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The Last Mass

Hawk eyes
have never been so starved
heads hung binoculars slung
on sloped defeated shoulders
 
They file out of the woods and marsh
in silence like a funeral march
shuffling along
gathering at stations

With pause 
with reverence
   and tears
observing repentantly 

the nests from last year




11.09.2019

Copyright © Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart | Year Posted 2019

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Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/17/2019 5:48:00 AM You are the Master of Concision, Maureen, and I consider it an Art Form - this is wonderful! Best wishes and congratulations on your win in Brian's contest, Mo - keep the ink flowing, my friend! Blessings! :o) <3 Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 12/17/2019 7:25:00 AM Thank you my friend! Warm hugs. Miss you xomo <3

Na Na Date: 12/16/2019 3:00:00 PM Congrats on your winning poem Maureen Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 12/17/2019 7:23:00 AM Thank you again Gregory! ;), xomo!

Michael Craig Date: 12/16/2019 11:49:00 AM Such a very feeling deep poem. - congratulations Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 12/17/2019 7:16:00 AM Thank you Michael, xomo

Na Na Date: 11/30/2019 8:00:00 PM Congrats on your winning poem Maureen Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 12/1/2019 8:08:00 AM Thank you Greg :) xomo!

Kai Michael Neumann Date: 11/19/2019 4:03:00 AM Thank you. I enjoyed reading this. Marching on, Kai Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/19/2019 7:10:00 AM Thank you Kai :))) xomo!

Roxane Aristy Date: 11/16/2019 5:41:00 AM Well written poem, suggestive on so many levels. Congratulations Maureen! Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/16/2019 2:04:00 PM Thank you Roxane! :) xomo

Heidi Sands Date: 11/14/2019 1:09:00 PM Excellent poem Maureen. Very nice :) Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/15/2019 8:33:00 PM Thank you Heidi. xomo

M. L. Kiser Date: 11/13/2019 5:44:00 PM Bold imagery in this piece. Nature's way. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/14/2019 6:54:00 AM Thank you M.L. I hope they survive us xomo

Richard Lamoureux Date: 11/13/2019 8:16:00 AM Poor watchers. There is always next year. ;0) Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/13/2019 2:07:00 PM If only. x

P.S. Awtry Date: 11/13/2019 6:06:00 AM Another powerful piece Maureen. You are writing an excellent series. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/13/2019 6:55:00 AM Thank you again my friend. Series sounds much better than preoccupation ;), mo hugs! xomo

Winged Warrior Date: 11/12/2019 10:09:00 AM I love birds and your verse, Mo...a birdie told me...poetic (((hugs))...^WW^ :o) Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/12/2019 1:10:00 PM Thank you my friend. xomo

Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/12/2019 1:16:00 AM I am picturing a bunch of bird watchers, who did not get to see any birds. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/12/2019 7:02:00 AM Then I conveyed to you perfectly what muse had in mind, thank you my friend! No greater reward <3

Freddie Robinson Jr. Date: 11/11/2019 10:03:00 AM A very somber, tho' quite creative poem, MM. Last rites are always the saddest ones. Outstanding FV poetry! Love and peace forever. RomWar Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/12/2019 7:07:00 AM Thank you dear Freddie. The lack of birds has consumed me. Hugs and Love, xomo

Gershon Wolf Date: 11/10/2019 7:52:00 PM This one really surprised me. So, so nicely done. What an imaginative, creative---yet grounded write. Bravo! Cheers, Gershon Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/11/2019 8:04:00 AM Thank you my friend. Truth be told, this one surprised me too. Hugs G man, xomo

Jeff Connelly Date: 11/10/2019 5:18:00 PM This really hits home for me Maureen, but before I ramble on; this poem is masterfully crafted but can truly be seen having come from your heart. You always use the perfect words Maureen. Thank you. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/11/2019 8:03:00 AM Thank you my friend. Your yard sounds dreamy. x Jeff Connelly Date: 11/10/2019 5:27:00 PM Our yard is animal friendly. Certain plants for certain birds. Black walnuts and a big elm for the squirrels. Lots of flowers for bees. Rain barrels and a pond for a water. Years ago we a pair of Mallards decided a 7' by 11' pond was good enough for them and their ducklings. The following year they returned to repair the nest that was still there. While they were waddling around, the neighbor's cat showed up. They left, never to cone back.

Michelle Faulkner Date: 11/10/2019 2:51:00 PM I can feel their sorrow in this, especially the line about the funeral march, an excellent entry for the contest, Maureen- Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/11/2019 8:02:00 AM Thank you Michelle, my muse stuck on topic I fear x

Silent One Date: 11/10/2019 2:05:00 PM Long story... Badly planted by previous owner of my house...tress are still there but no branches and leaves..... Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/14/2019 11:27:00 AM What? That sucks. We have them year round, 3 species, small, medium, and large. Silent One Date: 11/12/2019 2:51:00 PM No woodpeckers here lol Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/11/2019 8:02:00 AM Still a tree for the woodpeckers x I have Manitoba Maple (giant weed around here) finally killed it off, letting the vines and woodpeckers have at 'er.

Silent One Date: 11/10/2019 1:07:00 PM In silence like a funeral march.... I remember when I had treea in my garden...it was full of robins and I regularly saw bird nests.. Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/10/2019 1:42:00 PM What happened to your trees? I just came from a walk. So little to see. xomo