Poetry by Lorraine Caputo

with cloudd

BLUE AS …

… the sea gently washing to this shore

… the clear sky arched above our earth

… fresh calafate berries calling me to Patagonia

… the glacial river rushing through sharp canyons

… the nardo flower’s sweet scent thick

… those eyes I will never see again

… the sadness taking wing, fleeing my soul 

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IN THE SUNSET SEA

 

Bands of rose ripple

across the deep blue water

As I lift my arms above

the golden sun reflects off

   the droplets

The gentle waves bathe my Spirit

soothing her

carrying away all the fatigue

all the sorrows

 

I sink into the sea’s warmth

   floating on its salty breadth

watching the now-orange sun

sink deeper behind the hills

Its colors spread wide

across the broken clouds

like an opal

 

I turn over & over in this iridescent water

just to feel my muscles move

to feel their pull with each stroke

just to know that

I’m still, I am still

alive

© Lorraine Caputo

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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