The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 3: September 2022

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Haiku — page 11

summer cottage
a bird's nest
in the mailbox

Rick Jackofsky
Rocky Point, New York

bruised plum
the biopsy
comes back clear

Jo McInerney
Boolarra, Australia

passing years
the price tag still
on his fishing pole

Glenn G. Coats
Carolina Shores, North Carolina

every river crossing his immigration stories

Michael Battisto
Oakland, California

this bend
of the river all his
red-breasted merganser

Renée Owen
Sebastopol, California