Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Free verse

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 March 6, 2023 at 11:26 PM There's gold in them there words. :) Cheers - Gary Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 9, 2023 at 7:34 AM Thank you Gary! Nothing gold can stay, but hopefully words can last a little longer ;), xomo

Jack Ellison March 3, 2023 at 12:21 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 March 4, 2023 at 5:43 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 March 2, 2023 at 8:28 PM I love this! You have a way with words that I will never understand or achieve. Cheers to you! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 3, 2023 at 5:00 AM Thank you lovely! My weird brain, at least she works for me in a poetic sense ;), xomo!

Brian Sambourne February 25, 2023 at 8:18 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 March 2, 2023 at 6:15 AM Thank you Brian! Trying to stay gold, in Frost fashion ;), xomo

Robert Warlov February 23, 2023 at 7:02 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 March 2, 2023 at 5:05 PM Finding the means to pedal your wares? Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 23, 2023 at 8:31 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 February 4, 2023 at 6:02 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 February 5, 2023 at 8:58 AM Sweetness! Thank you so much ~x

Michelle Faulkner January 18, 2023 at 8:51 PM This is as polished as any diamond, and twice as beautiful, just luv it :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 20, 2023 at 6:36 AM Thank you Lovely!!! :))) I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. Hugs and warm wishes, xomo

Gershon Wolf January 10, 2023 at 7:17 PM Precisely! ~ gw Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 11, 2023 at 6:45 AM Thank you sir! :))) xomo

FJ Thomas January 9, 2023 at 10:49 PM I saw the title and couldn't resist! And you hit gold and diamonds during this mine! This is brilliant Mo FJ Thomas January 11, 2023 at 6:56 AM I have not but now I have to find it! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 11, 2023 at 6:45 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

Charles Messina January 8, 2023 at 8:07 AM You chewed this one so well, Mo. Love it! :) xocm Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 8, 2023 at 9:59 AM Thank you Charlie! xomo <3

Skaidiv Morjin January 8, 2023 at 5:47 AM So well constructed, really well written Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 8, 2023 at 9:59 AM Thank you Skaidiv! :))) xomo

David Kavanagh January 7, 2023 at 2:12 PM Always quality from Super Mo, a well polished muse on a slow burning fuse, cheers David David Kavanagh January 9, 2023 at 3:48 AM Indeed you do, but laser sharp nonetheless Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 8, 2023 at 9:58 AM I resemble that comment! (a slow burning fuse ;) Thank you David! xomo Cheers

Jeff Connelly January 7, 2023 at 1:42 AM Keep chewing and spitting them out Maureen... Always wonderful!!! Thanks... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:26 AM Thank you my friend :))) xomo!

John Lawless January 6, 2023 at 12:46 PM Keep swirling the pan of muddy waters Mo, the gold is there defying time and patience. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:26 AM Thank you John. Forcing it is fools gold, for me anyway. Cheers! xomo

Ilene Bauer January 6, 2023 at 10:28 AM So creative, Maureen! Love this! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:22 AM Thank you Ilene! mo hugs!

Anonomus Scorpio January 6, 2023 at 4:39 AM Ahh.... what a wonderful way to start my Day !! Well written and from what I know of you a great reflective piece!! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:22 AM Thank you Scorpio friend :))) xomo!

Heidi Sands January 5, 2023 at 2:31 PM Wow. This is excellent. Well written Maureen :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:21 AM Thank you Heidi! Have a lovely day! xomo

Susan Woodrow January 5, 2023 at 12:39 PM Love this - great metaphors for your awesome succinct writes :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 7, 2023 at 6:21 AM Thank you Susan! Hugs xomo