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BATHING IN THE MOON
Shadowed pines & robles
against the royal sky
Venus stunning in the depths
of stars … & beyond
the plutonian mystery
I await the full moon
to rise above
cragged snowy peaks,
tendrils of steam
drifting over the pools, over
boulders smoothed
by time,
my muscles
loosening in the hot
waters of this spring
In this austral spring
the eastern sky lightens
with that Taurus lune
nearing the horizon,
our bright star
reflected in the clear
mineral pool
listening to the crickets,
the unseen river rushing
through the forest,
that moon so slowly rising,
Venus quickly sliding
away …
the steam tendriling
the water, tendriling
around me, into
my pores, to
my roots
Luna now
peeks between the boughs
of the silhouette
roble and pine,
the vapors penetrate
deeper, deeper,
callouses falling away
Her light
rippling now
across this warmth,
across this pool,
tendriling into my self
& Self
Originally published in Lorraine’s chapbook, Notes from the Patagonia (dancing girl press, 2017)
© Lorraine Caputo
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| Lorraine Caputo |
Poet-translator Lorraine Caputo’s works appear internationally in over 500 journals and 23 collections of poetry – including In the Jaguar Valley (Dancing Girl Press, 2023). She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. She journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.
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