Itinerary of the Heart

                         by Diana Webb

                                                                  dedicated to Tony
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​He emerges from the florist holding out a red chrysanthemum.
“I want to take you to Japan,” he says.
She takes his hand.
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He tells her of Tori, sunrise tinted gateways, wombs of all creation.

He tells her of rocks, strategically placed, of raked sand sifted into circles.

He tells her of Yugen, a term that touches on mysterious beauty.
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The timbre of his voice transports her.

Temple grounds
two figures as one shimmer
on the water
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Diana Webb has been writing haiku for 30 years. She edits the print journal 'Time Haiku ' and is occasionally guest editor for the online haibun journal 'Drifting Sands'. Her four haibun collections have been published by Hub Editions and Alba Publishing, and her most recent collection 'White Coat on  Peg,' which includes the best of her haiku from the last 20 years and her most recent haibun , is published by The Magic Pen Press. Diana has won both the haibun award from the British Haiku Society, of which she is an active member, and the Genjuan haibun contest. 

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