The Heron’s Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVIII, Number 1: March 2026

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Haiku — page 11

late to the party
wildflowers stuck
on the freeway

Yvette Nicole Kolodji
Whittier, California

taking a sick day to sit in the park tattered lotus

Matthew Moffett
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

after the breeze
      I become
      a mirror lake

Victor Ortiz
Bellingham, Washington

fading light
minnows tap
the air

Joseph Elliott
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

cave stream
the beating heart
of a see-through fish

Bryan Rickert
Belleville, Illinois