There are many, many haiku about bamboo, which suits me fine as I love bamboo :-) This is my bamboo, growing in a large pot outside in summer, inside all winter. I know nothing about the poet, Gochu. This haiku is one I copied out from somewhere about 30+ years ago.

Cutting down the bamboos,

The sun shines on the temple;

The first tinted leaves.

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