Crossing | Lorraine Caputo

CROSSING

Our ship cuts a
quiet wake across the
Río de la Plata
The harbor of Buenos Aires
slow motions
away from us
The muddy haze of
pollution hangs
within the labyrinths
of canyon streets,
thick o’er the poor
south barrios

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The fringed skyline
further behind
us now
The sun silverplates
the water, dead
fish bobbing
Ships far asea
coming in or
leaving this port
& to our east
the dark risen shore
of Uruguay

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Wind strong up
on the deck, slicing
the bright sun
That once-far bank
& isles nearing, heavy
with thick-leafed trees

Lorraine Caputo is a wandering troubadour whose poetry appears in over 400 journals on six continents, and 20 collections of poetry – including On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019), Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022) and the upcoming In the Jaguar Valley (dancing girl press, 2023). She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. Her writing has been honored by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011) and thrice nominated for the Best of the Net. 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 adventures at www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer or https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com.