もどる波呑みこむ波や秋ふかし　　　きくちつねこ

modoru nami nomikomu nami ya aki fukashi

            returning waves

            and swallowed waves

            deep autumn

                                                Tsuneko Kikuchi

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