Tag Archives: mermaid poems

The Mermaid Maiden of the Mojave 

Posted on April 25, 2022 by whimsygizmo

She comes in finand fire, a dust cloud of reality and a wave of want. A siren  song with creosote roots.A tail spangled in crushed crimson stone. She comes  alone, but I know there must be more, and some oasis where they all might  swim. … Continue reading →

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Sea Story

Posted on April 15, 2021 by whimsygizmo

It’s got legs, this one(at least she did for awhile); hey, all she had to do was trade her voice.  Her choice, she just wanted a thing-a-ma-bob or two, maybe a sand-in-toes stroll on the beach with the hot guy from the boat, but then … Continue reading →

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Ocean Sirens

Posted on April 11, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. We tried to tell you the storm was coming, but you didn’t listen to the waves or the tides; the wisdom of the moon or the scent of salt. We are distant -ly …………..(resistant-ly) related to those of you … Continue reading →

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A Meter Maid Goes Rogue

Posted on June 17, 2016 by whimsygizmo

(she’s not all that fond of feet) .. The ticking of the clock is off; her feet are tired, and waning. tickTOCK, clickCLACK. Creep close, stand back. The only thing she craves is sea, a salted skin for staining. Moon … Continue reading →

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Mermaid Survival Guide

Posted on April 19, 2016 by whimsygizmo

{How to live on dry land when what you really crave are gills.}   .. breathe words. hold bubbled syllables on on hungry tongue. swim sky. allow trees to spin their secrets, un -shelled in acorn, morning song. sing breeze. the … Continue reading →

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After

Posted on February 2, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Give me gills. Spill my inky indigo heart to sea, free me to the waves I longed for in my legged days, then let me breathe. Pour me out a siren’s song, some syllabled strain of half light and … Continue reading →

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Mermaid Soul

Posted on October 8, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. When it’s fin -ally time for her to go, just dip her ….. in ……….indigo.       . Prompted by OctPoWriMo, day 8. 

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breathing

Posted on May 31, 2015 by whimsygizmo

. photo by Toni Frissell she is sometimes still astonished by her lack of gills. the rest of her is fine and finned and flowing, infinite in all this sway. she holds the earth at bay by floating, held soft … Continue reading →

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This Poem

Posted on May 19, 2015 by whimsygizmo

. This poem is pooped, stooped low and begging for a slow burn, a quiet turn of phrase that might just sizzle. This poem (fo’ shizzle) has nothin’ new to say, no la-di-da way of making sense of its own … Continue reading →

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Fragmentation

Posted on February 11, 2015 by whimsygizmo

(a found poem) .. I was a sprinter, an old poem in need of revision; too many straws, not enough scarecrows. I remember the color of sorrow, sorcery, …..sorry spilled on bar napkins, Moses on the mountain, communion for one. … Continue reading →

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