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The Heron’s Nest

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Haiku Pages:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12
Celebrating Paul O. Williams - Pages:  1,  2
Celebrating D. Claire Gallagher - Page:  1

the gardener’s truck
willow leaves scattering
down miles of highway


a pause in the rain —
the old man goes out
to check the mailbox


in the corner
the usual spiderweb,
the usual moth


day ending
without sunset, night coming
without stars


rainy morning —
while getting the paper
the smell of a skunk


a common wire fence —
then a western tanager
sits there a moment


the river —
the town also spilling out
of the mountains


not a laughing mouth,
a bent bow, or an eyelash,
the slender new moon


cormorants near dusk
perched over the tidewater
all hunched, all black


where nobody cares,
growing with green vigor
the sumac


in a flash
from sitting to hovering
the hummingbird


goose down on the lake
blowing into water weeds —
my brother’s business