Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Free verse

In a Heartbeat

My first love
Was born
One hundred and one years before me
He never made it to thirty
He was ahead of his time and my time too
What's a poor girl to do?

I resurrect him in my own poetry
In how his words have shaped me
Back when I was a romantic tween
I used to dream of a time machine
So I could go back and embrace him
But knowing me in a heartbeat
I would swift him away to the present day
Where he could see his poetry thriving
Where modern medicine could cure his body
And I his broken heart


My muse my first love
Stephen Crane
In poetry we shall never part



October 15th 2018

For Caren Krutsinger's 
Who Would You Bring Back In A Heartbeat Poetry Contest

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Jesse Rowe October 19, 2018 at 6:35 PM This is just soo good. I love everything about this (especially the paradoxical love intro). Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 20, 2018 at 7:57 AM Thank you Jesse ;) xomo!

Gershon Wolf October 17, 2018 at 8:26 PM It's just wonderful! Marvelous! (a la Ella Fitzgerald's jazz rendition...). Gosh! I am just taken---drooling, truth be told---over the revelatory nature and the imaginative expression in this terrific entry for the contest. Look forward to seeing you at the top of the podium, although perhaps a red badge of courage would be more apropos! :) gw Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 19, 2018 at 9:08 AM Mo, girl of the streets, I couldn't get through it, but love love love his little potent stuff. And some of his love poems, swoon ;) thank you Wolfman! xomo <3

Silent One October 17, 2018 at 3:21 PM OMG!!!!!! 19 lines? I'm so proud of you... I have never heard of Stephen Crane, will have to look him up... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 19, 2018 at 8:59 AM Lol! "I saw a man" my favourite. Ooh, and "Man said to the universe". Yes I almost made it to twenty. <3

Charlie Smith October 17, 2018 at 9:33 AM What a great entry, Maureen, good luck... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 19, 2018 at 8:53 AM Thank you Charlie :)) xomo

Anil Deo October 16, 2018 at 3:55 PM LORD bless you ... my Mom went to heaven in 2005, & Jesus says to my heart, "U shall see her again." THis is the kind of love & worship i got from my Mom's hinduism. It helps me see the depth of Jesus' words. Matthew 11:11 eg. of men born of women, none is greater than John the Baptist. But the least in the KINGDOM is greater than John the Bptist, said Jesus. Maureen, you have see life & its bitter-sweetness, yet your poetry speaks empowerment. Flex THY muscles Sis. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 19, 2018 at 8:52 AM Anil, thank you! You make my smile a mile wide :) Bless you! xomo

Constance La France October 16, 2018 at 12:59 PM Maureen this is really lovely , best of luck in the contest Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 1:23 PM Thank you Constance :) xomo!

Arthur Vaso October 16, 2018 at 1:15 AM Ah so nice, what a beautiful dedication to a great poet! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:07 AM Thank you! "I saw a man" my all time favourite poem, well, to be fair, top spot shared with The Cremation Of Sam McGee ;)

Rhona Mcferran October 15, 2018 at 5:19 PM This is incredible, Maureen! Another FAV for me!! ;) Rhona Mcferran October 16, 2018 at 11:20 PM I am now! ;) Don't feel bad, I was a weird kid, too. (I was alternately in love with Edgar Allen Poe and Nikola Tesla! ;D) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:06 AM Thank you!!! <3 Are you a fan of Crane too? In hindsight, I probably was a bit of a weird kid lol ;) xomo

Vijay Pandit October 15, 2018 at 11:21 AM Sweet memories..longingly depicted. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 15, 2018 at 9:51 PM Thank you Vijay :) xomo!

Rico Leffanta October 15, 2018 at 10:57 AM I hope the surmise is that Crane would come back as he was BEFORE he died? At least his words won't age! Aloha! Rico Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 15, 2018 at 11:03 AM Oh yeah. It'd have to be just the right time, broken hearted vulnerable, aw but damn, then he wouldn't have written those poems. Crap ;p xomo!

Chris Green October 15, 2018 at 9:12 AM This was wonderful Maureen. Much luck in the contest Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 15, 2018 at 9:22 AM Thank you my friend :) xomo