Join the ones in wonderment
Saviours of the sea
Where women steer a waterwheel
And bring a hush to thee
Aquarians with tidal rings
A surface to evade
A feat Houdini faltered with
In stony masquerade
No mermaid nor Neptunian
Could ride the waves of time
A calling for eternity
To challenge the sublime
Gathered in the sparkle
In femmes of old and new
Awaiting for the wonderment
To come and strike me blue.
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19 comments:
LOL Better than strike me pink! LOL
Very lyrical, and lovely.
I've only participated in Magpie Tales a couple of times, but I'm enjoying it, Strike Me blue included...
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smiles..i like that you weave houdini in this... (line 4 you have "and" twice) enjoyed your rhymes..
nicely done-especially like the last verse!
nice layers to this lena...houdini is a nice touch...also wonderment, i think we let go of too much wonder you know...
Strike me blue - that's great. Love all your watery references!
I absolutely love the first four lines. Just terrific.
Helena this is glorious! :-)
"Hey, hey" - says the blogger from across the pond. Just saying I enjoyed your Magpie contribution, and appreciate the blogger love over at my place. I look forward to further words using Tess's images.
I like the superposition of images in your poem, Lena and all of the mythological and astrologica allusions. Great Magpie!
Tone, cadence ... just delightful!
Hi Helen - still no tumblin I see..! Is this Hotel up and running yet?
....nice poem by ra by.....etc...!
She's a hard woman to track down sometimes, Kirsty!
Not to mention driving a hard bargain!
I thought the Houdini reference was so perfect with this prompt. Nice!
Daydreamertoo - thanks. I quite fancied the colour exchange!
Sue - that is very kind of you.
Claudia - thank you so much (and for the 'grammar hint'. I often need correcting and it's nice to get the chance to fix it!
Kathe - the last verse took me all of 30 seconds. A miracle for a me 'finisher'.
Brian - Thank you. I'm an Aquarian and a right water babe. I could stay in a pool forever, me!
Mary - I really am at my happiest submerged.
Thingy - they took me about 40 seconds to compile - another miracle!
Carrie - thanks. I enjoyed this one!
Teri - lol.....I give 'Hey Hey's each week. There's always stunning, breathtaking pieces as well as humorous and touching work to be hey'd at!!
Nick - I'm a terrible tamperer of images, although the change is sometimes hard to spot - but it's there! Thank you for your kind words!
Ah, Helen - always a delight to receive a comment from you.
Susan - thank you. I can always remember reading of his amazing feats as a child. His underwater one always bamboozled me!
Kirsty - just click on the pic and it'll take you to their facebooky page. There's a gig on my birthday on the 26th if you want to try come along (bugger the bingo!).
Ommy-nomminous - HA! See! That's what it's like......merry Xmas.....lol..xx
This is wonderful to read, beautifully done!
We are all swimmers, even if we've forgotten our gills. Great response to the prompt.
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