Tag Archives: mermaid

angels and mermaids

Posted on December 1, 2018 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: angels and mermaids angels fly high and mermaids swim deep neither murmurs a discordant sound until the human truth betrays them when they drift too close to the ground when they … Continue reading →

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mermaids dance

Posted on September 30, 2017 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read these lines: mermaids dance in that split second when we met time stopped and froze the sands I loved you from that moment when we first saw the mermaids dance minutes passed or … Continue reading →

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she walks bridges

Posted on April 29, 2017 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read the poem: she walks bridges he has so many reasons to love her the girl with the smile that bewitches he believes she is half mermaid he knows that she walks bridges she … Continue reading →

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in two

Posted on January 23, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Ear Phones Recommended: I thought you broke my heart in two on the day that you left me but I walk barefoot on golden sands in paradise on the Mediterranean Sea I write gentle words of poetry I see mermaids … Continue reading →

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always here

Posted on January 2, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Ear Phones Recommened: I survive this bleak December contemplate the coming year with a smile of equanimity because I know that you are here the winds are blowing colder clouds tell me snow is near the weather holds no menace … Continue reading →

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happy

Posted on December 19, 2015 by AnElephantCant

  Ear Phones Recommended: the first time that I saw you you tore my world apart I knew that I would fall for you and that you would break my heart we laughed we danced with mermaids as only lovers … Continue reading →

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imagined drums

Posted on October 24, 2015 by AnElephantCant

Ear phones recommended: the sun climbs slowly then drops fast the blue sky turns to black the shortened day asks one question when are you coming back the motor cycle’s two-stroke cough echoes off the garage door imagined drums without … Continue reading →

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The Dive – Sunday Photo Fiction

Posted on May 24, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant stay in one place He says this with no irritation or rancour What this reveals Rather sadly he feels Although he is big and heavy he is fairly hopeless as an anchor This is a weekly invitation to write … Continue reading →

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AnElephant’s Fish Kiss Wish List

Posted on April 14, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant finesse fun-finned fishies Although he is not so sure about shadowy Sharks He does want to know If a Catfish says miaow And he is curious to discover if a Dogfish really barks In Scotland millions of folk come … Continue reading →

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angels and mermaids – a poem

Posted on February 8, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant apologise For his third post about angels in just a few days And two about a mermaid They both have strayed So he tries to help them back to their own special place angels fly high and mermaids swim … Continue reading →

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