The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIII, Number 2: June 2021

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Haiku — page 12

nest-building
an eagle returns a branch
to the cedar

Christopher Herold
Port Townsend, Washington

for one week only
the laborers smoke
under cherry blossoms

Frank Dax
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

spring morning
we bury the sparrow
between showers

Dan Curtis
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

black folks' gravestones
scattered for riprap
the river gurgles

L. Teresa Church
Durham, North Carolina

waterfall—
a mountain sings
for the sea

Subir Ningthouja
Imphal, Manipur, India