黒猫は夜霧の匂いそれを抱く　　　　鳴戸奈菜

kuroneko wa yogiri no nioi sore o daku

            a black cat

            with a smell of night fog

            I hold it

                                                            Nana Naruto

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