(black field cricket image from agpest.co.nz)
Cricket orchestras play in late summer. Instrumentalists hide in road ditch grass, crawl along out buildings, sneak into farmhouse basements. Symmetrically speaking, you could fold paper cricket crisply, like a program, from antennae to tail spikes. Don’t be surprised when common cricket dresses up in gloss black for the evening concert. The koorogi orchestra tunes as more players join in. Buzzing music crescendoes into a grand symphonic sound.
chirrups with his wings
hope hops ~stridulates~ for mate
listens with her legs
Listening to the music at dVerse poets pub with Victoria tending the bar.
a poem in my pocket 
Aug 21, 2018 @ 03:38:21
A delightful haibun, Lynn! I’d buy a ticket 😉 I love that sentence:’Don’t be surprised when common cricket dresses up in gloss black for the evening concert’!
Aug 21, 2018 @ 04:22:50
Outdoor concerts are wonderful, aren’t they? Thanks for your comments, Kim!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 20:59:24
this is absolutely charming Lynn. I love this haibun so much.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 22:27:29
I’m so glad you like it, Toni…thank you 😊
Aug 20, 2018 @ 20:20:39
This is exquisite – you have poetically captured all aspects of the cricket.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 22:24:02
I appreciate your comment, VJ!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 19:18:28
You made me smile… with the cricket listing for her legs! Now that’s a first!!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 19:45:24
I read that their “ears” are on their legs!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 22:35:01
I think I heard that also!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 19:05:25
Great descriptive writing. Seems crickets have been a part of all our lives, and I’m enjoying the stories.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 19:47:11
Cricket stories seem to be universal…thanks for hopping by, Beverly 🙂
Aug 20, 2018 @ 18:06:34
Wonderful writing – I love the idea of a cricket orchestra!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 18:18:51
Thank you, Jo!
Aug 20, 2018 @ 17:34:01
Fold paper cricket crisply
Brilliant!
Sent from my iPad
Aug 20, 2018 @ 18:15:33
I bow to your kind compliment.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 17:26:06
900 species it seems–some as black as beetles, some wingless (they play the tambourine, I guess). Your clever haibun is a joy to read; liked the haiku.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 18:16:11
Thanks for listening to the music with me, Glenn 🙂
Aug 20, 2018 @ 17:16:52
When I was looking on google images I was so surprised at the huge variety of cricket appearances. You used that well and it ties in perfectly to the orchestral haibun you share with us today. Nice to see you, too, Lynn.
Aug 20, 2018 @ 18:16:48
I hope to add an image later… thanks, Victoria!