Instead of a Jigsaw, by Diana Webb

Study of Cumulus Clouds, by John Constable (England) 1882

​Instead of a Jigsaw

She tends to knit with a cloudy sky . No needles. Her pen suffices. The clouds are sent in waves of foam frothed fluff so her pencil moves to her inner sea in rhythmic  syllabic meanders echoed and  mirrored in patterns of sky.

many blue scraps
to patch a farthingale
heavenly ballgown 

There are spheres behind. Moons and bubbles. She presses the fabric on top and their marks shine through. Transparent moons, opaque bubbles exert their pressure through the surface. Zigzags and waves. Waves and zigzags. Points into curves.

jagged edge 
caress of a fingertip 
around the traces 

Not so different from the art this window frame holds   Shades of blue interspersed with tints of grey and all smudged through with a dust of pink.  Dust from a rose in a bed from Chelsea as clouds swell to bloom as ephemeral selves in drifts of atmosphere in dance of the brush .

bleak day
on the feeder bluebirds
peck sugar plums 

Diana Webb

Diana Webb is a widely published award winning  haiku and haibun poet. She edits the print journal Time Haiku and reviews books for the journal of the British Haiku Society, Blithe Spirit.