The Heron's Nest

traffic jam
a raindrop's pace
down the windscreen

Ravi Kiran
Hyderabad, India

broken water
a striped bass rises
in the eagle's talons

Wayne Cochran
Schaghticoke, New York

apologizing
on behalf of the west wind
nestlings in my palm

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India

doodling
in the margins
catbird calls

Brad Bennett
Arlington, Massachusetts

snapdragon
it doesn't take much
to silence me

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, Maryland