The Heron's Nest

burning a hole
through wildfire haze
tangerine sun

Janet Ruth
Corrales, New Mexico

drought season
the vulture's
concentric circles

Michele L. Harvey
Hamilton, New York

hummingbird
sugar water
in a dixie cup

Stacy R. Nigliazzo
Houston, Texas

end of summer
the split creek
reconvenes

Brad Bennett
Arlington, Massachusetts

V of geese
a refugee tells me
his word for home

Edward Cody Huddleston
Baxley, Georgia