diving in water
her awkward fearless beauty
surfacing happy
I never learned to swim... which is why it has been so important for my daughter to learn. I love how passionate she is about being in the water. It takes all kinds of bribery to get her out of the pool.
Maybe one day she will inspire me to give it a try.
Can't be a mermaid if you don't know how to swim.
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In her bones, mermaids
sing watery melodies
and she sings with them.
Haiku My Heart…to the Clouds
Such a cute waterbaby.
You know that's just how I felt about my children. I could not learn to swim...But they did! Grand haiku!
This is beautiful! I often take my Grand children swimming and they are all water kids. This is sweet.
The best verse isn't just in that Haiku, I like the reference in your narrative about the mermaid, a lot!
Peace.
lovely...
and with your haiku so many flooding memories from childhood. your love too floods this offering. perfect gift for your mermaid, offering a wider more adventurous world to explore.
yes. indeed, you too should learn to swim, perfect leap of faith!
thank you for being here.
amazing...such a gorgeous child! me too, about my son...learning and succeeding at swimming..
happily surfacing...I LOVE IT!! and oh Mr Magical...that "mermaid watery melody" haiku is wonderful
What an incredibly beautiful mermaid picture! I love "awkward fearless beauty." Perfect!
I never learned to swim, either, but love being near the water. I think someone has hidden my Selkie skin so that I can't return to the Ocean that I love. One day, I will locate it, though!
I never learned either. How wonderful that your littlest mermaid is learning. Theresa
What a lovely haiku and sweet story about you and your daughter. I can't remember learning to swim-but I would recommend it as i is such fun-just being in the water is lovely!
You've beautifully captured your daughter's 'awkward, fearless beauty' in both image and verse. Perfect moment.
~Deb
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