There once were some bugs from Grenada,
An army of emerging cicada;
When they turned seventeen
They longed to be seen
So to Cincy they marched to invade-a.

Tess Hannah
Sharonville

A cicada’s a neat little bug.
It crawls out of a hole that it dug.
It’s shell stays in place
When it grows a new face,
But it’s still got a horrible mug!

Wayne Craig
Sycamore

With eyes of glistening red
Black hide from tail to head
He sings and sings
Flaps orange wings
When seventeen years have fled.

Melinda Christian
Florence

A Cicada kept buzzing my ears
The noise nearly drove to me to tears
So I swatted him down
He looked up with a frown
And said, "I’ll get you in 17 years.

Tony Favachio
Amelia

Two cicadas named Bessie and Boots
Could play their hind legs like some flutes
On a limb they went kissin’
And found what they’d been missin’
For seventeen years by the roots

Scott Ledyard
Dent

A cicada from deep in the ground
decided to start hanging ’round.
In my mind I was wishin’
about going fishin’
now the trout is just about browned

Bruce Denlinger
Eastgate

Some cicadas get into your plants
Others get into your underpants
They upset your mother
She says, “Oh brother”
These cicadas are worse than ants
Kevin Clancy, age 11
Florence

There once was a cicada named Chris
Who wanted his six weeks of bliss
While emerging from down under
Came the lightening and thunder
He got zapped before getting a kiss.