Siete Calles
(Seven Streets)
From the southern grey clouds
thunder crumples
the early Sunday silence
¿Qué va a llevar?
Watcha gonna take?
call the women of Seven Streets
On their stands mound pineapples & apples
paltas, chirimoyas & papayas
In a while the drizzle begins
& it wanes & again
dampens this late spring morning
The muddied streets glisten
Poet, translator and travel writer Lorraine Caputo’s works appear in over 180 journals on six continents, and in 12 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). She travels through Latin America doing poetry readings and listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth. Follow her travels at facebook.com/ lorrainecaputo.wanderer and latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com.
