The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIII, Number 2: June 2021

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Haiku — page 22

empty sky—
his growl segues
into a yawn

Tom Clausen
Ithaca, New York

winter dawn
the air rattles
with sparrows

Agus Maulana Sunjaya
Tangerang, Indonesia

the smell
of an icy stream—
skunk cabbage

Laurie D. Morrissey
Hopkinton, New Hampshire

slush
unable to walk back
the lie

Lew Watts
Chicago, Illinois

lake thaw
the moon adjusts
its mirror

Roberta Beary
County Mayo, Ireland