Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The Cricket - Nature's violinist

Abe V Rotor



Aesop called you like your kin, the grasshopper, sluggard,
For heeding not your want for the rainy day;
In summer you fiddle all day and the whole night through,
Lilting the spirits of those at work or play.


I say, what could earn best their place and their existence,
But to unburden the load of the world;
Etching a living, each thought nothing else but living,
Than sweet violin and a li’l kind word?


Research: How does this insect make music and resonate it? What time and season is it most active? What other insects create music? Send answers through Comments.

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