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Tag Archives: Poetry

How to spot a mermaid

“Throw away notions of science and magic and grown-up definitions you don’t need anymore.”

by Emily Fox

Posted byMermaids MonthlyDecember 28, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inDecemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on How to spot a mermaid

Magdalena the Mermaid

“Magdalena the Mermaid
was a good witch,”

by Ana Merino, translated by Toshiya Kamei

Posted byMermaids MonthlyDecember 28, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inDecemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Magdalena the Mermaid

Merbraids

” Come to me, sailor, come
to me, sailor. Come.”

by Amal El-Mohtar, Caitlyn Paxson, and Jessica P. Wick

Posted byMermaids MonthlyDecember 28, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inDecemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Merbraids

The Catfish Sisters

“The Catfish Sisters, those blue
barbeled twins, that sleek school of two”

by Lisa M. Bradley

Posted byMermaids MonthlyDecember 28, 2021March 14, 2022Posted inDecemberTags:Poetry1 Comment on The Catfish Sisters

The Rime of the Midwinter Mermaids

“When white-bearded winter wanders through frozen seascapes/ And stirs salt waters with his icy hands of death,/ When his frigid breath blows across the frosted tips of waves,/ And makes icebergs creak and moan with pain and grieving,/ The midwinter mermaids return.”

by Kelly Jarvis

Posted byMermaids MonthlyDecember 28, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inDecemberTags:Poetry2 Comments on The Rime of the Midwinter Mermaids

The Pied Piper vs. the Sirens

“he sang to us of freedom
we crooned to him of thrall”

by Gwynne Garfinkle

Posted byMermaids MonthlyNovember 29, 2021November 30, 2021Posted inNovemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on The Pied Piper vs. the Sirens

Reunion With My Mermaid Dolls

“There you are, mother mermaids Coral and Merry / with your long red and brunette hair / and babies Corkie and Marina in your bonnets, / ready to float in bubble baths or wading pools / on your sponge lily pads.”

by Jennifer Fenn

Posted byMermaids MonthlyNovember 29, 2021November 30, 2021Posted inNovemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Reunion With My Mermaid Dolls

Suburban Mermaids

“Leaping through darkness, we dive ”

by Elya Braden

Posted byMermaids MonthlyNovember 28, 2021November 30, 2021Posted inNovemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Suburban Mermaids

Field Trip to See the Mermaid

‘We are no myth, we are not
merely fish, not simply women.”

by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan

Posted byMermaids MonthlyNovember 28, 2021November 30, 2021Posted inNovemberTags:Poetry2 Comments on Field Trip to See the Mermaid

I’m Not Ready To Leave

‘We are no myth, we are not
merely fish, not simply women.”

by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan

Posted byMermaids MonthlyNovember 28, 2021November 30, 2021Posted inNovemberTags:PoetryLeave a comment on I’m Not Ready To Leave

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