The Heron's Nest

suburban gardens
the scrub turkeys
scratch out a living

Rohan Buettel
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

blues solo autumn wind

P M F Johnson
Minneapolis, Minnesota

snowless Christmas
we exchange gift cards
of equal value

Joe McKeon
Strongsville, Ohio

New Year's Day—
giving the etch-a-sketch
a good shake

Mary Stevens
Hurley, New York

everything
before and after
the afterbirth

Francine Banwarth
Dubuque, Iowa