The Heron's Nest

silver pond
the faint ripples
of dawn

Martha Swiss
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

folded rock
the weight
of eons

Christa Pandey
Austin, Texas

summer wind
bending the blue
delphiniums

Marilyn Fleming
Pewaukee, Wisconsin

diagnosis—
wing whistle
of a mourning dove

Carolyn Hall
San Francisco, California

after rain
the flare of sunlight
on a beetle's wings

Paul Chambers
Newport, Wales