Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Mermaidy Poem for my Sister

I am thinking of all the mermaid poetry I have read now, and running my mind over all the different textures there are. I can think of a few Goodison poems, and Neruda's Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks.  And then there is this... a small teardrop of a poem for my mermaidy sister:)... 



Seagazing
for Jolie


the
need to
be broken
and fixed
unravels
before you like
infinite blue thread.
you are casting questions
into the ocean, questions
it cannot answer
without first
claiming
your silence.

The wind howls
on the open
bottle
of
your throat,
your soles are shredded
by broken sea-
stars.

Naiad,
go hide your
treasures
now

the
nets
are waiting
to carry you
home.






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