Dashboard Horus: A Bird's Eye View of the Universe

  Wandering troubadour Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear internationally in over 500 journals and 24 collections of poetry – including Orinoco Plains (dancing girl press, 2025) and Santa Marta Ayres (Origami Poems Project, 2024). She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. She is a Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada honoree (2011) and multiple Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. 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 . Social media https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer https://www.instagram.com/lorrainecaputoc https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainecaputo.bsky.social Serenading the Eight-Fifteen I serenade the freight trains with tunes played on a silver pennywhistle The strains of songs the high notes reach ...

Bio: Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 400 journals on six continents; and 23 collections of poetry – including On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019) and Patagonian Sketches (Origami Poems Project, 2023). She also authors travel narratives, 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 Patagonia. She journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth. Follow her travels at: www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer or https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com . Upon The Ruins     The cathedral lies in ruins,  the steps broken,  weeds growing between the gulfs.    I ascend to the atrium.  The bell towers are cracked,   the cross fallen to one side,  the clocks stopped 12:30 on the other. ...

  Lorraine Caputo is a wandering troubadour whose poetry appears in over 400 journals on six continents, and 23 collections of poetry – including In the Jaguar Valley (dancing girl press, 2023) and Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022). She also authors travel narratives, 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. WRAITHS Ghostly nebulous tendrils drift past the hills & drape the ancient spires of temples Ghostly music drifts across this late night hour, down the canyons of cobblestone streets The dull clangs from a church’s campanile vibrate this predawn darkness © 2023 Lorraine Caputo

  Lorraine Caputo is a wandering troubadour whose poetry appears in over 300 journals on six continents, and 20 collections of poetry – including On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019), and Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022). She also authors travel narratives, 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.  www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer    https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com   FIESTA PLAINS (Leymebamba)   I. Dawn In a copse of trees on mist-embraced east mountains, green parrots chatter   & fly away in a cloud towards chacras of sweet corn.     II. Afternoon Across the ridges I trek, seeking ancient homes, the r...