The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 1: March 2022

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Haiku — page 14

     cold damp morning
charred wood
     in the raven's call

Dave Russo
Cary, North Carolina

calling on her
to hear me out
spring blackbird

Elmedin Kadric
Helsingborg, Sweden

bright Sunday—
I arrive as pallbearer
in my hometown

Lenard D. Moore
Mt. Olive, North Carolina

reaching up
to steal the sun
kudzu vines

Rick Jackofsky
Rocky Point, New York

ancestry research
a little crabgrass
in the lawn

Nancy Shires
Greenville, North Carolina