Hallowed Homecoming

Hallow's Eve ignites
Sisters draw towards the fire
     Home at last unrest


17.10.10


Composed for Laura Loo's
Halloween Senryu Contest
(syllables checked)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 10/24/2017 1:51:00 PM
Would witches be coming back for revenge! Congratulations on your podium finish, Maureen! Regards // paul
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Date: 10/24/2017 7:06:00 AM
Congrats, Maureen! <3 Kim
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/24/2017 7:59:00 AM
Thank you Kim :) X's & O's mo!
Date: 10/24/2017 6:59:00 AM
Interesting concept Maureen. A deathly reunion awaiting the last to join them.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/24/2017 7:58:00 AM
Thank you James :)
Date: 10/24/2017 5:19:00 AM
great senryu, creepy!! Many thanks and congrats sweet Maureen! :)
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/24/2017 7:57:00 AM
Thank you for this fabulous contest, it was a fun inspiring challenge :) cheers my dear! Have a wonderful day! xomo
Date: 10/23/2017 3:21:00 PM
You saw it as I did too, Maureen! I enjoyed seeing your winning poem. congrats.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/23/2017 9:06:00 PM
Thank you Andrea :) Cheers! XOmo
Date: 10/23/2017 1:19:00 PM
Nicely-penned, Maureen. Congrats on your win! Regards, John.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/23/2017 1:29:00 PM
Thank you John :)
Date: 10/23/2017 12:10:00 PM
Congratulations on your well deserved win Maureen, I thought this would do well, so pleased it did, great Senryu. :))
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/23/2017 12:12:00 PM
Thank you so much Roy! I appreciate your confidence :) A lovely day to you xomo!
Date: 10/23/2017 10:48:00 AM
Congratulations Maureen...
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/23/2017 11:46:00 AM
Thank you Charlie :) a wonderful day to you! xomo
Date: 10/23/2017 6:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your great win, Noureen.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/23/2017 7:10:00 AM
Thank you Subimal :) a lovely day to you! xomo
Date: 10/19/2017 8:18:00 AM
Hi Maureen, this certainly hits the spot, beautifully deep, such a cleverly written poem, GL in contest. :)
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/19/2017 8:25:00 AM
Thank you so much Roy :) Have a wonderful day! xomo
Date: 10/16/2017 2:36:00 PM
Great senryu Maureen. I like how the Sisters are coming together. Good luck in the contest.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/16/2017 4:32:00 PM
Thank you Janis :)
Date: 10/12/2017 12:32:00 PM
Real cool poem w/a ghoulish twist at the end, Maureen. You're a natural at writing senryu poems, dear friend. A fine thought probing poem. Love and peace forever.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/12/2017 2:14:00 PM
Thank you dear friend! I am flattered you think so Freddie, with that I should endevor to try this form again :) love and hugs! mo
Date: 10/11/2017 8:50:00 AM
Wow, this is a fantastic Senryu my friend! I really enjoyed reading this lovely poem this morning! I simply love a good Halloween poem and this one qualifies as a stupendous and awesome poem, so I love it exquisitely! What a remarkable piece, Great Work!!
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/11/2017 9:14:00 AM
Thank you so much Russell! My first ever Senryu, delighted by the prompt! Still toying to enter your Halloween contest... gotta say scary :) have a fantastic day! xomo
Date: 10/11/2017 6:01:00 AM
Very, very cool Maureen. This is the perfect little Halloween poem. Nicely eerie.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/11/2017 7:09:00 AM
Thank you Chris! Thank you Laura Loo for the prompt :) hugs to you, lovely to see you xomo!
Date: 10/11/2017 4:59:00 AM
Wonderful, witchcraft, love it.
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/11/2017 7:08:00 AM
Cackling crackling laughter "Thank you my pretty"!
Date: 10/10/2017 11:29:00 PM
I hear the cauldron bubbling, Maureen ... toil and trouble! Wonderful! :-)
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/11/2017 7:03:00 AM
Here I was telling a story about sisters burned in a fire and the one that got away and you have to bring up witches, always witches, a woman can't cast a few spells without being labelled a witch, levitate, you're a witch, turn someone into a toad, a witch. Witch witch witch. Sigh ;)
Date: 10/10/2017 9:23:00 PM
Nice, all these spooky poems!!!! :)
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/11/2017 6:59:00 AM
Ghoulish fun! Thank you Laura Loo for this one :)
Date: 10/10/2017 3:09:00 PM
- Great written, Maureen - Best wishes in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/10/2017 4:34:00 PM
Thank you Anne-Lise :) xomo
Date: 10/10/2017 2:38:00 PM
Love it Maureen, best wishes in the contest...
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 10/10/2017 3:07:00 PM
Thank you Charlie :) xomo
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