菊日和靴下の穴見えたかな　　　永末恵子

kikubiyori kutsushita no ana mieta kana

            chrysanthemum weather

            did someone see a hole

            on my sock?

                                                Keiko Nagasue

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