Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Free verse

A Seventies Production

Stage set: Nineteen Seventy-Two

Enter threshold Jolly Jumper bouncing baby girl
   toes grazing the shag

Next scene a little quicker
   Clad in plaid she's a Big Wheels and corduroy blur
   moving the plot along

Intermission (Orange Crush, Pop Rocks and Pixie Sticks)

Action: The games begin
   Go Fish your Fisher Price Little People
   out of the sandbox
   you're too young to play with Matchbox
   so cool until that Etch A Sketchy kid
   sends your Slinky down the stairs

Plot twist: the corner store Mexican Jumping Beans
   were infinitely more entertaining than Pet Rocks

                           The End


   Well not "The End"
   Training wheels are off and so is the star of the show
   Careening towards the eighties
   With her Choose Your Own Adventure collection in tow





18.02.25

Composed for Line Gauthier's
Where were you in the 70's?

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James Swartz March 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM You should follow it up with each decade now Maureen. You did such a great job tell us more! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 18, 2018 at 9:31 PM Thank you :) Oh so tempting! Those nineties though... Not so sure I want to out myself there lol ;)

Roy Pett March 11, 2018 at 7:56 AM Congratulations on your well deserved win Maureen, so well written and a joy to read. :)) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 16, 2018 at 10:10 AM Thank you Roy! It was a joy to write :) xomo!!

Viv Wigley March 11, 2018 at 3:24 AM A fun take on the theme, almost expected ' A Quinn Martin production', Maureen. Congrats! Viv x Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 16, 2018 at 10:09 AM Lol! Awesome :) thank you Viv! xomo

Eve Roper March 10, 2018 at 2:17 PM Congratulation on your win! Hugs Eve ~`* Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 16, 2018 at 10:08 AM Thank you Eve :) xomo!

Line Gauthier March 10, 2018 at 12:32 PM Fabulous style, Maureen. A fun read. Congrats. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 16, 2018 at 10:07 AM Thank YOU Line! Your contest was SO fun to write for! Love and hug :) xomo!

Janice Canerdy February 28, 2018 at 4:12 PM Maureen, I really like this! Janice Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 28, 2018 at 4:58 PM Thank you Janice! It was funnnn xomo! :)

Andrea Dietrich February 27, 2018 at 3:18 PM SO seventies of you!! Wish I could have thought up such a clever way to do my own rendition of it!! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 28, 2018 at 7:40 AM Thank you! I had play playing in my head a few days before the play took shape, one of those right in front of noses kinda things ;)

Silent One February 26, 2018 at 3:47 PM Awesome... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 26, 2018 at 8:06 PM Thankya :)

Vijay Pandit February 26, 2018 at 5:52 AM Enjoyed reading your poem in images of the seventies..very uniquely articulated..best for a win, Maureen. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 26, 2018 at 6:36 AM Thank you Vijay! A fun one to write for, well the 70's were fun for me. ;) xomo!

Mick Talbot February 26, 2018 at 3:35 AM 'Pop rocks' = fizzy sherbert? Pixie sticks, havn't a clue, sound good though! Good luck in the contest! Mick ;-) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 26, 2018 at 6:28 AM A Pop Rocks virgin! Little candy nuggets that explode in fizzy crackles and pops in your mouth. Pixie sticks, picture a drinking straw full of powdered, coloured, flavoured sugar, tear, tip, and down the hatch, then WHEEEEEE!