Autumn arrives this morning. If you’re looking for haiku and senryu about the coming of fall and its equinox, see our 2006 autumnal equinox haiku page, and our farewell to summer posted yesterday. Of course, fall brings the election season in America and, for some reason, I’ve got fish, geese, games, and insects, too, on my mind as the campaign heats up and our chilly autumn settles in to stay awhile.
the fish
unaware of the bucket…
a cool evening
autumn’s first geese
come first
to the poor town
autumn’s first geese 
crapping on people
fly on
.…………by Kobayashi Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue
autumn morning
two veterans
shoulder their brooms
autumn equinox
both hands hold up
his first fish
night fishing
a few bites
from mosquitoes
autumn heat
the swelling
of a fresh tattoo
a trace of dust
on the window screen
autumn butterfly
Indian summer
a fish slips through
the gill net
autumn sunset
papa resting
his eyes
All Soul’s Day
the fish I released
washes up
autumn evening her pills lined up by size
.. 
…by w.f. owen – haiku notebook (Lulu.com, 2007)
sparrows sift through
the shopping carts
autumn dusk
… by John Stevenson
– Modern Haiku; Hon. Mention, 2006 Snapshot Haiku Calendar Con
fall twilight–
my brother going out
long
… by Barry George – from A New Resonance 2
autumn equinox
a red dragonfly
tilts its wings
… by Yu Chang – Upstate Dim Sum (2001/I)
first autumn wind
not feeling the knife
slice my finger
…………… by Jim Kacian – Simply Haiku; lz Kamna
autumn equinox
making a new arrangement
out of the old
……… by Pamela Miller Ness – The Heron’s Nest (Dec. 2003)
fall’s first sunset –
driving due west
squinting
…………… dagosan
lovely haiku these. :)
Comment by kouji — September 22, 2008 @ 10:26 am
We aim to please, Kouji.
Comment by David Giacalone — September 22, 2008 @ 11:05 am
David:
Great selection, loved the Issa and the Ness.
Don
Comment by Don — September 22, 2008 @ 11:08 am