The Heron's Nest

maybe spring
the few notes a kid can
coax from his saxophone

Peter Yovu
Middlesex, Vermont

first warbler
lemon-yellow
on a bare twig

Ruth Holzer
Potomac Falls, Virginia

larksong
how little I give
in return

Laurie D. Morrissey
Hopkinton, New Hampshire

peeling the apple
in one long yellow strip
worm moon

Deborah A. Bennett
Carbondale, Illinois

kerfuffle—
the bird bath
full of feathers

David J Kelly
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom