New Morn Swaying by Lorraine Caputo

The bright of new morn 

            falls across my body 

                        sleep-swaying 

            in a blue hammock 

Out on the streets 

            the sun already 

                        reflects hot off 

            blacktop & glass 

Stalls are set up 

            fruits & vegetables 

                        unloaded from the 

            backs of trucks 

Pure colors grasp 

            my eyes, my mind 

                        the scent of guava 

            wafts around me 

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Poet-translator-travel writer Lorraine Caputo’s works appear in over 200 journals on six continents; and 14 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 literary readings from Alaska to the Patagonia. She travels through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.