Wiss Auguste

Wiss Auguste was born and raised in Jacmel, a gorgeous small town located on the southernmost coast of Haiti. He began writing acrostic love poems at the age of twelve. His writing, unfortunately, hit a snag when he migrated to the United States at the age of twenty-one. He was no longer an idealistic teenager; he was a displaced young adult struggling to make life make sense. He put all self-fulfilling and creative activities on the back burner as he worked odd jobs and pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.

After the passing of his father, Wiss turned back to poetry to find himself and escape the burden of grief. He reconnected with his creative side, and his craft allowed him to vent freely. He hid behind his poems to show his weaknesses to the world without compromising his pride.

Wiss considers himself naturally empathetic, and his empathy fuels his writing. His poetry usually touches on mindfulness, self-expression, romantic love, self-love, growth, and the complexity of the human character. He has developed a hybrid poetic style encompassing elements from the nineteenth century’s Romanticism and Symbolism. He credits the soothing musicality of his poems to his polyglot background. Unsurprisingly, his favorite poets are Paul Verlaine, Coriolan Ardouin, Arthur Rimbaud, William Wordsworth, Pablo Neruda, Emily Brontė, and Oswald Durand.