Cicada

[taliesin]

I'm not much of a poet. This was the first poem I'd ever done on my own. I usually prefer stories.

This one is titled Cicada

O! There, a quiescent cicada resurrected
seventeen years’ sleep
yet still up and about within a minute
the long dead once more alive
What magic makes you sleep like a Sleeping Beauty?
Time is your Prince Charming
When you feel the seventeenth years’ kiss
You are resurrected
Cursed with only two week’s life
Cursed to return to the soil yet a second time
Eternally
O, the quiescent cicada

[Queen of Rain]

u dont seem like a beginner poet to me! you have beautiful imagery and diction and a nice rhythm, only that the theme seems a bit vague is the only thing that is not so good about this poem.. i want to read more poetry form you..

[Pseudomuse]

hey love, who said you could never right poetry? this is some quality stuff! though in the fourth line i think it could do without the O.

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[taliesin]

Thanks for the crits. It's about life, death, and the theory of reincarnation.

[taliesin]

There, I deleted the O! in the fourth line.

[ScarletMornings]

i loved this. and why don't we ever see the headline "Psychic wins lottery"? good question. i must ponder. . . .

[taliesin]

Thanks. *ish embarrashd*