Category: Sword-Cut Haiku

rain on a tin roof

My mother died some years ago but she spent her childhood in Missouri. Though her dialect was western her speech was peppered with Missouri phrases: you “stulpnagle”, “he’s barkin’ up the wrong tree”, “like the pot callin’ the kettle black”, “first your money, then your clothes, then it rains, then it snows – life’s the drizzling […]

sunny morn

Most people who come to Costa Rica come at this time of the year; the sun is shining, the air is clear, gentle breezes predominate.  It’s a great time to lie on the beach and get a suntan. This is especially true at this time of snow and deep cold as I hear reported in the […]