She is not able walking
and lives on the cliffs in Spain.
She comes down on a Turtle,
because she has a tail.
She lives there in a garden
and overlooks the sea.
That mermaid I discovered
by heart she is with me.
Aqua1955
About 10 years ago I visited Loret del Mar in Spain.
I like the ocean, the wind and all thoughts and art
of mermaids came there to existence to me.
Years before I had seen the mermaid in Copenhagen.
It was a small statue of the little mermaid, out of
the story of Hans Christian Anderson.
Although the garden was closed I got access and
I did not believe my eyes in this garden of Eden.
I got curious how many mermaids there are
in the world, besides this beautiful garden of
Santa Clothilde. I am still searching and found
there are many stories, sages en legends of
that woman with a tail from over almost every
continent in the world.
I even found a tribe, which was offering a pig
to the Amazon river to make their goddess with
her tail happy, so they would catch enough fish
in the river and she would not attack them.
I do hope you enjoy this few words of history.
Ben
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Delia Pacheco 29 Apr 2011
Oh I would love to visit there, what a dream place, nice photos.Ginger Lovellette 05 Jan 2011
What a lovely place to visit. Thanks for sharing. Great accompanying story.Gabrielle Stahlie 05 Jan 2011
Prachtig! de sfeer.. de kleuren... het gedicht.. mijn complimenten..Gaye lee 05 Jan 2011
Brilliant image!! Wonderful accompanying words....all in all fantastic :)Alberto D'Assumpcao 04 Jan 2011
So beautiful images and place, Ben!!! It's a pleasure always to read your poems!!!