The Heron's Nest

community garden
         one plot
left to fend for itself

Scott Mason
Somers, New York

alone now
no one to
straighten my collar

Susan Farner
Urbana, Illinois

estate sale
her life laid out
on the lawn

Francine Banwarth
Dubuque, Iowa

gold exchange
I sell what's left
of our marriage

Kathryn Bold
Coto de Caza, California

waning light
trying to read
the thunder

Jamie Wimberly
Roswell, Georgia