The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIII, Number 2: June 2021

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Haiku — page 23

sparrows gathering the first light of day

Bryan Rickert
Belleville, Illinois

meadow mist
the muffled call
of the corncrake

Mike Gallagher
Lyreacrompane, Listowel, Ireland

if it's the last thing I do spring rain

Michele Root-Bernstein
East Lansing, Michigan

hospice bed
   forming
her chrysalis

David Käwika Eyre
Volcano, Hawai'i

controlled burn
the intensity
of this hug

Carolyn Hall
San Francisco, California