Written by Steven Griffiths
on December 27, 2023.
Posted in
Blog
,
Poetry
We were up in the highlands of Costa Rica
in a buffeting wind
We didn’t know anybody,
and we were sad
The wind shook the house
and shouted at it
and curtains of rain marched
wave on wave
across the highlands
fencing off the view
of the far far sea
We were sad and happy
in our isolation
Banana trees grew like giant ferns
along the floweri...