A Triptych of Poetry DREAM ENLIGHTENED From my deep sleep, I am awakened by a flash of light. The full moon shines through my windows, its luminance spilling across the floor, across my bed... I fall into deep sleep only to be awakened once more by a bright flash & that full moon... ESCAPING INTO THE BURNISHED DAWN Into this morning's grey twilight the warmth escapes from my shivering body in white breathy clouds Dense waves of starlings chatter from tree to tree silhouetted in shades of silver-green against the snowy-grey clouds Last week, awakened by your song I sat on the back steps in the burnished morning twilight warmed by the Indian summer & I escaped to a Mexican town plaza at this hour, watching your flight from tree to golden-green tree across the lightening dawn SHIFTING WINDS The southern horizon of this equatorial colonial city is today greyed by ash drifting from Tungurahua the air smells acrid & stings But an afternoon rain - that rain of most afternoons - washes the air clean the shifting winds carrying the burnt earth far to the jungle Wandering troubador, Lorraine Caputo, is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 500 journals on six continents; and 24 collections of poetry - including, 'In the Jaguar Valley' (dancing girl press, 2023) and 'Santa Marta Ayres' (Origami Poems Project, 2024). 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' and 'Pushcart Prize.' 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 travels at: Facebook or Latin America Wanderer Instagram