The Whippoorwill ( new edit)

[Thoughtjotter]

This reminded me of my childhood -- the ubiquitous cicadas and crickets -- the only difference is the bird. Here we'd hear the mopoke (and it too makes a sound just like its name).

The juxtaposition between the two stanzas is quite masterful, and I mourned a little. I would like to see fresher imagery than "honking horns" or "wailing sirens", but I do love the thousand-frog choir.

I'm also not convinced you need the first two lines of the second stanza. The passage of time is clearly implied by the rest.

But I like this a whole lot, and as you've already done some (lots of) tinkering I don't want to force anything more on you

Thank you for the great advice concerning the imagery and redundancy and I'm sure everyone thanks you for the,no more rererewrites, besides, I've got more mysteries waiting on the porch.
Thanks again,
R T