Short Costa Poems

troop of monkeys
hit the tourist beach
chaos...

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Miso deh vo, ah  vah-say chi, poso ghum.
Re-cho say bah chi no.
Ah van de ah go!
Oh, oh,
Dew chi lay um bah
Ah say de be cum buh
Chorest uh brah 
See ah go
Say Costa tell ah beam...

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Across the room
I fell in sudden love 
With the coffee smear
Lightly resting
On her top lip

A sudden love that 
Just as quickly
Disappeared when
She wiped it away
With her fingertip...

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Costa, Nacho goals
first World Cup VAR decision-
Ronaldo hat trick






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...

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two stoppage-time goals
the good the bad the Neymar-
Los Ticos homebound






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...

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If I were an English mum
I'd roll my baby in the pram
To the Costa Coffee Shop
Even in the rain

If I were an English dad
I'd wave them off with glee
Hop into my sports car
And date my secretary!...

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Funny bunnies, Honey,
Costa lotta money!

So do pretty posies,
Panties, chocs and roses.

If I had a packet,
I could really hack it … 

But you can’t buy prezzies 
If you don’t have readies.

Nicer far than this is 
Hugs and kisses, Missus!...

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summer
butterflies
saunter along
fluttering southward
on tropical breeze to
Costa Rican sun
inviting them
to escape
winter

edited June 26, 2021
for "Ninette" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Caren Krutsinger...

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Listen to poem:

birds of tropics
spread your wings
with divine grace
and vivid color

come to life
free your gleeful
cries of bounty
in lavish sea of
vibrant greens

closest thing
to paradise



AP: 1st place 2022, Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on October 17, 2020...

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young fearless daredevil surfers appear at costa de prata in the winter
pitting their skills against the colossal waves that break off Praia do Norte
confident they will be the one who survives, they are invincible right?
I stand on this beach, clutching my heart and my throat, danger aware....

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Sunday sunrise
breaking through
bay window
coffee brewing
the aroma inebriating
crossword puzzle
pencil in hand
and in the kitchen
dreamy wafts
of costa rica java
mingling with 
perfumes of 
strawberries
and waffles



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~CAFFEINE INFUSION~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on May 9, 2019...

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Elfin forest, 
Hiding in Peru,
Waiting for fog drip

Gnarled trunks,
Lichens, ferns, orchids,
Mossy forest's trolls

Intense tree canopy
Keeping shy mountain gorilla's secrets
Holding raindrops hostage

Perpetual fog,
Adding a mystique 
of shadowed magic

Tropical delight
Heavily affected by
Global climate changes

Elfin forest,
Lending her mosses
To lead the way...

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Costa Rican Sunrise
Written: by Tom Wright
1/16/2014 
What Tom sees

At sunrise God’s handiwork is seen
A pied image by the Master’s hand
Into dangling palm branches green
And loitering shadows shielding sand

Soon revealing white capped breakers
So wax your boards get ready to frolic
Surf is rising, are there yet any takers
God’s love through nature is symbolic
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horses, lances, arrows, fire
they reenact the war of the roses

the outdoor setting
has been erected next to Costa

outside on the ground
napkins, zarfs and stirrers 

and half the audience gets their
medieval caffeine hit 

that encourages us to yell and whoo-hoo
and pay attention to history

they encourage us to cheer and boo
and after all these years

with a cappuccino in my hand
i bellow 'long live the king' 

and it's socially okay...

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A Chemical Compound
in an orderly manner.
They're found on the ground,
classified by a scanner.

An outcrop in Costa-Rica -
many of these contain Silica.
Some are even Volcanic-
explosions are quite manic.

Its just like Me and You!
Special, Unique and some blue.
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic too-
I've heard that before, like de-ja vu!

It is Sharp or Smooth,
It is like a Bone,
It can be found in a Booth,
But what really is STONE?

originally written ~ 13/2/17...

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