Diana Webb
Flowers I noted
On a bus return trip to the seaside . Start stop start stop gathering speed. Then roadworks.
shepherd's purse
against a wall
stardust graffiti
The bus becomes crowded. Some get off as others get on.
roadside bench
cow parsley constellates
between the slats
From point of alighting to point of reboarding, the crunch of pebbles beneath swish of the froth.
behind the shelter
sea lavender sways
from cracks between walls
Sun blazes glass. Closed windows too high up to reach for the air as waves on the shore recede.
windchimes suspended to herald the front door a bluebell-lined path
Yes. The trip remains a celebration.
wine hued
a late magnolia
lifts its cups
Such a longing for a bed. To close the eyes weighted by pebbles, peer through the holes. “Home and the journey are one,” said Basho.
en route from the coast
cherries in blossom
lifetimes of spindrift
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 Publishing in June 2024.
Beautiful as always from Diana.
Diana, love that the haiku each highlight a specific flower on the journey!
“lifetimes of spindrift”. marvelous image for so much of what happens, and doesn’t happen, I our lives