Sunday, 10 September 2017

The coming gale


There was a grey mist over the waves
The sea slowly awoke from her sleep
I thought I heard a mermaid laughing
She sang a song from the briny deep

 The tide kicked the spume over the beach
With squabbling Herring Gull's normal affray
A vagrant Albatross now soared aloft
Glanced down on us then was on her way

 The mermaid waved shaking her long hair
Then dived in the sea with a flip of her tail
I wish she'd stay for a yarn or two
But she'd warned me of a coming gale

 I hauled my boat above high tide mark
And wondered whether I'd see her again
My sleep is oft filled with dreams of her
I listen for her sweet song, but in vain

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29 comments:

  1. Jae Rose10 September 2017 at 00:45

    But what a sweet song she sings

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  2. Julian10 September 2017 at 01:21

    I like the story you've told here, sirens song indeed

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  3. Marja10 September 2017 at 01:38

    What a lovely poetic tale

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  4. Thotpurge10 September 2017 at 01:46

    Robin, even your storms have romantic interludes with mermaids!!! :)

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  5. Susan Anderson10 September 2017 at 02:19

    Gotta love a good mermaid story. Well told!

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  6. Paul John Dear10 September 2017 at 02:36

    You wanna watch out for those mermaids. Stay in your boat I say ;)

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  7. John Buchanan10 September 2017 at 02:54

    Wow, I loved this poem, superb. Thanks for sharing it.

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  8. Dr. Vandana Sharma10 September 2017 at 03:18

    Deep secrets of sea, which sometimes are hard to find.

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  9. Magical Mystical Teacher10 September 2017 at 05:15

    Don't you just hate it when the sweetest of songs is never heard again? So frustrating!

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  10. Mary10 September 2017 at 05:54

    Ah, there is something so magical about the mermaid imagery. I hope she is seen again!

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  11. Sanaa Rizvi10 September 2017 at 05:54

    Oh this is absolutely lovely! I do love mermaids!❤️

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  12. kaykuala10 September 2017 at 08:38

    I wish she'd stay for a yarn or two
    But she'd warned me of a coming gale

    It is good that it had the presence of mind to be helpful

    Hank

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  13. Anonymous10 September 2017 at 09:15

    men have been lured to the rocks with such songs - I like the sounds of "the tide kicked the spume over the beach
    With squabbling Herring Gull's normal affray"

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  14. brudberg10 September 2017 at 09:25

    There is something untouchable of the mermaid imagery... I wonder if she feels the same below.

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  15. Sherry Blue Sky10 September 2017 at 09:29

    I like the mermaid's laughter and song. Hope she got away before the gale.

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  16. indybev10 September 2017 at 09:34

    Those mermaids are ever elusive. Great poetic tribute to her!

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  17. Magaly Guerrero10 September 2017 at 12:08

    She will sing again. She must!

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  18. Donna@LivingFromHappiness10 September 2017 at 13:16

    I loved this tale of the mermaid....quite a gale kicking up here right now.

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  19. tonispencer10 September 2017 at 15:12

    I hope you see your mermaid again and that next time, you two can have a nice time exchanging tales.

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  20. Rosemary Nissen-Wade10 September 2017 at 15:32

    Ah, the mer-people are so enchanting! Lovely poem; I enjoyed the description of the natural world with the storm coming, too.

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  21. Gillena Cox10 September 2017 at 16:40

    I think that's what they do best leave the wonderer yearning
    This is so lovely
    Happy Sunday

    much love...

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  22. Anonymous10 September 2017 at 16:59

    Ah.. But that it happened at all. Delightful dream.

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  23. Wendy Bourke10 September 2017 at 17:36

    Once again, a masterful job with the rhyme in this hypnotically - and hauntingly - drawn, scene.

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  24. Sarah Russell11 September 2017 at 08:02

    The siren song and warning of a mermaid. It carried me along on a current just as it would her.

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  25. Alice Audrey11 September 2017 at 10:18

    So she saved your life but condemned you to a lifetime of yearning? No wonder mermaids have a rep.

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  26. Rommy11 September 2017 at 17:26

    I like the idea of her singing being a warning of danger, rather than dangerous itself.

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  27. Sreeja11 September 2017 at 22:59

    Lovely...loved the tale...!!

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  28. MONIKA DAS11 September 2017 at 23:23

    lovely poetry..

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  29. humbird15 September 2017 at 19:10

    Sounds like a song, very nice dream...

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