巣をあるく蜂のあしおと秋の昼　　　宇佐美魚目

su o aruku hachi no ashioto aki no hiru

            sound of bee’s footsteps

            walking inside the nest

            autumn afternoon

                                                            Gyomoku Usami

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006