The Fisherman
T'was on a cold, bleak, winter's day
When white -foamed waves engulfed the rocksΒ
And crashed upon the shore, they say,
That a fisherman was struggling home
When he saw a sight not seen before,
That day the wind blew easterly across the ravaged shore;
For, with her petticoats a dripping
And sea weed in her hair,
Cradling her swollen belly,
A dismal wench stood there.
She opened up her arms to him,
Her face all waxy white,
And reddened eyes from salty tears
Cried o'er and o'er beseeching plight.
"Tell me wench," he said to her
"From whereabouts you come?
"I see nobody else around,
"From who is it that you run?"
And the fisherman held out his hand
For to help her from the sea.
But she pulled him out to her and said,
"My lover he did murder me.
"And all I want is to be loved again,
"Loved for all of time.
"For my lover he did murder me
"And murdered, too, this babe of mine.
"So, come with me and be my love,
"Come hither to my briny lairΒ
"And live for all eternity
"In happiness with me there."
T'was on a cold, bleak, winter's day,
When white-foamed waves engulfed the rocks
And crashed upon the shore, they say,
That a fisherman forgot his home
And was gone for ever more,
That day the wind blew easterly
Across the ravaged shore.
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Comments
TOTALLY BRILLIANT !!! love love thisun β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Thankyou, so much. I truly appreciate your lovely comment. It has put a huge smile on my face ? x
Pinned of course omg I love this β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Still smiling x
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This is great writing right here, Gave me goosebumps.i agree with Cherie.
Thank you so much Natalie! I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. Glad you liked it x
Hauntingly sad, an excellent atmospheric other worldly tale of the supernatural. Brilliant write!Β
Hi Tony,Β thank you so much for reading my poem. You left a lovely comment and I really appreciate it. Thanks again x
Dear Being Me,
Welcome to Cosmo!Β We have a new star on our site, for "Being Me" makes "being us", a pleasure when we read your beautiful poetry.Β You will note, that I often comment poetically, either in verse or Haiku.
All alone on the ocean, a fisherman suddenly did see
A pregnant lass who was crying, saying "My true love murdered me"
She asked him to come be with her, promised him eternal life
He joined her then forever, ending all his strife
Peace and Love,
Larry xxx
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Thank you for honouring me with this lovely poem of yours, Larry ?Β and thank you for the welcome I do have to confess though, I am a returnee. I missed you guys too much to stay away forever. Such is the pull of the Cosmo family x
Great to have you back.
Love,
Larry xxx
Ooh I got goosebumps at the end of this fabulous piece. Loved it. Thanks for sharingΒ
all the bestΒ
LGΒ
Thank you for reading LG?Β I'm glad you liked it x
just a lovely verse.
Hi Poetess...Thank you very much! You might remember this from when I was on Cosmo before. We did a co write together. I emailed you the first two verses of this and then you did your spin with it. (A Grevious Malady?). I just carried on and finished it off in the vein I had started writing itΒ x??
I searched my pages and found it...you did a tremendous edit job on this. I will post the link here of the old rendition if anyone would like to read it.
https://cosmofunnel.com/poems/grievous-malady-collaboration-with-tina-131838
??Β thank you x
this is so good, I had to dash out and put on my floatation suit before completing it the first time round .. all joking aside, this is seriously very good in my very humble opinionΒ .. Now I'm going to go home and get dry :) x
Hahaha...love the comment!Β Thanks for reading, I am really happy you like this narrative poem x
Tina a thousand apologies for I read this a few weeks ago and didn't comment. Bad puppy and all that.
Have reread it and so glad for you place the reader in your poem for it is that involving a real fateful supernatural barnstormer, elegantly scribed.
Nothing is tripping over itself when you write and not a word out of place to collapse or ruin a poetry house of cards.
Just damned good poetry with an original theme that flows and beats.
And flows and beats so well.
Thank you for doing what you do and for the inspiring person and poet you are my friend.x.
Thank you Shaun! You are very kind reading my back catalogue of poems. Thankyou so much. I am really happy you like this ghostly tale x
Tina forgot to say is there a typo in your main title, or is that intentional.
Any way hang in there and thanks again. x.
Ohhhh...thankyou soooo much. I never ever even noticed...silly me. Proof reading is so difficult when your brain is actually telling you it says wx when in reality it is ww. Thank you so much xx
Come on Tina get your poetry act together and shape up or ship out!
And I know what you mean and the real doodies are e before i in their and too or is it to?Β
Real brain freezers how to spell or when to use.
See and read you soon, hopefully tomorrow night if not too zonked and not too tired or tyred!!! x.
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Wonderful poemΒ
Sorry I missed it at the time
But itβs wonderful
Ahhhh...thankyou sweet Greg x
Hi Being Me,
Great poem and very scary very dark.
I see people love your poems by your number and star count.
Forgive me for asking this question but did you mean to type wench as describing a young woman? You typed wrench as a tool? If I misunderstood this word I apologize.
Hahaha...omg! Thankyou, Melrosejoe, for spotting that and pointing it out! I did, indeed, mean wench, all corrected now!Β Β
Thankyou for reading and I am pleased you liked the poem ( despite my dreadful error). Thankyou x