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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

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

Copyright © Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart | Year Posted 2022

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March 27, 2023 at 4:54 AM

Priceless piece, congrats xomo

April 2, 2023 at 10:25 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 Pigeon Tart

March 30, 2023 at 5:32 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

March 2, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Okay, I feel this! ????

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

March 3, 2023 at 4:59 AM

<3

Panagiota Romios

February 12, 2023 at 11:07 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 14, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Thank you P! xomo

January 1, 2023 at 3:24 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 3, 2023 at 6:05 AM

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

January 1, 2023 at 2:34 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 3, 2023 at 6:04 AM

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

December 31, 2022 at 5:01 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 Pigeon Tart

January 3, 2023 at 6:03 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

December 31, 2022 at 11:00 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 3, 2023 at 6:02 AM

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

Victor Buhagiar

December 30, 2022 at 11:13 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 Pigeon Tart

January 3, 2023 at 6:01 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

December 29, 2022 at 1:43 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 Pigeon Tart

December 30, 2022 at 6:42 AM

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

Michelle Faulkner

December 29, 2022 at 8:32 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 Pigeon Tart

December 30, 2022 at 6:41 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

December 26, 2022 at 6:18 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 Pigeon Tart

December 29, 2022 at 6:15 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

December 26, 2022 at 5:58 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 Pigeon Tart

December 29, 2022 at 6:17 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

December 26, 2022 at 5:53 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

December 26, 2022 at 4:36 PM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 29, 2022 at 6:18 AM

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

Linda Alice Fowler

December 26, 2022 at 7:32 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 29, 2022 at 6:18 AM

Thank you Linda! xomo:)))

December 26, 2022 at 6:10 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

December 26, 2022 at 12:23 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 Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 6:43 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 6:42 AM

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

December 26, 2022 at 4:23 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:55 AM

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

December 25, 2022 at 1:32 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 Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:55 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

December 25, 2022 at 1:28 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 Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:50 AM

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

December 23, 2022 at 2:29 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 Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:49 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

December 23, 2022 at 12:24 PM

Amazing!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:46 AM

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

December 23, 2022 at 11:20 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 Pigeon Tart

December 26, 2022 at 5:45 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

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