A Mermaid’s Quest – Monday Mural

Posted by MeeAugraphie
Apr 28 2008

Prompt from Michelle at Poefusion: Monday Mural was a photo of what appeared to be a sand sculpture. A photo worth peeking at y’all, with eye’s open – and I can only imagine where it took the other poets!


A Mermaid’s Quest

She died longing for something
that was not meant to be

and, though she succeeded
in part,

weary by effort expended
she laid her head against
a spire and longed for an end

and tides came in bringing seeds
from afar

and tides went out

flowers sprouted

too late to bring a smile
to her wintered face.

MeeAugraphie
04/28/08

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5 Responses

  1. Marcia, this is really good. I love how you made her long for something that was just out of her reach. Isn’t that the way it goes in real life too? And the ending… to her wintered face. Perfection. Have a nice day.

    Michelle Johnson’s last blog post..Death of a Mermaid

  2. lissa says:

    mermaids just like anyone, always hope for things to come, I guess she waited too long, what a sad end

    lissa’s last blog post..Exile

  3. Carole says:

    I really like this…the narrator’s voice…the tides that came in bringing seeds…the flowers that sprouted when the tides went out…and her wintered face. Lovely interpretaion of the picture.

  4. rel says:

    Marcia,
    You have amazing powers of obsevation and you can see the character in faces.
    And you write great poems1
    rel

  5. paisley says:

    as i read this,, i couldn’t help but wonder,, who among us will not die longing for that which was never meant to be……

    paisley’s last blog post..shameless self promotion

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