The Mermaiden's Reverie : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Mermaiden's Reverie / Giles Watson's poetry and prose
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| 説明 | The Mermaiden’s ReverieThere are some among the merfolk who believeIn men. It is claimed that they have masteryOf the land, live a hundred miles from sea,And never parch – never drop a scale or desiccate –And that they walk upon the ground, not likeCrabs, but two-legged, scuttling with a forwardsMotion. They scorch the land, and rapeThe ocean. Fearing water, they ride, but do notTame it, on planks of wood, weirdly crafted. They killEverything that moves, except for mermaids,Whom they abduct, if ever they catch them.It takes a blink to kill them; nine monthsTo hatch them. They make mirrors, and combTheir weed as we do, but never searchTheir souls too deeply, for fear of finding.It’s even said they’d stoop to kill a whale:Surely, an old fish-husband’s tale.Poem by Giles Watson, 2010. Mediaeval mermaids were invariably depicted with a mirror, and sometimes also a comb: symbols, the Bestiaries claimed, of their vanity. Mermen were also sometimes depicted, holding stones and with violent faces. This example is on a fifteenth century misericord in Highworth Church, Wiltshire. |
| 撮影日 | 2003-01-01 00:01:14 |
| 撮影者 | Giles Watson's poetry and prose , Oxfordshire, England |
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| カメラ | FinePix S5000 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.0 |