbows
cherry petals 
catching the light 

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Note: The words in italics are from lines in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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About the Author

Diana Webb’s latest haibun novellarette, envelopes, was published in 2024 by Alba Publishing. Her haibun appears widely, and she finds devising local haibun workshops both inspirational and enlightening. 

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