The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 4: December 2022

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Haiku — page 19

crowning the butterfly bush a monarch

Kim Klugh
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

monastery bell
a little space
for the next ghost

Lorraine A Padden
San Diego, California

stinging nettles—
things that were said
I can't forget

Mary Kendall
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

sickle moon
the old pub roof
losing its thatch

Helen Buckingham
Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

autumn evening
the shadow of Dad's cross
pointing me home

Sean O'Connor
Tipperary, Ireland