Stripped of its brilliance,
 
the once-crimson maple leaf
 
has turned brittle-brown.

Sports

 
 
 

Deepening autumn—
 
the scarecrow’s floppy straw hat
 
sports a crimson leaf.

Watermelon

 
 
 

one machete blow
 
splitting the watermelon—
 
sweet crimson river

Rivers

 
 
 

one blow of a knife
 
splitting the watermelon—
 
crimson rivers flow

Aftermath

 
 
 

After last night’s storm,
 
even the white pear blossoms
 
bear a crimson stain.

Sari

 
 

her crimson sari
 
unraveling thread by thread—
 
so many voyeurs

Park

 
 
 

in a wayside park
 
only one pigeon cooing
 
and a crimson leaf