The Heron’s Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVIII, Number 1: March 2026

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Haiku — page 19

late fall
the trails
the woods suggest

Michael Baeyens
Geraardsbergen, Belgium

last leaves
an urgency
of squirrels

Ann K. Schwader
Westminster, Colorado

bare to the bone
coyote’s side-long glance
across the creek

Janet Ruth
Corrales, New Mexico

a crow preens
another crow…
trees stripped of leaves

Polona Oblak
Ljubljana, Slovenia

foggy morning
the shape
of a cough

Ravi Kiran
Hyderabad, India