Haikus: This Other World
A collection of 810 haikus written by Richard Wright, author of
"Native Son," during the last few years of his life.
At the time he was sick and living as an expatriate in Paris.
He choose the 810 out of 4000 that he had written.
As my delegate The spring wind has its fingers In a young girl's hair. For seven seconds The steam from the train whistle Blew out the spring moon. Venturing outdoors, The Children walk intimidly, Respecting the snow. A soft wind at dawn Lifts one dry leaf and lays it upon another. The Autumn evening Is full of an empty sky And one empty road. Even my old friends seem like newly met strangers to this first snowfall. That frozen star there, Or this one on the water,- Which is more distant?