Upon the seawall
people sit to watch
another sunset
Children still shout, playing
in the sea, mothers
call time to go home
Coffee vendors roam with their
thermoses, hot dog stands &
make-shift grills are
being fired up
Madder & apricot run
across periwinkle heavens
& fade into twilight
Slowly into the flood-lit
port steams a ship
sooting the sky
& once moored, the
deep hum of its idling
engines vibrates
across this bay
& there where the sun
is sinking beyond, a last
glow of scarlet
Poet-translator Lorraine Caputo’s works appear in over 400 journals on six continents; and 23 collections of poetry – including In the Jaguar Valley (dancing girl press, 2023). She is a Best of the Net Prize nominee. She journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.
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