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Howler Monkeys in Costa Rica

howler monkeys

 

 

our Costa Rica hosts took

us to their ranch in the

jungle for a weekend

 

a ranch house on a small island

a river running around each side

a swinging wooden bridge

crossed the river to the house

 

we walked, swaying across the bridge

carrying our things from the car

 

suddenly we heard a loud screaming

sound which sounded like an e...

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mystifying rain forest

                                                                     

mystifying rain forest

 

years ago we discovered

a small hotel

at the edge of the rain forest

in Monte Verde Costa Rica

 

we arrived late afternoon,

bought cheese, bread

and a bottle of wine

we sat in front of a large window

in our room overlooking

the forest

 

the owner told us to do...

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The frog maker

There’s gift-stalls galore outside the wild and hilly

Monteverde Forest. I buy a saffron

amphibian, sculpted in glass, from the guy that crafts them.

“What species is it?” I ask. His smile goes chilly.

“Is Golden Toad. He no more around.”

He knew them as a boy and recounts the thrilling

jackpot glitter of frogs in the fern-leaf frilly

puddles of April that made their spawning ...

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