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A cicada shell

A cicada shell;
it sang itself
utterly away.

Translated by R.H. Blyth

poem by Matsuo Basho
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In shaded oak crowns
A cicada chorus sings.
Crickets chirp at night.

haiku by Paul Hartal
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Cicada laughing,
Evening wind whispers in field.
Moon flower dreaming.

haiku by Janice Windle
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Stillness

Stillness--
the cicada's cry
drills into the rocks.

Translated by Robert Hass

poem by Matsuo Basho
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Duet for heaven and earth

Cicada at dusk -
do you know how sweetly sing
the stars, with your voice?

poem by Michael Shepherd
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From The Crevices

In the cover
of darkness
or full daylight
only the cicada knows
his torturous path
from subterranean
to flight.

poem by Vince Gullaci
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I whiled through the sounds
Frog's grunts, cicada's buzz saw
But not finding yours
Only the memory heard
A soothing wind-borne whisper

tanka by Eddie Roa
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A Reaper

He dances with his shadow
To the tune of cicada's chirp
In the middle of the night.
Harvest has stolen by an unknown,
The poor farmer's beholden
And how he shows his indignation?

poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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There Is Peace

in an early morning
walk
along a path
winding through
the hillside

just the wind
brushing with the leaves
of trees

and some interfering
cicada cacophony
this hot summer
day

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Death Sticking On A Bark Of A Tree

as i walk today
under the trees
when rain starts
to pour and i
take shelter
to find a
a cicada
unmoving by
the side
of a bark of
a tree

light and empty
only a shell

left-over of life
clinging still

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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