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Lowering Tide
By Lorraine Caputo

Wind blows tendrils,

cirrus of drying sand

across the beach

sea retreating, flowing

further out

            leaving behind

 

Jellyfish high from ebb

or to be washed once

twice by sullen waters

retreating, flowing

glutinous globs, crown

fanned out upon dark sand

 

A trio of buzzards peck

at the carcass

now nearly bare of meat

only bones & feathers left

& the tell-tale bright

turquoise feet

Image by Thought Catalog

Wandering troubadour Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear internationally in over 500 journals and 24 collections of poetry – including Orinoco Plains (dancing girl press, 2025) and Pastiches – A Peru Road Trip (Origami Poems Project, 2026). She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. She is a Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada honoree (2011) and multiple Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. 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. 

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