Five Haiku by Paul Eluard

Five Haiku 

by: Paul Eluard

The wind 

Undecided 

Rolls a cigarette of air 

The mute girl talks: 

It is art's imperfection. 

This impenetrable speech. 

The motor car is truly launched: 

Four martyrs' heads 

Roll under the wheels. 

Ah! a thousand flames, a fire, 

The light, a shadow! 

The sun is following me. 

A feather gives to a hat 

A touch of lightness: 

The chimney smokes.

Five Haiku by Paul Eluard