Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Semi no Koe (The Voice of the Cicadas)

"So still . . . into the rocks it pierces, the cicada-shrill"
-Haiku by Basho (late 1600's)

I wish this was the case here in Tokyo, but the cicada situation outside my classroom is much more intense. Sometimes it is so loud I can barely lecture over it!

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