A Triptych of Poetry
DREAM ENLIGHTENED
From my deep sleep,
I am awakened
by a flash of light.
The full moon shines
through my windows,
its luminance
spilling across the floor,
across my bed...
I fall into deep sleep
only to be awakened
once more
by a bright flash
& that full moon...
ESCAPING INTO THE BURNISHED DAWN
Into this morning's grey twilight
the warmth escapes
from my shivering body
in white breathy clouds
Dense waves of starlings
chatter from tree to
tree silhouetted in shades of silver-green
against the snowy-grey clouds
Last week, awakened by your song
I sat on the back steps
in the burnished morning twilight
warmed by the Indian summer
& I escaped to a Mexican town plaza
at this hour, watching your flight
from tree to golden-green tree
across the lightening dawn
SHIFTING WINDS
The southern horizon
of this equatorial
colonial city
is today greyed
by ash drifting
from Tungurahua
the air smells
acrid
& stings
But an afternoon
rain - that rain
of most afternoons -
washes the air clean
the shifting winds
carrying the burnt earth
far to the jungle
Wandering troubador, Lorraine Caputo, is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 500 journals on six continents; and 24 collections of poetry - including, 'In the Jaguar Valley' (dancing girl press, 2023) and 'Santa Marta Ayres' (Origami Poems Project, 2024). She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. Her writing has been honored by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011), and nominated for the 'Best of the Net' and 'Pushcart Prize.'
Caputo has done literary readings from Alaska to the Patagonia. She journeys through Latin America with her faithful knapsack Rocinante, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth. Follow her travels at:
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