Along a narrow trail
            embracing this slope
Into bright sun
            & into patches
            of deep shadow
The smell of warm herbs
            of damp earth
            tumbling springs
Butterflies, dragonflies
            dance on the breeze
            that rustles the
Ferns & vines
            that brush my
            arms, my legs
Distant thunder grumbles
            around these mountains

Poet and translator Lorraine Caputo’s works appear in over 150 journals on six continents, and 12 chapbooks of poetry – including Caribbean Nights (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014) and Notes from the Patagonia (dancing girl press, 2017). 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.