竹の秋地中に鏡眠りおり　　曾根　毅

take no aki chichû ni kagami nemuriori

            bamboo in autumn color

            a mirror sleeps

            underground

                                                Tsuyoshi Sone

from “Kashû” (Blossom Study), haiku collection of Tsuyoshi Sone, Shinya-Soh sha, Tokyo 2015

Fay’s Note:  ‘take no aki’ (literal translation: bamboo’s autumn) is a spring kigo.  Bamboo leaves become yellow in spring as leaves change colors in autumn.