The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVI, Number 3: September 2024

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Haiku — page 24

canning season
woodpecker
in the granary tree

Tracy Royce
Los Angeles, California

crunching leaves
the sound of the towhee
bigger than itself

Jacquie Pearce
Vancouver, Canada

the blue sky
so empty
I fill my bowl with rice

Chen Jie
Ontario, Canada

fall leaves a dry voice on the air

Elmedin Kadric
Helsingborg, Sweden

coming home
the scent
of ripening apples

Marjolein Rotsteeg
Hoenderloo, The Netherlands