Two Poems by Lorraine Caputo THEY WILL LOOSEN THEIR GRASP As the days pass, those roses – one white, another red – slowly unfold their petalsfrom bud to full blossom, growing wider with each night, their scents swelling beneaththe stars, in the moon’s light …butone day, their petals will loosen their grasp & begin to carpet this table. RENASCENCE On that distant mountainfire snakes down its slopesacrid smoke drifts ‘cross miles wrapping around words weweave in a blue housedrinking wine & feasting on this birth day eve Meet the Poet! Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear 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 honoured 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, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth. Follow her travels at: http://www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer or https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices