April 12, 2018

Prompt: write a haibun that takes in the natural landscape of the place you live.  (Note: A haibun is a Japanese form that blends prose-based travel writing with haiku.)

Spring has blossomed on Honeybee Lane.

Beautiful Yoshino cherry trees line the drives and give a warm welcome to all.

But there is a silence, stark and sinister,

Revealing the absence of the bees that have covered these trees every spring. 

Until now.

White blooms tinged with pink

Await pollination by

Bees that never come.