Silent…bush
In desert sand the last bush
stands
surrounded by the granular surf
flooding over its roots and branches
until green leaves wilt
in a sarcophagus suffocation.
A buried treasure compressed
by millennia until seekers
discover its fossilized remains
to lie in state under museum
glass.
Diane Webster lives in western Colorado. Her poetry has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One, Jimson Weed, and elsewhere. Her haiku/senryu have appeared in Pebbles, Kokako, Enchanted Garden Haiku. Five micro-chaps have been published by Origami Poetry Press. She was a featured writer in Macrame Literary Journal and WestWard Quarterly. www.dianewebster.com
You can see more of her work in 13.3 and 10.2 and 10.2 and 9.3