A tsukutsukuboshi is an insect related to the cicada or locust which chirps in a high and shrill trill. It chirps only during the twilight after sunset. It is a melancholic sound for Japanese people.
the in-between season I follow the Mogami River by riceboat
Alan Summers Publications credits: World Haiku Review Japan Article Vending machines and cicadas (2003); Travelogue on World Haiku Festival 2002 (Akita International Haiku Network, Part 1, 2010); The In-Between Season (With Words Pamphlet Series 2012)
n.b. I was told that the small gap between Summer and Autumn if the tsukutsukubôshi cicadas at Sumadera are heard to ‘sing’ (which I did) creates a short in-between season.
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the in-between season
I follow the Mogami River
by riceboat
Alan Summers
Publications credits: World Haiku Review Japan Article Vending machines and cicadas (2003); Travelogue on World Haiku Festival 2002 (Akita International Haiku Network, Part 1, 2010); The In-Between Season (With Words Pamphlet Series 2012)
n.b. I was told that the small gap between Summer and Autumn if the tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
at Sumadera are heard to ‘sing’ (which I did) creates a short in-between season.
It'd be interesting to know if this known.
warm regards,
Alan
Area 17 blog weblink: Alan's haiku blog
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Tuku appears toward the end of August and seems to disappear in the next month, so it is active between the seasons.
September 30, 2014 at 8:58 PM
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