The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume 1, Number 2: October 1999

Haiku — page 2

outer space
limbs of the bare oak reach
the farthest stars

Jane Reichhold

Blue morning light
at the writing desk—
the rain falls harder

Del Doughty

where nobody cares,
growing with green vigor
the sumac

Paul O. Williams

one limb at a time—
the falcon calls her fledglings
nearer to flight

an'ya

knocked off by rain
camellias bloom again
in the puddles

Jane Reichhold

horse trough
a cowboy chips away
the winter

an'ya

the bell rings
again the playground fills
with pigeons

Charles Trumbull

cliff trail
a raven's broad shadow sweeps
the greening valley

Elizabeth Howard

wobbly legs
the stray kitten plops
into a purr

Carlos Colón

bumbled by a bee
rugosa rose petals fall
through the breathless air

Robert Major