The Heron's Nest

spring peepers...
the pond rolls up
its sleeve of ice

Mary Stevens
Hurley, New York

cerulean spring dawn
his song begins
on middle C

Mimi Ahern
San Jose, California

stock exchange
a portfolio
of plum blossoms

Norman Silver
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

colorless wind
a white-tailed kite
hovering            hovering

Beverly Acuff Momoi
Mountain View, California

the weight
    of rain
incense ash

Matthew Caretti
American Samoa