The Heron’s Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVIII, Number 1: March 2026

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Haiku — page 24

moth holes
the part of the world
I can mend

Annette Makino
Arcata, California

mother’s Singer
layers of sound
fill the bobbin

Dru Philippou
Taos, New Mexico

snowy village
the footprints know
their way around

Saumya Bansal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

dusk
from the same palette
as dawn

Srini
Rishi Valley, India

the final entry
in her itinerary…
hand-drawn stars

John Shiffer
Ithaca, New York