She shakes the sea
from her hair
in tiny, salty droplets
rising up from the water
after diving among anemones
reef gazing
swimming through a myriad
of color brilliant fish
hearing the call
of palm trees
beckoning her back
from a supernatural sea
to a beach where
white sand swirls
like desire
enticing mermaids
upward from the depths
the magic mixture
of waves, air and sea foam
she touches the tiny seashells
strung around her neck
sing me a song
between high tide
and low dreams
frothy enchantress
of sultry dreams
steady surf beneath
her floating feet
magnificent creature
born of seaside fables
and a writer’s pen.
I love the sound of this siren.
Well thank you, John 🙂
Well you are very graciously welcome L.T.
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By the lovely L.T. Garvin.
Way to alliterate 😀 Love the ascending and the longing and how you mirror that cool image with your beautiful words.
Thank you so much for reading and for the wonderful compliment.
Beautiful. It was like a mini vacation!
A mini vacation sounds great 🙂
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Sounds like you created yourself a wonderful and enchanting friend.
She may go on to do great things, or she may just wreck ships….
Lana, beautiful poem capturing the magic of the sea – love the building sense of mysticism. Oh, those necklaces of shells do seem to sing a song, I used to have one as young. Perfect finale…born from the writer’s pen!
Thanks Annika. We’ve had so many beautiful summer poems on WordPress and also fabulous photos like yours that I hate seeing the magic of summer ending, so I tried extending the magic a bit.
I try to squeeze every last moment out of summer too in life…eating outdoors even in the dark with candles. Once Autumn starts there are so many months of cold weather, spent indoors…
It’s hard to let go of summer. In Texas, we are lucky to get breaks in between “cold spells” and sometimes it doesn’t even get cold until January so that gives us 2 months of winter but still seems too long to me.
Oh, she is a sultry dream of enchantment! Loved the ending as it was a surprise like her rising out of the sea.
Thanks so much…I think it’s time for a few days at the beach 🙂
I can smell the salty air and hear the roaring tides in this one … and suddenly, I can feel myself relaxing. Thank you!!
It is a thing of beauty to be a mermaid created by you.
Awe, thank you so much, Bernadette. I would like to be hanging out on a beach somewhere right now.
Lovely, Lana. The sea is full of magic and sings to us our whole lives 🙂
Thank you, Diana. I like how you describe it. I agree, it does sing to us our whole lives.
it’s a wonderfully sensual poem. my favorite lines: “white sand swirls/ like desire.”
Thanks, Michael!