Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Free verse

Lump In My Throat

I remember

Your smile
When you told me 
You wanted to be a writer

More than that
What you wrote

You sliced me apart
And stuffed my faults
Down my throat

You could not swallow
That I was choked


I look you up once in a while
Curious to see if you made it

You were so damn talented
To this day I still have a lump





Sunday September 30th 2018

Remembering What You Want To Forget
Poetry Contest Sponsored By Kim Rodrigues

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Gershon Wolf October 15, 2018 at 3:31 PM With a lump in MY throat, I extend congratulations on your placement in the contest. Best always, Gershon Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:19 AM Thank you my dear friend. xomo <3

Alexis Y. October 15, 2018 at 2:45 PM Hi Maureen, Some folk live to make others miserable because deep down they are miserable themselves. Congratulations on your placement in the contest- Alexis Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:19 AM True enough. Pots call kettles black all the time. Thank you! xomo

Eve Roper October 15, 2018 at 2:30 PM Lovely write, Maureen, reading some of the comments there is also congratulations dew on POTd and now in the contest :) .. congratulations on your win... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:16 AM Thank you Eve! :))) xomo

Kim Rodrigues October 15, 2018 at 1:28 PM Maureen, you meet this lovely charming person - a writer! Then he breaks your heart! The description of how he stuffs your faults down your throat, still leaving you with a lump both from his awesome writing and awful abuse! Congratulations, Maureen, on your third place win! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:14 AM "She" best friend who for a spell lived with me and hubby, dumped me when he and I split. Funny, eventually got over him, never got over her ;) Thank you for the muse prodding contest prompt Kim and my placement, xomo!

Roy Pett October 10, 2018 at 10:23 AM Please accept my belated congratulations on your well deserved POTD Maureen with your excellent poem, good luck in contest my dear friend. :)) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 8:15 AM Belated thank you my friend! ;) xomo!

Robert Lindley October 5, 2018 at 6:49 AM Congratulations my friend on this deeply felt poem about betrayal and the meanness of others. And look, it is You that became the great writer! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 5, 2018 at 7:21 AM Thank you my friend, I had never considered that, of course, I could think of myself as good, it takes coming from a wonderful contemporary like yourself to be great. I am humbled and verklempt my dear friend. xomo <3

Haley Fisher October 4, 2018 at 5:51 PM :( I don't know why some people are mean, but I am starting to realize that some try to bring other's down to try and ignore their own faults. I have enjoyed reading many of your poems. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 4, 2018 at 9:17 PM Thank you Haley! I think you're right with that one. She wasn't a mean person, but I'll never know if she ever realized how mean she was in that instance, her own faults were certainly set aside ;) xomo

Silent One October 4, 2018 at 4:52 PM the one that got away... Congrats on POTD.. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 4, 2018 at 9:18 PM ...quick like a bunny xomo (thank you my friend)

Anne-Lise Andresen October 4, 2018 at 4:23 AM - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d., Maureen :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 4, 2018 at 7:29 AM Thank you Anne-Lise :) xomo!

Gershon Wolf October 3, 2018 at 11:01 PM Congrats, my friend, on POTD! :) gw Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 3, 2018 at 11:03 PM Thank you Wolfman! <3

Pat Adams October 3, 2018 at 7:18 AM I really don't see how people can be like that. I felt you pain and hope that never happens again. Well done and congrats on POTD!!.......80) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 3, 2018 at 7:57 AM Alas, I do; my mother was a pro ;) This one, well, it was a reaction to a break up, she had lived with us, she picked his side (with avengeance). It was a world of hurt (lol) Thank you my friend :) xomo

Brandy Nicole October 2, 2018 at 10:47 PM Those that throw words have a lot to learn. Keep smiling and writing, and never look back at anyone that tried to bring you down. You are meant to Soar. Congratulations Maureen, on Poem of the Day. ~ Brandy Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 3, 2018 at 7:52 AM Your words warm me Brandy :) thank you so much! xomo

Susan Ashley October 2, 2018 at 8:26 PM This is so completely awesome, Maureen. Love this and a fav! Congratulations on your well deserved POTD honors for your compelling introspection.. Warmest wishes always my lovely.. ~Susan <3 Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:16 PM Thank you so much Susan! A lovely surprise to be so honoured for this unpacking of emotional luggage, poetry as therapy; I'm humbled that it has resonated so. Helps the healing somehow. That closure you have only in yourself to find. Love and hugs dear <3 xomo

Daniel Turner October 2, 2018 at 12:25 PM Congratulations Mo on POTD. Nicely penned! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:17 PM Thank you my friend. Hugs! xomo :)

Charlie Smith October 2, 2018 at 11:44 AM Some things, sadly, we just can't shake. Well done Maureen, congratulations on your honor... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:19 PM You got that right Charlie. This has helped ;) Thank you dear poet, xomo

Warren Doll October 2, 2018 at 10:40 AM First class free verse, Maureen. Congratulations on POTD, ~Warren Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:20 PM Straight from the heart. Thank you so much Warren :) xomo

Gordon Mcconnell October 2, 2018 at 10:36 AM Excellent piece Maureen, really enjoyed this very much, fully deserving the POTD. Have a great day, Gordon Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:21 PM Thank you so much Gordon, I'm thrilled to be so well received. xomo!

Heidi Sands October 2, 2018 at 10:27 AM Congratulations for POTD Maureen :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 9:22 PM Thank you Heidi :) xomo!

Arturo Michael October 2, 2018 at 9:07 AM What's that lump doing there...clear the way...Congratulations Maureen...Lovely day to you... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 10:12 AM Arturo sweetness, thank you my friend! xomo

John Lawless October 2, 2018 at 8:28 AM Mo, I sense a bit of introspective post concussion longing here. A tersely tight write that leaves a lump in my throat. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 8:51 AM Very astute of you John, I have only just realized that much of what she berated me for was indeed the brain injury, that and ADD, which incidentally lends one to be more likely to develop PCS. Don't think I'll ever completely recover from this one... till I lose my mind completely ;) Thank you John, xomo

Winged Warrior October 2, 2018 at 8:02 AM Congrats!!! Mo, on your POTD!...I'm all choked up...love & lumps...^WW^ Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM Me too! ;) Thank you my friend, xomo

Tim Smith October 2, 2018 at 7:30 AM I hope they didn't make it and or now envious of how well you write. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 7:50 AM Tim, you're too cute (glad you're on my side ;) I hope she didn't destroy or pitch my paintings I gave her, as painful as it is I still have her painting on my wall. ...Though envy would be kinda cool ;) lol xomo!

Vijay Pandit October 2, 2018 at 6:44 AM Back with congrats Maureen..a well deserved poem of the day..so much said in your usual potent style in just a few words. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 7:47 AM Thank so much Vijay. I cherish your kind support always. ...my brain is a sieve in more ways than one ;) xomo!

Tom Cunningham October 2, 2018 at 4:13 AM Back with congratulations Maureen on POTD. Well deserved too. Tom Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 7:44 AM Thank you Tom <3 xomo

Jan Allison October 2, 2018 at 1:31 AM gosh Mo what a crushing thing to happen and I can relate in a way in my own life - but you are the winner in so many ways and POTD is very well merited:-) hugs Jan xx Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 2, 2018 at 7:44 AM It was crushing. So close she had lived with my boyfriend and I, sent me that letter when he and I split, essentially breaking up with me. This the first I have written of it, POTD delivers a new, nicer lump in the throat ;) Thank you Jan xomo

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