行く秋や琥珀に虫の深眠り                        小田切順子

yuku aki ya kohaku ni mushi no fukanemuri

            departing autumn—

            insect’s deep sleep

            inside the amber

                                                            Junko Odagiri

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