Amazon Dream by Lorraine Caputo

A ragged ship departs port

& starts its journey down

the Amazon Basin, dusk

wrapping brilliant sunset

colors, the jungle falling

into black, mysterious

sounds echoing across the earthy

water of the river softly splashing

under the bow.

Weary children snuggle

in the arms of their parents,

they sway in rhythm to the

night breeze that carries

a guitar tune from one dark

corner where a couple dances,

the wild-haired man with his

hand in one pocket

Poet-translator-travel writer Lorraine Caputo’s works appear in over 180 journals on six continents; and 12 chapbooks of poetry – including Caribbean Nights (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014), Notes from the Patagonia (dancing girl press, 2017) and On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019). Caputo has done over 200 literary readings, from Alaska to the Patagonia. She travels through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.