The Heron's Nest

seagull's cry
the backrush
of shoreline pebbles

Rob Grotke
Grass Valley, California

beach day
a cloud snails
by the sun

Evelyn Atreya
Guilford, Connecticut

sandbar
the length
of a summer afternoon

John Wojtowicz
Bridgeton, New Jersey

marina grass
the morning waves still
in my legs

Joseph Elliott
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

island life—
the time
between ferries

Sally Biggar
Topsham, Maine