THE HUNT
Transform to jaguar
under the Samhain half moon
hunting my nightmares
SPIRIT BOLOM
In the twilight of morn
the Jaguar upon my wall
jumps down upon my bed
I lie still
sensing him
lying next to my
still-sleeping body
His breath his rough tongue
bathes me in
long strokes
& when I awaken
with the light of dawn
his musk fills my room
WISDOM
Beneath the full moon
Jaguar cleanses my body,
his rough tongue passing
along my dreaming
Self
&
during the siesta
a soft, far away
voice whispers in my
ear
but
understand I can
not
ANIMAL DREAMS
Rough tongue washes my
sleeping self, jaguar’s musk swells
another hushed night
Lorraine Caputo is a wandering troubadour – and a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 400 journals on six continents; and 23 collections – including Notes from the Patagonia (dancing girl press, 2017), On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019) and Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022). She also pens travel pieces, with narratives appearing in the anthologies Drive: Women's True Stories from the Open Road (Seal Press) and Far Flung and Foreign (Lowestoft Chronicle Press), and travel articles and guidebooks. Her writing has been honored by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011) and 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 and
http://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com
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