Fishing for Magic —

What an exquisite piece. Click the link below to read.

By Lorraine Caputo Up & down the river boardwalk along this swollen river people dip lines into the quick current A man fights to bring his back in, long, expensive rod bending — only to emerge debris A large raft of waterlilies swiftly drifts downstream & that woman, thick-armed, thick-bellied, thick feet shod in flip-flops, […]

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  1. Lorraine Caputo – Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 500 journals in Canada, the US, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa; 24 chapbooks of poetry – including In the Jaguar Valley (dancing girl press, 2023) and Santa Marta Ayres (Origami Poems Project, 2024); five audio recordings; and more than 40 anthologies. She also authors travel guidebooks, narratives and articles. Her works have been honored by Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011), and nominated for the Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize. Caputo has done over 200 literary readings, from Alaska to the Patagonia. For several decades, she has been traveling through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.
    Lorraine Caputo on said:

    Thank you, Meagan, for your kin words and for sharing!

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