Diana Webb

Like Looking Through an Album of Haystacks

"now
that I remember"
her veil in that snap

The sewing machine was never used. Everything hand-stitched though night after night. Some people called her the black widow spider. How cruel folks can be. Those who laughed at her. Said she had lost the plot as well as mislaying so many needles. Even then. 

a seed pearl hanging
by a thread 
tarnished thimble

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About the Author

Diana Webb edits the print journal Time Haiku. She enjoys devising and leading haibun workshops in her local area of Surrey, UK. Her latest haibun novellarette, Envelopes, was published by Alba in June 2024. 

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