The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 2: June 2022

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Haiku — page 20

a sugar skull
with my name on it
afternoon rain

Mary Stevens
Hurley, New York

cold moon
     tapping out
           his tobacco

P. H. Fischer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

winter solstice
the soft fall of dumplings
into a stew

Susan Mallernee
Dover, Ohio

cold snap—
a lump of dried bandage
in his old gloves

Matt Snyder
Hillsborough, North Carolina

snow squall
the sky
includes me

Frank Hooven
Morrisville, Pennsylvania