fast as silver
moonlight dropped in the abyss
a mermaid
from the purity
of the abyss a mermaid
looks at silver hooks
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This poem was written in response to March 26, 2018: Mermaid, another great prompt at Seeds and Sand. The prompt and poems can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Fleetwood Mac –
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Those silver hooks make me shiver a bit … I like the idea of “the purity of the abyss”. That could be a great sci-fi novel! 🙂
And the image of the moonlight/silver dropped into water? Over here we would say that’s “brilliant” but apparently “brilliant” (UK) is sort of like saying “cool” (USA). So instead I’ll say “Wow!”
Is that what “brilliant” means over here? I just spent a couple of days with my 13 year old niece and understood about half of what she says without translation – the other half seems to come from Ru Paul’s Drag Race, which we watched together 🙂
Yes, caught between hooks and the purity of the abyss – it’s always the way! Thanks, Jen.
Bwah ha ha ha! Yeah, now that the kiddo is gone I have no idea what kids are saying …
Beautiful. Such haunting and ethereal imagery.
Well, mermaids are a bit of a gift so far as imagery is concerned, aren’t they? You can’t really go wrong 🙂