The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVII, Number 2: June 2025

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Haiku — page 21

bitter wind
the power line singing
to itself

Lew Watts
Chicago, Illinois

road noise
trill of a wren
breaks through

Andy Kahnle
Bellevue, Washington

the baby
arriving before the snow
galanthus nivalis

Michelle Schaefer
Bothell, Washington

winter lilac
a pair of fieldfares
colour the stems

John Barlow
Ormskirk, England

last dregs of snow...
steam rising
from the sugar shed

Hannah Mahoney
Cambridge, Massachusetts