This poem contains 4 haiku, one for each season of the year. Each haiku focuses on a natural image or event representative of that season - cherry blossoms for spring, lilies and the setting sun for summer, falling leaves for autumn, and cranes by a pond for winter. Together they capture the essence and beauty of the yearly cycle of seasons through minimal yet vivid imagery.

1. Edo’s Haiku Based on
Seasons
By : Lili

2. Spring
The cherry blossoms
Sway by the gentle river
As it watches Spring

3. Summer
Lily’s gently bloom
As the beautiful sun sets
Its miraculous

4. Autumn
Slightly changed leaves fall
Like a butterfly that flies
Swiftly to the ground

5. Winter
Cranes in the Winter
One sitting, one flying high
By the pretty pond