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The Muse of a Word Economist

My muse is a sieve
it pans for gold
it’s a strainer 
a skimmer
a fat separator 
it tumbles boulders 
until pebbles are formed 
it can chew on a feeling 
for days weeks or years
til it spits out a poem
my polished 
my crystallized 
bits of awe and woe

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Gary Radice

Date: 3/6/2023 11:26:00 PM

There's gold in them there words. :) Cheers - Gary

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 3/9/2023 7:34:00 AM

Thank you Gary! Nothing gold can stay, but hopefully words can last a little longer ;), xomo

Jack Ellison

Date: 3/3/2023 12:21:00 PM

We haven't talked for too long a time! So this is now how your old beano is working eh!!! I'm slowing down big time... 88th year! Yikes!!!!!! Love, Happy JaCK! XOX

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 3/4/2023 5:43:00 AM

Howdy dear! At least the beano is still working! Mine’s a lil slow too ;), my processor needs an update. Hugs! Don’t get lost in the snow. xomo

Anna Hopper

Date: 3/2/2023 8:28:00 PM

I love this! You have a way with words that I will never understand or achieve. Cheers to you!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 3/3/2023 5:00:00 AM

Thank you lovely! My weird brain, at least she works for me in a poetic sense ;), xomo!

Brian Sambourne

Date: 2/25/2023 8:18:00 PM

Such creativity in describing a muse that serves you exceptionally well, Maureen. That final line is a gem. Your muse is gold plated indeed. May it ever be thus. Be well. Sincerely, Brian

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 3/2/2023 6:15:00 AM

Thank you Brian! Trying to stay gold, in Frost fashion ;), xomo

Robert Warlov

Date: 2/23/2023 7:02:00 PM

of course it's spooky good to me because 'The media is the message' (M. Mccluen ) it must inflame my lexical biases and I love it's economy too but what sorts of things must transpire in the poet's psyche, between humiliating boulders and weaponized pebbles?

Robert Warlov
Date: 3/2/2023 5:05:00 PM

Finding the means to pedal your wares?

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 2/23/2023 8:31:00 PM

Hello Robert! Between them I had an art show years ago (and had planned a poetry book) entitled “The Medium Is The Messenger”, I was a bicycle courier at the time ;), xomo!

Anonomus Scorpio

Date: 2/4/2023 6:02:00 PM

My smile so immeasurably bright At the economics you write Sometimes when things are so good You need to praise them twice as others should #hugs

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 2/5/2023 8:58:00 AM

Sweetness! Thank you so much ~x

Beej Simrov

Date: 1/26/2023 7:44:00 PM

Yeah and this proves my point in my previous comment on your newer poem, love your confidence and way with words, sheathe then sieve.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 1/28/2023 10:07:00 AM

Am blushing now :))) Thank you! Have a lovely day! xomo

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 1/18/2023 8:51:00 PM

This is as polished as any diamond, and twice as beautiful, just luv it :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 1/20/2023 6:36:00 AM

Thank you Lovely!!! :))) I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. Hugs and warm wishes, xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/10/2023 7:17:00 PM

Precisely! ~ gw

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 1/11/2023 6:45:00 AM

Thank you sir! :))) xomo

FJ Thomas

Date: 1/9/2023 10:49:00 PM

I saw the title and couldn't resist! And you hit gold and diamonds during this mine! This is brilliant Mo

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/11/2023 6:56:00 AM

I have not but now I have to find it!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 1/11/2023 6:45:00 AM

Thank you FJ! :))) Pressure makes diamonds. Now the song from Nina Nesbitt is my head, and it’s a fabulous song (and a fabulous video if you haven’t seen it, I must watch now, thank you!) xomo