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Mestor, son of Poseidon steady gaze upon a dazzling mermaid saffron blaze. Wind swept across her brunette wet long hair, thoughts of a net and human ways, hooted in shrill amaze. Mestor woke amongst an ocean sand bed of froth, sounds of laughter in the wind spread. A glimmering pace along the beach and a droll tone song in the silver wake of the moon was shed. 8/1/2018 Prizes' Contest: 'Sea Tales Limericks - Old or New - Sponsored by: Carolyn Devonshire MESTOR A king of one the ten kingdoms of Atlantis--a mythical continent in the Atlantic Ocean. He was a son of Poseidon and Kleite. http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.html In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid

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Date: 8/12/2018 9:21:00 PM
Congratulations - especially on your research, but either the mermaid is elfin or that is the largest abalone shell I have ever seen! Well done! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 8/7/2018 6:52:00 AM
Congratulations on your win! :)
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Date: 8/4/2018 6:00:00 PM
Dropping back with my congrats Eve:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 8/4/2018 5:35:00 PM
that's one of the more realistic pictures I have seen of a mermaid. Awesome.
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Date: 8/4/2018 5:34:00 PM
Nice imagery in your mermaid tale. I swear people were almost all writing about mermaids!! Congrats for your win.
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Date: 8/4/2018 3:03:00 PM
Thanks for providing some background on the mythological history of mermaids, Eve. Many of the entries show Soupers have a fascination with mermaids and mermen. Enjoyed very much! Congratulations. Hugs, Carolyn
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Date: 8/2/2018 6:36:00 PM
Nicely crafted my friend...a winner in my court...love & light...^WW^
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Date: 8/2/2018 10:07:00 AM
WoW! Never read such a elegant poetic limerick like this, Eve. You are one gifted poetess. LOVE this poem. A stellar write. Love and joy always, my dear friend.
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Date: 8/2/2018 7:36:00 AM
Love your take on the theme Eve, good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx
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