The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXV, Number 2: June 2023

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Haiku — page 7

the scar
where our garden was
hard rime

Jennifer Hambrick
Columbus, Ohio

sunlit butterknife
across fresh toast
blackberry jam

Ben Gaa
St. Louis, Missouri

a pine sapling—
in the shadows
of siblings

Jacquelyn Caskey
Shreveport, Louisiana

winter chickadee
from pinecone to pinecone
chatting to itself

Rob Dingman
Herkimer, New York

last stitch
the sound of embers
shifting in the grate

Lisa Gerlits
Silverton, Oregon