with prominent eyes
cicada hums a love song
debut performance
~
wears a bow of love
aiming for suitable mate
drums beat in stomach
~
a resurrection
its time to born once again
mother earth tears up
~
limbs sweat profusely
heat seeps into the body
hear cicadas’ sing
* The third haiku is based on the fact that some cicadas can lay dormant for as long as 17 years in the womb of the mother earth and one day comes when they come out again in their usual demeanor, which has become a symbol of resurrection.
* It was difficult for me to write haiku about an insect I haven’t got to see and listen to much. I have just faint memories of listening to the singing insects; so can’t be sure whether they were cicadas or not. Written in response of Carpe Diem # 232.
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Beautiful haiku set! Sums up lots of info on the insect including the amazing 17 years! Nicely!
Hank
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Thank you for the kind remarks.. 🙂
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Beautifully done. 🙂 I enjoyed reading them. Mine is also on love
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Thank you very much.. 🙂
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the red eyes blow me away, since i’ve only heard, but never seen, a cicada……nice set
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thanks..
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Great take… like a poetic book about cicada
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thank you.
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I happen to like the sound of cicadas, and their “debut performance” is always welcome!
Cicadas
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Sure it is.. thanks for reading.
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I like the resurrection one best. It is like that. Every 17 years. Mother Nature has a statistician?
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oh, who knows!? in this age of technological advancements, the mother earth must have evolved in some way.. may be that is true.
Thank you for the kind remark.
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Awesome HA, a good series in which you have told a lot about the cicadas. That third is a beauty. The cicadas is sometimes seen as the symbol for resurrection or re-incarnation.
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thanks a lot, Kristjaan.
cicadas are indeed intriguing and it was fun discovering new facts about them. 🙂
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