blow if you will,
fall wind–the fall flowers
have all faded.
~Gansen*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
autumn
glowing leaves
fallen to the ground
like those words of old–
glowing leaves
~Inko*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
light remains…in the leaves
the sun goes down—
but evening light remains
in the leaves
~Nijo Yoshimoto*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
still autumn is here…
the sun beats down
but still autumn is here
in morning dew
~Sanjonishi Sanetaka*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
who paints the image
Who speaks the sound of an echo?
Who paints the image in a mirror?
Where are the spectacles in a dream?
Nowhere at all — that’s the nature of mind!
~Tree-Leaf Woman*
*cited:
Women in Praise of the Sacred
Ed: Jane Hirshfield
fluttering
leaf alone, fluttering
alas, leaf alone,
fluttering…
fluttering down the wind
~Anon.
my final autumn
after the autumn storm
after the autumn storm
lamplight from a doorway
at the village edge
~Issa*
cited:
The Spring of my Life
Sam Hamill
autumn dusk
being alone
may also be pleasant
autumn dusk
~Buson*
cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Sawa, Yuki & Shiffert, Edith
separates my hermitage
the pile of
fallen leaves
separates my hermitage
further and further
from the world of woe.
~Otagaki Rengetsu*
*cited:
chatting as they go?
when the wind blows
the under leaves of the oak
make whispering sounds
and where are they off to,
chatting as they go?
~Takayori*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
a meditative journey 
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