HaikuWriMo ’17 (Week 1)

A renga tree, with the seed taken from a haiku by Buson:

mountains darken —

robbing the scarlet

from maple leaves

I.

fallen leaves

cover the road

in red

II.

rain falls

dark clouds overhead

melancholia

III.

a frog meditates

to the sound of rain

under a leaf

IV.

a child jumps

from puddle to puddle

— laughter fills the air

V.

the sun emerges

— a cat drinks

from a puddle

VI.

sunlight

bounces against

white walls

VII.

he sits by the window

in the library

— an ethereal glow