Water falling from the sky
She has never seen
rain. Raised in the desert, she
fears the heat of the
sun; has never owned a coat.
How Scotland will surprise her!
Shellphone
Old Neptune has seen
changes come and go, quick-slow
but none like this! Smart
mermaids no longer listen
to sea shells, but mobile phones.
These are two Tankas, the theme for today’s prompt. The second one was written years ago and published in a local collection entitled Getting a Word in Edgeways, edited by Bryan Ricketts, 1997.
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