De at dVerse has invited us to write a poem about or around mermaids. dVerse Poetics
“The most dangerous creature in all the seas: a mermaid.” (Hook) J.M. Barrie
This Drowning Life Mermaids are very real, not those bare breasted beauties, half fish teasers who tempt sailors to their watery grave with sung promises of seduction offering the world for one single embrace, no, real mermaids are in our midst, teasers of the hight street whose seduction is so complete, they drown us in our own desires. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Well done Paul! I love the way your poem switches from one meaning to another! Great metaphor for what happens in our world!
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Thank you for sharing that Dwight.
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Two perspectives, perfecty mathcing!
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Many thanks Vandana.
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Really nice… “real mermaids are in our midst,
teasers of the hight street”
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Thank you so much debi.
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Love those last lines, especially. We often drown ourselves, don’t we?
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We do and then apportion the blame, thank you De.
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Indeed… maybe the sailors just pretended it was a mermaid when in reality it was a hooker in Havanna.
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That makes sense, ha, says a lot about me. I love that thought Bjorn.
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Ha ha, good one, Bjorn!
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This was really great!
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Thank you very much Animar.
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drowning in ones own desires…could be death of a different type…
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Absolutely so, many thanks Truedessa.
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Right on. Our own desires are the ones we are sure to drown in.
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Yes, can’t blame anyone else, many thanks for sharing.
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You bet!
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How perceptive! This poem made me smile, for some reason, perhaps at the thought a clever someone saw the connection!.
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🙂 I’m glad to have raised a smile Beverly, and thank you.
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There are so many “s” sounds in this poem, makes it slinky and fills it with sea-water.
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Thank for Sarah drawing that out, and that it captured you in that way.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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It shocked me Paul when I was seeing the mermaid making a comeback in culture. That is one bad omen.
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A very lovely one, and so true. Thank you Paul!
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Thank you Michael.
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Thank you too, Paul!
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A great twist and truths expressed in this poem so powerfully
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Appreciate your response.
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good grief! Men are falling into the ocean. Those human wives are overbearing, is what I have heard.💦
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Indeed 🙂 beware 🙂
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