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Lorraine Caputo
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Lorraine Caputo journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.
Internationally published poet, travel writer and artist. Translator. Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee.
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Lorraine Caputo @lorrainecaputo.bsky.social · Mar 14
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• an article for your publication or website
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• a translation (Spanish-English)

Send a PM, please, and let’s discuss your creative visions and needs!
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Legendary Mexican #railroad brakeman Jesús García was born 13 November 1881.

Let’s go on a Mexican #train ride …

THE ABORTED JOURNEY
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Safe Journeys!

#travel #Mexico #JesusGarcia
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THE ABORTED JOURNEY
º 12-13 November 1997 Mexico City to Uruapan (to Lázaro Cárdenas), Mexico º I stand before the plate glass windows of the waiting room in Buenavista Station. Each of tonight’s trains, one by one, b…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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(It’s Publication Day!)

Check out this issue of Types & Shadows (Issue #105, Autumn 2025) in which I am a featured artist-writer :
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Safe Journeys!

#travel #poetry #travelpoetry #HumanRights #guatemala #Mexico
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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(It’s LIVE!)

Get a copy of my NEW #poetry chapbook, recounting my journeys across the #llanos of #Venezuela:

ORINOCO PLAINS
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Safe Journeys·

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Orinoco Plains | Lorraine Caputo
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 In the Jaguar V...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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10 November is DÍA DE LA TRADICIÓN in #Argentina, celebrating gauchos.

Come, let’s take a train ride with some gauchos …

THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS REVISITED
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#train
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THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS REVISITED
For weeks I have continued to ride that narrow-gauge track winding through my memory. Three times have I ridden the Old Patagonian Express – and each time, it was a different experience. The story …
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Coming soon!
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Today we’re checking out the Recipe Corner for today’s dessert idea:

BREAD PUDDING
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¡Buen provecho!

#recipe #dessert #apple #BreadPudding
BREAD PUDDING
What to do with that bread that’s been on your table for more than a few days? It’s now – clunk, clunk – almost as hard as a rock. What folks have been doing for centuries: Use it for something els…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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(¡Una Nueva Publicación!)

++ “Revelaciones” y “Ecos negros” en Entre Paréntesis (Chile) (Revista nº 129, septiembre 2025)
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¡Buen viaje!

#Poesía #Viaje #Chile #Mexico
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November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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(It’s yet another Publication Day!)

Come #travel with me in #Honduras:

“Rain at Any Moment … If It Wishes” in Flapper Press (5 November 2025)
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Safe Journeys!

#narrative #travelogue
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Rain at Any Moment . . . If It Wishes
By Lorraine Caputo:In Central America, you ask a local where you can catch a bus to where you want to go. You never know where you end up—at a station or a street corner to catch it. In Mexico, many t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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(It’s Publication Day!)

Let’s poetically travel to Quito, Ecuador:

“A Song Echoes in the Night” and “Embracing the Morn” in Verse-Virtual (November 2025)
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#Quito #Ecuador #travel #poetry
Lorraine Caputo Verse-Virtual November 2025
The poetry of Lorraine Caputo
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November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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It’s a Full Moon Night!

If it’s cloudy where you are, check out :

FULL MOON SEASONS
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#FullMoon #LatinAmerica #atronomy #poetry
#travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts
FULL MOON SEASONS
º The starry skies change remarkably once you journey south of the equator. One heavenly body, though, remains pretty much the same: la luna, a lua, the moon. The positions of her horns change dire…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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(It’s Publication Day!)

Enjoy my offering to this Super-Sized Series focused on #owls :

“Courting” in Storyteller Poetry Review (24 October 2025)
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#Colombia #Cartagena #travel #poetry
Super-sized Series
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November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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1 November is ALL SAINTS’ DAY.

Galápagos Sketches : WHEN THE VEILS PART
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Safe Journeys!

#DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #Ecuador #Galapagos #photography #travelogue
#travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld
Galápagos Sketches – WHEN THE VEILS PART
º Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador º Between downtown Puerto Ayora and the Charles Darwin Research Station, between the tourist shops and restaurants, and the national park…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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(It's Publication Day!)

“Black Echoes,” “Day of the Dead Rain” and “Dying Yungas Moon” in Storyteller Poetry Review (Super-Sized Series : Hallowe’en) (31 October 2025)
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#Halloween #poetry
Super-sized Series
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October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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HAPPY HALLOWE’EN!

“Spirit Suite – Étude Nº 13” in Lothlorien Poetry Journal (13 May 2021)
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Safe Journeys!

#DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #poetry
Four Sublime Poems by Lorraine Caputo
Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp
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October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Let's continue learning about Latin America’s Day of the Dead traditions.

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Safe Journeys!

#DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #photography #poetry
#Mexico #Bolivia #Ecuador #Chile #Peru
#travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts
WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead – Part Three
º 1 November – All Saints Day Today throughout Latin America, families are heading to the cemeteries to clean and repaint their dearly departed ones’ graves. Flowers and wreaths will be laid …
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October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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We are now in the Season of the Day of the Dead.

29 October is we welcome the souls of those who drowned.

“The Place of the Dead” in Lothlorien Poetry Journal (13 May 2021)
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Safe Journeys!

#DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #poetry
Four Sublime Poems by Lorraine Caputo
Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp
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October 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Let’s continue witnessing Latin America’s Day of the Dead traditions.

WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead – Part II
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Safe Journeys!

#DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #photography #poetry
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WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead – Part Two
Last Sunday of October – Visit a Cemetery Day The last Sunday of October is Visit a Cemetery Day. Already throughout Latin America, families are going out to the camposantos to clean and repaint th…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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photo © Lorraine Caputo

We are now in the Season of the Day of the Dead.

27 October is PET REMEMBRANCE DAY.

“On Slender Catfall” in Acropolis Journal (Issue 10, 2024)
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#DayOfTheDead #PetRemembranceDay #cat #poetry
Lorraine Caputo – On Slender Catfall | Acropolis Journal
Lorraine Caputo – On Slender Catfall
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The last Sunday of the month is time for a new eBook poetry collection!

Come, let’s be …

ESCAPING TO COLÁN, PERU
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Safe Journeys!

#peru #travel #poetry #beach #TravelTips
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ESCAPING TO COLÁN, PERU
On the northern coast of Perú is a small coastal resort little known to foreign travelers: Colán. This is one of my favorite places to which I like to escape … In truth, there is not much to do in …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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photo (c) Lorraine Caputo

Today is #HowlAtTheMoonNight and VISIT A CEMETERY DAY

Honoring the Dead in Latin America: Cemeteries & Historical Sites
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Safe Journeys!

#LatinAmerica #Cemetery #History
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October 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The season when we can reunite with the dead is coming!

Learn about traditions in #LatinAmerica:

WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead
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Safe Journeys!

#DayOfTheDead
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WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead
The last Sunday of October is Visit a Cemetery Day. It marks the beginning of a week of Holy Days that are variously called All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day (on the Christian calendar); and with …
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October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Happy WORLD #OPERA DAY!

And, in this season when Living and the Dead can meet again, what could be more fitting to enjoy Argentine legend Astor Piazzolla’s tango-opera María de Buenos Aires?
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¡Buen provecho!

#WorldOperaDay #AstorPiazzolla #tango #murder #ghosts
Astor Piazzolla : María de Buenos Aires - Grand Théâtre de Genève - ARTE Concert
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October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reposted by Lorraine Caputo
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Meet the Stormers of Issue V

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Lorraine Caputo’s artwork and photography have been exhibited internationally in over 50 journals with poems & travel narratives in over 500 journals.

The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Throughout #LatinAmerica, you find places inhabited by spirits of the past.

Spooky Latin American #Haunted Places
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Safe Journeys!

#Ghosts #Venezuela #Colombia #Ecuador #Peru #Bolivia #Chile #Argentina
#travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts
Spooky Latin American Haunted Places -
Plan the best itinerary to visit the 15 spooky Latina American haunted places with updated Guide and explore creepy destinations.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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It's been a while since I last checked how my blog, Latin America Wanderer, is ranking:

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October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM