In the evenings of Spring would form the mists Just out beyond where the shoals breakers exists A maiden of exquisite beauty would appear to see A radiant Goddess of loveliness, the pearl of the sea
She would smile, and to come she would beckon me To join her on the misty shoals just as the Sun would flee A delirious melody she sang, that siren's song Making many a sailor be lost and to the sea belong
I kept to myself, though I so desperately wanted To be with this lovely maiden as her siren's song taunted In the taverns are told all those mariner's strange tales Of ship wrecks, and sailors lost, to neither storms or gales
Lost in the mist they became out on those shoals With no reason to be out where the waves crest rolls Lured to the shoals no doubt thats where they steer Hearing that lovely maiden's siren's song so clear
All alone in the dark of the night, so often in my dreams I toss and turn to her siren's song I hear so clearly it seems Her radiant beauty forever etched into my memory Of that lovely siren whose song calls me to join her out at sea
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Posted: May 2012
About this poem:
We have all had those thoughts of going to the sea, so I went in this poem.
Jump in my friend,it is an honer to be chosen by the siren. Nice write,can still hear the echoes of her voice playing like waves upon the shore....elo...
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 5, 2012
Thanks seems you got the feeling of my poem quite well.
windyweatherlySan Francisco, California USAMay 6, 2012
Iamtab I agre with Elo Go for it. Hear and heed not those many a tales Go and embrace the call of your own tale. Or the sound of the beautiful siren will forever haunt you
Love it Iamtab and thanks for sharing
Windy
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 6, 2012
WOW thanks for all the lovely and great comments. I'm very flattered, I liked this one when I wrote it but was not quite sure how it would be taken by others. Well seems it has gone over very well...
CelticPoet12Prescott, Arizona USAMay 6, 2012
You deserve the praise Tab. You did a wonderful job on this poem. You said you liked it when you wrote it. Funny how we know when we've been heart true.
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 6, 2012
Yes I liked it when I wrote it but I like most of my poems when I write them. The true test of any poem is when others like them as well, and then to see such glowing comments come in, I'm VERY flettered!
Odette67Penrith, Cumbria, England UKMay 6, 2012
Magical poem Tab.
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 6, 2012
Thanks so much Odette. It's always nice to hear such sweet things said about a poem of mine.
Poetnumber1St James, Port of Spain Trinidad and TobagoMay 6, 2012
Well all have been said my friend,i will just say that this is brilliant a piece composed...well done M.M
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 6, 2012
Thank you so much, looks like I wrote a winner here.
AhyraAdelaide, South Australia AustraliaMay 6, 2012
How I could miss this one??? Very nice poem Tab
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 7, 2012
I don't see that you missed it. Thanks for the lovley comment.
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 8, 2012
IamTabOPCookeville, Tennessee USAMay 11, 2012
Yes Bill you're right there is a lot written about the siren form every civilization around the world.
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Love it Iamtab and thanks for sharing
Windy