Merm me –
shiny gleaming teal and aqua blue
magically beautiful and intelligent,
free to explore and dare.
Merm me –
flow, glide, glissade
braided seaweed round my wrists
necklaced in seashells and coral bright.
Would that I could . . .
dive deeply
escape earth’s rancor
and rollick in rolling waves.
Of what good are legs
and human lungs
when hell
is inhumanity on earth?
What if only life within the sea
in and of the sea,
can live and love
within the lunar tides?
Written for Tuesday Poetics at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets, where today De asks us to write a poem that is somehow related to mermaids. Image from pixabay.com I must admit, I have always been smitten with the idea of mermaids!
lillian the home poet 
I love the colours in the first stanza, Lill, so evocative of the ocean, and the movement conveyed by the verbs ‘flow, glide, glissade’ in stanza two and that wonderful phrase ‘rollick in rolling waves’. It has to be better than the inhumanity of humans.
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Yes indeed……and just as your mermaid traded in her tail and gills for the human life…only to find out how much she misses. Glad you enjoyed this.
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I think that the sea is preferable to soil… love to dance with the waves, especially when summer is here. give me gills and fins and I will join you.
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Sounds good, right? 🙂
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So personal – vivid word picture!
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Wouldn’t you love to be a mermaid….just for a moment? I loved the movie Splash!
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I love the color and the movement–and the desire to escape.
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So glad you enjoyed!
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😀
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Perhaps she’s right, that life away from our mess is preferable, to live a secret moonlit life beneath the waves better than trudging the earth.
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I’d love to try it, just for a day! Sadly, I can’t swim!
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Could be a problem then….
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This is a magical world Lillian. Love how you use merm as a verb.
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Glad you enjoyed, Grace.
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Well, I’ll be mermed–I love his piece. It starts off so dreamy and sweet, and then shifts gears to a hard edge reality. But, oh to be a whale in the next life.
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….or a dolphin? They’re more playful!
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I think the sea always calls to us. (K)
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I so agree! Some of my favorite places to be…..in Provincetown at the unit we rent every year where the deck, at high tide, is right at the ocean! Also Bermuda – for five years we so enjoyed those gorgeous aqua-teal waters. And sailing on our cruises….I adore getting up early, sitting on the deck and watching the sun brighten the ocean!
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We had to cancel our trip to the outer banks this year. Perhaps next year the stars will align. We were there for the full moon last year…magic.
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I was enchanted by your poem, Lillian. A lovely write!
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Thank you so much, Beverly. So glad you enjoyed! Always happy to hand out a little bit of enchantment these days 🙂
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Mermaids do seem like free spirits, so I can see where you’d like to give it a try. I like the message here also, about the mess us land critters have made of things. The sea creatures get along much better without us. I like the form your first stanzas take, like waves, and lovely alliteration.
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LOVING your comments here….you’ve really dived into the poem 🙂 Thank you!
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You’re welcome, Lillian.
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a wondrous colourful rendition of life as a mermaid, great creativity!
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Love this, Lill…the colors, the pull and flow of that ocean. Oh, to dive into another world right now, just for awhile. This one makes me weary.
Thanks again, for opening the bar today!
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The sea seems inviting today. The last verse is my favorite.
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What is the use of legs for sure! When will we learn.
Perhaps one day we will all wash out to sea!
Well done!
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Such beautiful description of the mysterious woman of the sea!
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We shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the sea. We’d only mess that up, too!
seriously, I love your shimmering word choices here – they have the right meaning and the perfect sound. Everything sounds like water.
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There are so many good reasons to be a mermaid or man. Love your poem and longing.
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“Would that I could . . .
dive deeply”
Those lines really pulled me in.
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While reading your poem I experienced what it is like to be a mermaid!
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I LOVE this poem! It completely relates to me. I appreciate poetry highly, despite my age, and I think you should write more!
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