1. <br /> <br />I am nobody: <br />A red sinking autumn sun <br />Took my name away. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />I give permission <br />For this slow spring rain to soak <br />The violet beds. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />With a twitching nose <br />A dog reads a telegram <br />On a wet tree trunk. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Burning autumn leaves, <br />I yearn to make the bonfire <br />Bigger and bigger. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />A sleepless spring night: <br />Yearning for what I never had <br />And for what never was.<br /><br />Richard Wright<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/five-haikus/
