The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXVIII, Number 3: September 2026

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Haiku — page 12

low tide calm
the jellyfish
without its ocean

Thomas Powell
Ballynagarrick, Northern Ireland

bait ball
a frenzy of cormorants
darkens the sunpath

Rick Tarquinio
Woodruff, New Jersey

rundown boatshed
the fish hooks rusting
in a biscuit tin

Jeremy Haworth
Ireland

burning off
the fog leaves
everything behind

Alan S. Bridges
Sudden Valley, Washington

new glasses
the sharpness
of the crow's caw

Beverly Acuff Momoi
Mountain View, California