a few words
from the doctor
crows on snow

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Ernest Wit

Ernest Wit is an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in many haiku anthologies and journals including Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Acorn, and The Heron's Nest. Author of books of poems: "Bitter Wind", "Towards Light", "Black and White", "Singing the World a Prima Vista", "The Touch of the Intanglible", "A Hundred Likes". He runs a blog of his previously published and unpublished haiku at www.withaiku.blogspot.com and a publication on Substack at ernestwithaiku.substack.com.

5 thoughts on “”

  1. The weight of the 'few words', the starkness, what crows portend … so much here, love this haiku.

    a small smile
    the chemo nurse
    tries again

  2. Interestingly, I saw a doctor's handwriting when I read this. A prescription, perhaps. It must have been the crows against the snow that made me think of words written on paper rather than spoken. It is said that rhyme should be avoided in haiku, but I think 'crows' and 'snow' works here as the voice automatically drops when reading the last line aloud, suggesting the news is not good.

    marion

  3. hahahah! I'm reading this as the typical doctor's "chicken scratch" handwriting too as the unspoken connection.

    But there's a somber note underlying it too – crows as a harbinger / simple spoken words of maybe a hopeless situation.

    It's a bit like a lenticular picture: one view light and humorous / one view somber and chilling

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