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Author: 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 He runs a blog of his previously published and unpublished haiku at www.withaiku.blogspot.com and a publication on Substack at ernestwithaiku.substack.com.

the chill
in the mannequin’s eyes
end of summer sale

 

Posted on 14 July 202524 June 2025Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 25.1Leave a comment on

as immortal
as possible
strawflower

 

Posted on 2 May 202418 April 2024Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 24.13 Comments on

the fragrance
of pencil shavings
September rain

Posted on 8 August 201918 July 2019Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 19.18 Comments on

sick in winter
the infinite white
of the ceiling

Posted on 11 July 201926 June 2019Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 19.18 Comments on

another autumn
the rot reaching
into the heartwood

Posted on 9 July 20185 June 2018Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 18.11 Comment on

all the wealth
that he left
golden leaves

Posted on 11 December 20178 December 2017Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 17.22 Comments on

 

a few words
from the doctor
crows on snow

Posted on 18 May 201613 May 2016Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 16.15 Comments on

 

late summer
mating dragonflies
extend each other

Posted on 9 September 201515 September 2019Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 15.23 Comments on

first spring ramble
a wedge of geese pries
the sky open

Posted on 10 April 20143 April 2014Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 14.16 Comments on

empty house
the deaths hiding
in the clock

Posted on 5 February 201425 January 2014Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 13.35 Comments on

bitter wind
the smell of honey
in the empty hive

Posted on 13 March 20138 March 2013Author Ernest WitCategories Issue 13.16 Comments on
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