Puntarenas February 2012



distant throaty bark
of a howler monkey says
it's time to be up

the mountain trembles
half a second then subsides
earthquake Tico style

lovesick cicadas
shatter the afternoon with
their funeral song

country fiddle moans
headlights pass on the highway
good talk with good friends

adiós los ticos
adiós la pura vida
adiós corazόn

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A favorite vacation spot.

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Submitted by eutychus02 on April 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAX AXX XXX XXX AXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 338
Words 61
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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