The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 1: March 2022

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Haiku — page 9

blues music of the night train winding through the valley

Jill Lange
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

retirement party...
new strings
for the old guitar

Curtis Dunlap
Mayodan, North Carolina

hard frost
a quarter clanks
in the alms box

Jennifer Hambrick
Columbus, Ohio

my daughter threads it
as I did for my mother
fading autumn light

Mimi Ahern
San Jose, California

snowcapped peaks
the light in her eyes
slowly goes out

Bruce H. Feingold
Berkeley, California