Wheel of Fortune

Church of the Old Mermaids

I came across the most delightful blog the other day by a writer Kim Antieau--The blog is titled Church of the Old Mermaids--and follows her novel in progress of the same name. Just google and you'll get to the blog.

Mermaids are such a rich, archetypal symbol, representing the unconcious and all that watery psychic phenomena that runs through us all. There are several variations of mermaid-themed tarot decks...I'll be out hunting these down, too.

I could never fathom why Disney's little mermaid Ariel was so willing to leave her watery kingdom for a mere man. As a water sign I always feel the need to be near or on the water. Certainly that's why I live in coastal Naples...though growing up in Pittsburgh I found a deep affinity for the three rivers...I suspect urban river mermaids are quite different from Gulf of Mexico mermaids...and what about Arctic mermaids? M-Mmmm I sense a new spate of mermaid poems might come bubbling up....or a new series of mermaid art dolls.


I'm including some older poems I've written about mermaids----though not specifically about old mermaids. Wanna be an old mermaid along with me?

"to wannabe mermaids..." 
"Storm Circles" 
"Sea Salad"