芭蕉飲みし水の湧き出づ竹の春　　　阿部月山子

bashô nomishi mizu no wakiizu take no haru

            water Basho tasted

            gushes out…

            bamboos in their spring

                                                            Gassanshi Abe

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  ‘take no haru (bamboo in its spring) is an autumn kigo.   Around April to May, a bamboo lost the color and regain it around the autumn.   ‘take no aki (bamboo in its autumn) is a spring kigo.