The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 4: December 2022

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Haiku — page 7

early morning light...
sound of the tortoise
crunching lettuce

Lisa Gerlits
Silverton, Oregon

the path
that leaves the path
wild cherry

Matt Snyder
Pittsboro, North Carolina

fisherman wading deeper into a brook's song

Michele L. Harvey
Hamilton, New York

taken up by a hawk
every letter of
a snake's alphabet

Peter Yovu
Middlesex, Vermont

prairie dog town
the curfew from
dusk to dawn

Sam Bateman
Everett, Washington