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Note To Self

Life is pain
a splendid tattoo 
as with all pain
I grin and bear it too
for what more than pain
makes life so tangible 
the experience of being
being surely unregretable 


2010.12.26

Copyright © Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart | Year Posted 2018

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Lewis Raynes Date: 9/25/2018 9:06:00 PM This is a deep poem Maureen, i think all feeling is pain in disguise to some extent. nice. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 9/26/2018 7:46:00 AM A point to ponder, thank you my friend, xomo

Charmaine Chircop Date: 9/6/2018 4:10:00 PM Feeling pain..knowing pain...is living life..If we couldnt feel pain..we wouldnt appreciate those glorious moments when pain isnt present...So much said in this note dear. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 9/6/2018 8:41:00 PM Thank you Charmaine :) xomo!

Joseph May Date: 8/30/2018 10:32:00 AM Very nicely expressed Maureen.. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 9/6/2018 8:38:00 PM Thank you Joseph xomo :)

Joanna Daniel Date: 8/30/2018 2:34:00 AM Yeah, pain teaches us a lot, Maureen, well said:) Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/30/2018 7:54:00 AM Indeed it does ;) Thank you Jo, xomo

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/27/2018 9:13:00 PM Ah! In another place and another time, Emily Dickinson might have written: 'Life is a tatoo. It can be painful. It can be gainful. Ah, too, it can be insane-ful.' (See "Fame is a bee," by Emily D.) … Don't mind me. Just a stray thought. Thank you for supplying the ingredients! Best wishes, Gershon Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/28/2018 7:04:00 AM But you just wrote that! Gershon wolf! Fame is a bee... I totally get it now. Absolutely! The bee, the D, you and me ;) all the best my friend! xomo

Lyric Man Date: 8/27/2018 8:18:00 AM God gave us pain as a gift. First to warn and then to correct. Without it we would scarcely feel connected to our bodies. Pain grounds us to earth. Your poems makes us think outside the norm.. love it! Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/27/2018 8:23:00 AM Thank you Lyric Man! True enough. Consider Congenital Analgesia, when one cannot feel pain at all, one rarely survives childhood. Pain is indeed necessary. Thank you for appreciating my normal ;) xomo!

Winged Warrior Date: 8/26/2018 12:38:00 PM Pain...the ultimate teacher and preacher...well said MO...love & pain...^WW^ Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/27/2018 7:43:00 AM Thank you Wing'ed One! :) xomo!

Silent One Date: 8/26/2018 11:37:00 AM Life is not pain my friend... Never let it absorb you.. listen to it, then you will know the message... Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/26/2018 12:01:00 PM Lovely said my friend. According to Westley in The Princess Bride "life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is selling something". But really, pain is life. It is is good to have a mind that does not let itself be absorbed by pain. If we were all that strong, just think, no more suicide. Sounds awesome. But this is a life appreciation piece. Missed ya dear poet! xomo

Heidi Sands Date: 8/26/2018 7:29:00 AM I understand Maureen. Well done :) Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/26/2018 12:02:00 PM Thank you Heidi :) dusted off an old journal. xomo

Elaine George Date: 8/26/2018 6:35:00 AM So utterly profound!!! Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/26/2018 12:05:00 PM Thank you so much Elaine! A little piece I found in a barely legible journal :) xomo!

Tim Smith Date: 8/25/2018 11:35:00 PM Do what I did. Two Vicodin and Two Pints the pass out for two hours lol Login to Reply Tim Smith Date: 8/26/2018 4:13:00 AM It lasts longer :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/26/2018 12:12:00 AM But a tattoo is so much more fun ;)

Arturo Michael Date: 8/25/2018 6:26:00 PM At first breath you cried... Who understands this...Words of truth my friend...All the best Maureen Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/25/2018 9:19:00 PM You are gracious and kind my friend, thank you :) xomo