a single leaf falls
then suddenly another,
stolen by the breeze
~Ransetsu
haiku
dreaming
I can no longer tell dream from reality.
Into what world shall I awake
from this bewildering dream?
~Akazome Emon*
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
a single leaf
Beneath a tree,
autumn wind shows itself
in a single leaf ~Junkaku*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
S Carter
upper branches
The fall of leaves
has left some autumn
on the upper branches
autumn
No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off —
the end of autumn
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
a wanderer
Going through the gate,
I am also a wanderer
this twilight in autumn.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
autumn
Compared to last year,
this has even more loneliness –
autumn evening.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…97th day
100 days…94th day
unable to sleep
going out from the cottage –
the summer moon
~ Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…93rd day
on some days
not even a cuckoo calls
to this lone traveler
~Tagami Kikusha*
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
M Ueda
100 days…92nd day
in the mosquito’s
buzz, a thread of thought
begins in my mind
~Takeshita Shizunojo*
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
M Ueda
100 days…91st day
All moving things
come to an end:
a knotty willow.
~Enshi*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
a meditative journey 
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