The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVII, Number 3: September 2025

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Haiku — page 1

boarded-up cottage
a pile of lucky rocks
on the top step

Kristen Lindquist
Camden, Maine

the day moon barely seen
a hand held out
for spare change

Peter Yovu
Middlesex, Vermont

silent reading
a wind leafs through
the maples

Saumya Bansal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Japanese garden
one stone
alive

Mark Gilbert
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

my loneliness passing through a gas station at night

Tyrone McDonald
Brooklyn, New York