Autumn Haiku Poems

sky bathes in contrasts
autumn begets rustic gold
waits pureness of snow

26/01/2020
entered Tania Kitchin
A Themed haiku with colour contest...

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chameleon colors
oak leaves sprinkle and trickle
yellows and oranges


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                medallion leaves float
     to fading...

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Risshuu
The first leaf drops down
Leaving all the trees stripped bare
Modesty removed

Shukki 
your Breath hangs in clouds
Word shaped clouds just float away 
On the morning air

Shuushoku
Leaves...

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ashen leaves of fall
with pinecones bedded down
lost in snowy dreams
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Ryokan translations of Zen Death Haiku and other Poems

First one hidden face is revealed,
then the other; thus spinning it falls,
the autumn leaf.
—Ryokan (1758-1831), loose translation...

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death breathes in fall's mist
clouds fall as sharp silver scythes
regal rose souls rise

December 16th 2019
Contest:Strand Special 4, Any Form, Any Theme 
Sponsor: Brian Strand 

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Falling leaves floating 
Glowing in the autumn sun
Crimson maple blaze

December 16th 2019



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Mist sweeps the garden
Settles like Saharan dust
Gold round the lake's edge....

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Autumn Leaves Rain Down On Me


fall autumn leaves fall
rains down on me ever so
each leaf touches me


11/26/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
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Autumn Silly Swimming Squirrel - A Haiku


chill break of the day
a young, silly squirrel swims
at the perfect fish
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who ever knew that
a squirrel could swim on...

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vivid bright color
rustling in the autumn wind
beautiful fall leaves...

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November weather
green tree two seconds ago
browner than brown now
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Owl Soars - A Haiku

witching autumn freeze
how a little, cold owl soars
enjoying the leaf

11/24/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
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The light wind breezed willow,
my hangover disappeared in the spring,
the dew is so light,meantime,i felt so sad

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Linnets perched at the wild pond,
For whom,the fragrance wreathes...

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       few and far between
the healing warmth of the sun
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A SHOWERY AUTUMN RABBITS AND SQUIRRELS PLAY-

showery autumn
a dry, furry fly bounces
above the rabbit

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inclement autumn
a black squirrel bounces over
above the rabbit


11/22/19
Written words by James Edward...

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The dry fallen leaves, 
always compel me to think
 nothing is endless.
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Rising Autumn Sun
Lips of the Spring feel blushing,
Hail kiss of rebirth



-18/11/19 CTG, BD
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Brittle autumn leaves
crumble to dust
in the freezing wind.
—Takao, translation by Michael R. Burch

This frigid season
nothing but the shadow
of my corpse survives.
—Tadatomo, translation by Michael R....

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