Chirping of the birds
Cicadas tymbals vibrate
Songs of the Summer
Categories:
tymbals, bird, insect, song, summer,
Form: Haiku
The Cicada’s shell
Carried a song to be sung
In a gilded cage
Categories:
tymbals, animal, insect,
Form: Haiku
cicadas emerge
tymbals drum ear-piercing songs
predators now feast
Sandra M. Haight
~1st Place~
Contest: Haiku: Theme Summer
Sponsor: Mick Talbot
Judged: 06/02/2018
Cicadas are a kigo for late summer (July- known for their cries)
used in Japanese poetry.
Cicadas have an exceptionally loud song, produced by vibrating
drum-like tymbals rapidly.
Periodic cicadas live as underground nymphs, emerging only after
13 or 17 years and provide food for many predators.
Categories:
tymbals, summer,
Form: Haiku
cryptic cicada
nocturne of tymbals thrumming
cicatrix in brain
dead silence of night
my last breath in abeyance
for cicada song
Categories:
tymbals, dark, death, gothic, insect,
Form: Haiku