I remember when I was doing volunteer work in a 2000 acre plot of land in Queensland, how those cicadas could overpower just about anything else other than fighter jets (RAAF Base Amberley)!
But individually they do make beautiful gossip, and I learned a lot! :-)
With a nod and thanks to former With Words colleague Maki Nishida for showing me around this famous shrine, and its secrets:
samurai legends —
tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
at Sumadera
Alan Summers
World Haiku Review Japan Article "Vending Machines and Cicadas" (2003)
September 30th, 2019 at 8:34 am
Wonderful haiku!!!!!!!!!!
I remember when I was doing volunteer work in a 2000 acre plot of land in Queensland, how those cicadas could overpower just about anything else other than fighter jets (RAAF Base Amberley)!
But individually they do make beautiful gossip, and I learned a lot! :-)
With a nod and thanks to former With Words colleague Maki Nishida for showing me around this famous shrine, and its secrets:
samurai legends —
tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
at Sumadera
Alan Summers
World Haiku Review Japan Article "Vending Machines and Cicadas" (2003)
September 30th, 2019 at 9:32 am
Love how the rest of nature and our human nature are a chorus here! Thank you!
September 30th, 2019 at 1:58 pm
__ Nicely felt, and of that feeling Debbi, this echo sounds; the crickets counting time_!
natures clock
as these sounds tell of time
crickets toll
_m
September 30th, 2019 at 9:14 pm
Yes, how the gossips drone on!
September 30th, 2019 at 9:29 pm
Lovely imagery.
October 1st, 2019 at 8:49 am
Cleverly captured!
October 11th, 2019 at 6:48 am
Thank You for your haiku.
summer listening
the cicadas i never heard