‘We are no myth, we are not
merely fish, not simply women.”
by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
Tag Archives: Poetry
the hunter
“i breathe
without breath”
by Jasmine Arch
A Mermaid Reports from Okeanos
“You may think it’s all serenading sailors in tropical waters, drifting la-di-da daylong. Think again.”
by Pat Tompkins
Beyond the Blue
“there is no borderline
between sea and sky”
by Yuan Changming
Witnessing
“The queen is eating berries
bleached pink, her mermaid
scales glistening on the shore.”
by Tiffany Morris
The Mermaid Speaks
“I cannot remain
The fairytale of the seafoam”
by Jose Luis Pablo
Canto for a Mermaid
“Halfway down the path/I couldn’t see the house/but I could hear the sea.”
by William Heath
What Mother Failed to Mention about Dating a Mer-Man
by LindaAnn LoSchiavo This poem originally appeared in the collection, A Route Obscure and Lonely (Wapshott Press, 2019) Don’t catalogue your insecurities,Believing he can drown unwanted pain. Assuming he’d enjoy your local poolIs incorrect. He’s used to privacy. All make-up should be waterproof, wet skinDabbed silver. Coral jewelry should notBe store-bought. It’s always inherited.Get usedContinue reading “What Mother Failed to Mention about Dating a Mer-Man”
The Sea King’s Second Bride
“I love him — how I love him, immediate and sudden
The way you love a rainstorm, the Milky Way, a leopard
That reckless love of wild things after years pent in a city”
by C. S. E. Cooney
Self portrait as ocean bed
“I am refaced again,
I know nothing other than
the shelled pearls, schools of mustard fish,
a wavering mass of wondrous creatures wandering, ”
by S. Rupsha Mitra
