The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVI, Number 4: December 2024

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Haiku — page 12

dry thunder
the empty shell
of a garden snail

Susan Yavaniski
Cohoes, New York

August morning
a funeral bell
lowers the temperature

Alexis Rotella
Greensboro, Noth Carolina

braiding sweetgrass
each basket carrying
a bit of family lore

Kendall Lott
Bloomington, Indiana

sagebrush
an ache for home
in the harmonica

Chad Lee Robinson
Pierre, South Dakota

twilight
the quiet of wanting
nothing more

Betsy Hearne
Urbana, Illinois