Best of the Net 2026 Nominations / Blue Heron Review

Best of the Net Nominations from BHR 19 Spring 2025 (Published June 28, 2025)
(*Please visit the BHR 19 page of this site to read all of these beautiful poems. Simply scroll down to find the work of each author within the issue.)

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Helen Bournas-Ney / “A Prayer for My Granddaughter”

Lori Ulrich / “Heaven’s Rainbow”

Amrita Skye Blaine / “camaraderie”

Mary Anna Scenga Kruch / “When Souls Find Comfort: Ode to a Lake”

Faith Paulsen / “I Imagine Hildegard von Bingen Finds an Egg”

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*Editor’s Note:
Choosing nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology is always a very difficult task. I am so proud of all of our very fine writers. Congratulations to the authors above on their nominations. I hope you’ll take some time to visit our BHR 19 page to read and enjoy these poems.

Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor
Blue Heron Review
(*Founded 2013)