天高く煮つまるまでの言葉かな　　中原道夫

ten takaku nitsumaru made no kotoba kana

            high autumn sky

            the words

            until they boil down

                                                Michio Nakahara

from “Gendai Haiku Shûsei” (“Modern Haiku Collection”) edited by Yasumasa Soda, Rippu Shobo, Tokyo, 1996