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Seeking Asylum

walls crawling inside out Escher etching fingernail grout staring at stares plaid throughout plied and played guts splayed out wailing away in bars in stout

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Phred Sirikye

Date: 3/27/2023 4:54:00 AM

Priceless piece, congrats xomo

Phred Sirikye
Date: 4/2/2023 10:25:00 AM

A little taken up by work, I work in security company fulltime. I am an asst operations manager . But I do write whenever I get the chance. Thanks for the concern Xomo. Regards

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/30/2023 5:32:00 AM

Thank you Phred. I hope you are still writing and just not posting, or immersing yourself in other creative mediums. My own muse sluggish these days. Take care! xomo

Anna Hopper

Date: 3/2/2023 8:29:00 PM

Okay, I feel this! ????

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/3/2023 4:59:00 AM

Panagiota Romios

Date: 2/12/2023 11:07:00 AM

Late Congrats on Poem of the Week! Fantastic, you go girl. Panagiota

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/14/2023 5:24:00 PM

Thank you P! xomo

Nancy Kaufman

Date: 1/1/2023 3:24:00 AM

she pens potent pieces..Congratulations on potw Maureen. Happy New Year..Stay well.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 1/3/2023 6:05:00 AM

Thank you Nancy! <3 Warmest wishes to you, xomo

Joanna Daniel

Date: 1/1/2023 2:34:00 AM

Simple, yet powerful, Maureen, congratulations on POTW:)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 1/3/2023 6:04:00 AM

Thank you Jo! Warm wishes to you and yours :), xomo

Susan Lawrence

Date: 12/31/2022 5:01:00 PM

Wonderful ! Love the visuals that transport me to places in time ! I love Escher etching Fingernail grout ! Raw and immediate in emotion ! Belated congratulations on POTW Maureen ! And happy healthy 2023 to you ! Susan ;)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 1/3/2023 6:03:00 AM

Thank you Susan! It felt good to have my muse take over, it had been quite a while. Happiest and healthiest wishes for the new year to you too! xomo

Anonomus Scorpio

Date: 12/31/2022 11:00:00 AM

The provocation of my emotions every time I see your words is absolutely inspiring! Congratulations dear friend!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 1/3/2023 6:02:00 AM

Squee! Thank you my friend! Happiest New Years wishes to you, xomo!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 12/30/2022 11:13:00 PM

I've been told not to stay in front of the computer too much. What else can I do? Listen to the cooing of those pesky pigeons that dirty my pavement? Congrats on your win. Thank you for thinking of me.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 1/3/2023 6:01:00 AM

Thank you dear vb. You can always eat those pigeons, they actually carry less pathogens than chickens. Tasty meat from what I’ve heard. ;), Sending hugs! xomo

Charles Messina

Date: 12/29/2022 1:43:00 PM

This is so clever, Mo. Congratulations on POTW! Hope you had a nice Xmas. Best wishes for the New Tear! Hugs Charlie

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/30/2022 6:42:00 AM

Thank you Charlie! I hope your holidays have been and are still swell and fabulous. Mo hugs! xomo

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 12/29/2022 8:32:00 AM

Hey Mo, so glad to see your clever pen at work again, love the lines 'walls crawling/inside out' and 'staring at stares' - I've felt that a time or two, glad to see this as POTW!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/30/2022 6:41:00 AM

Hello lovely! My brain is finally healing some having finally moved out of the mould. Crazy how one cannot notice what their environment is doing to you. My muse took the wheel for this one and that hasn’t happened in so long! Thank you :))) NewYears blessings to you dear poetess! xomo

Brandy Nicole

Date: 12/26/2022 6:18:00 PM

Your thoughts bring a chill up my spine. This is clever and creative, in such a creepy way. Congratulations Maureen, on Poem of the Week. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/29/2022 6:15:00 AM

I couldn’t ask for a better review, thank you! That’s what I was going for, however off topic my muse found herself. Have a lovely day! xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 12/26/2022 5:58:00 PM

We have limited water in faucets, often no running Water fir weeks! Back To stine age here, what with power cuts of up to 7 hours daily! ( Google: loadshedding: South Africa; Eskom sabotage; often no water & power together, which kills our cell connections - and ability to do internet). We overcome, bombed by business backwards! Hallelujah

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/29/2022 6:17:00 AM

Oh my dear! That’s crazy stuff. Lovely to hear from you. I hope the situation improves. Thank you my friend. Season’s best to you and yours. Hugs and love! xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 12/26/2022 5:53:00 PM

Wow, sonyoubgit poetry honours fir Christmas!! Hallelujah but you did it as always. Belated congrats ... My special Canadian CHRISTian. The concluding couplet is conclusive Sis ( Ciz, if I keep with Congratulatory C's). Bless you for never quitting; you've been part of my CELEBRATIONS these pastgyears, & I'm.prayingbfir many more my Canadian Love

I Am Anaya

Date: 12/26/2022 4:36:00 PM

Congratulations on your POTW, Maureen McGreavy!!! Glad to see this amazing masterpiece again ~Anaya

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/29/2022 6:18:00 AM

Thank you Lovely! Mo hugs :))) xomo!

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 12/26/2022 7:32:00 AM

Wow! A lot expressed here so succinctly Maureen. Congratulations on the honor of your POTW! :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/29/2022 6:18:00 AM

Thank you Linda! xomo:)))

David Kavanagh

Date: 12/26/2022 6:10:00 AM

Back with congratulations on POTW Super Mo, 90s grunge I am still living in Nirvana land, keeps me sane in an insane world, cheers David

David Kavanagh
Date: 12/26/2022 12:23:00 PM

No but now you’ve mentioned it, I will be straight on to Spotify for a listen! With the lights out it’s less dangerous!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 6:43:00 AM

Have you heard the Tori Amos rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit? Positively hauntingly good.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 6:42:00 AM

Thank you! Love it. Sinead still keeping me level, sing alongs for vagus stimulation.

Tania Kitchin

Date: 12/26/2022 4:23:00 AM

Mo, so good to see you back on PS, congratulations on POTW!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:55:00 AM

Thank you Lovely! My brain and muse are coming back on line <3 xomo

John Watt

Date: 12/25/2022 1:32:00 PM

Mo, I love your wordplay here (plaid/plied/played/splayed), your clever minimalism, and the surreal contemplation of asylum (are the walls protecting the world from us, or us from the world?) Great to read you again, love to see your talents be rewarded with a POTW. Sending you Christmas blessings on pidgeon's wings ~ John

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:55:00 AM

Thank you John! Inspired by the Arkham Asylum contest, my muse went nuts. Too seeking asylum from one’s own mind, what started as etching passing days on cell walls morphed into plaid… my 20’s in the 90’s grunge spending entirely too much time at the tavern ;), Thank you! xomo

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/25/2022 1:28:00 AM

For some reason Dali came to mind I suppose we all see it from different angles. Anyway Maureen congratulations to you on the honour of POTD. Tom

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:50:00 AM

Dali is never far from my mind, I can see that happening;), Thank you Tom! xomo

David Kavanagh

Date: 12/23/2022 2:29:00 PM

Beautiful verse super Mo, using Escher to express the kafksesque world of asylum seeking is absolutely mind boggling, still after a few stouts everything makes sense to me lol, his Print Gallery (Prentententoonstelling) reminds me of the blank space in my head, A Fave cheers David

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:49:00 AM

Inspired by the Arkham Asylum contest. The asylum we seek from our own crazy mind, this poem developed a life of its own. Escher etchings days on cell walls morphed into plaid- the 90’s grunge and too much time spent at the tavern ;), xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/23/2022 12:24:00 PM

Amazing!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:46:00 AM

Thank you :))) I’m quite pleased with this one, my muse having a mind of its own… xomo

I Am Anaya

Date: 12/23/2022 11:20:00 AM

The optical illusions he creates really do blow your mind, “Technical graphic labyrinths” I get a bar scene and some Guiness goings on! Thank you for sharing a new to me artist and your deep and witty poetry. Maureen, Happy Holidays! ~Anaya

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/26/2022 5:45:00 AM

Delighted to introduce you to Escher! The marking of days on the cell walls turned into plaid, my 20’s in the 90’s spent at the tavern ;), Happy holidays to you! xomo