The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume 1, Number 2: October 1999

Haiku — page 4

yellow raincoats—
farm workers picking
the last of the peppers

Joann Klontz

cherry tomato
the scent from its leaves lingers
on my fingertips

Jennifer Jensen

thistledown
my thoughts carry me
back to sea

Alex Benedict

noon
sunflowers sway
with goldfinches

Cherie Hunter Day

lunch break
a blue dragonfly lights
on the sawhorse

Joann Klontz

sultry evening—
     a peacock's plaintive cry
across the flooded field

Elizabeth Howard

yellow jasmine—
arriving chickadees
shake out perfume

Ferris Gilli

overcast morning
the last of the tomatoes
line the windowsill

Rick Tarquinio

slight breeze
all the colors telegraphed
along a spider's line

Christopher Herold

closing time:
zoo animals smaller
than their shadows

Charles Trumbull