The Heron's Nest

where tradition and innovation meet

Volume XXIV, Number 4: December 2022

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Haiku — page 5

twilight deepens the twittering sky

Lorin Ford
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

salmonfly hatch
a nighthawk works
the river mist

Lew Watts
Chicago, Illinois

 the grace         of deer
    antlered   in velvet
            nightfall

Michele Root-Bernstein
East Lansing, Michigan

untying apron strings
the moon's arc slowly
escaping the earth

Christine Goodnough
Saskatchewan, Canada

pulling stars down
from the ceiling—
my son no longer a boy

Dan Salontai
Chandler, Arizona