Cicadas' Song

I know we are into deep summer
when I hear the cicadas singing
Ever since I was a young girl
on summer holiday
I marveled at the chorus that
ebbed and flowed through the trees

We used to call them locusts
before we knew better
I imagined each summer that
they would eat all the leaves
And the woods would look
stark and bleak and barren
Like a plague in the Bible

But they are just cicadas
And their song is a constant calm
to my weary worries
It pulses through me
centers me to the present
warms my soul
like the heat of the summer sun

Reviews

[An Ordinary Woman]

I agree with Jr Maston, this one has great lyrical quality, and it has great flow to it. The person this was written for is a very lucky person and must be very special in your life.

This is just great and I'm in awe of it!

[JR]

Huh... usually I don't like rhyming poems, but this one has a nice lyrical quality, very flowing. You do a great job of maintaining that throughout the poem, which is really the saving grace. The repetition of "fourty" also works as a lyrical refrain... this poem sounds great read aloud.

I don't really have anything to suggest in the way of editing, sorry. If you change much, it may disrupt the delicate balance you have between the meaning and the rhyme. Good read. I hope whoever you wrote it for appreciates it.