Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Free verse

The Unfledged Albatross

feathers and bones at rest
                             a belly full of plastic
                       on our tab  starved  to death
     
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                       our lives  framed  by beauty
                                 stripped of life


                           the perfect photograph*








*Image of Albatross by Chris Jordan

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Susan Gentry April 18, 2018 at 1:32 AM Congratulations on your win with this sad state of affairs. Well written. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 18, 2018 at 7:46 AM Thank you Susan. It is indeed a sad state of affairs. Do look up the image on line, it is stunning. xomo

Sandra Haight April 17, 2018 at 6:59 PM Powerful, but sadly true, Maureen. Congratulations on your fine placement. Hugs, Sandra Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 18, 2018 at 7:42 AM Thank you Sandra. The image stays with me, it is heartbreaking. Blessings friend xomo

Line Gauthier April 16, 2018 at 2:14 PM Back with most deserved congrats with this very moving poem, Maureen. Superb. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 16, 2018 at 8:13 PM Thank you Line, this one means a lot to me :) xomo!

Kai Michael Neumann April 16, 2018 at 8:31 AM Wonderful. Congratulations on your win in my contest. Kai Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 16, 2018 at 9:13 AM Thank you Kai! I'm delighted you enjoyed it. Thank you for providing a place to put it too :) xomo!

Gregory Richard Barden March 24, 2018 at 6:45 PM We are a race more concerned with now than with what kind of legacy we leave our children, sadly ... it's not encouraging, our message to the future. Wonderfully substantive and hard-hitting ... adore this. <3 Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 25, 2018 at 9:01 AM Indeed. This photograph seared my soul. That I did it some justice I thank you my friend. xomo

Kurt Philip Behm March 19, 2018 at 10:46 AM Powerful yet sad at what we've done. I really felt it. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 20, 2018 at 9:34 PM Thank you :)

Joseph P. DiMino March 12, 2018 at 6:48 PM "our lives framed by beauty stripped of life..." One of the best lines I've read in a long time. Could stand alone. Brava! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 16, 2018 at 9:57 AM Thank you for that! I'm not sure I'm done with that image, that line might yet have more to come, perhaps in a different medium ;) xomo!

James Swartz March 6, 2018 at 8:22 PM Your words show the suffering by man unto the world. Great poem to remind us that we are responsible for our actions. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 7, 2018 at 7:38 AM Thank you James <3

Juli- Michelle March 5, 2018 at 7:10 PM I love this! well penned. Love, Juli-Michelle Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 5, 2018 at 10:34 PM Thank you :) xomo!

Robert Lindley March 5, 2018 at 8:28 AM A DARK TRUTH, sadness caused by man's greed and too oft indifference. You have given a powerful message in superb poetry my friend... A fav..... A GEM.. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 5, 2018 at 9:54 AM Thank you my sweet friend! It took me near a year to sift a poem from this photograph's impact. Your appreciation is dear to me. mo hugs!

Robert Lindley March 5, 2018 at 8:27 AM A DARK TRUTH, sadness caused by man's greed and too oft indifference. You have given a powerful message in superb poetry my friend... A fav.....

Eileen Manassian March 3, 2018 at 4:46 PM Such things bring incredible sadness to the heart. These innocent creatures that suffer from our carelessness...Good for you for writing this in such a powerful way. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 4, 2018 at 6:34 AM It boggles the mind as it renders the heart. Thank you Eileen, much love your way! Thank you for the lovely visit. I'm behind on my reading, you are on my list! xomo <3

Vladislav Raven March 2, 2018 at 9:44 PM Hi Maureen, it is true that so few lines can say so much truth. It is a great sadness what the human race has done to this planet and keeps doing. This is an excellent write Maureen. The words are well worthy of a fave Maureen. Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs....Mike. XX Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 3, 2018 at 6:57 AM Thank you so much Mike. It is an insurmountable sadness and Jordan's photograph, more than any other I have seen, captures that perfectly. Thank you for the fave, such suggests to me that I may have managed to capture a smidgen of the power of that image. xomo

Shefali Chitre March 2, 2018 at 12:38 PM Hi Maureen!How are you? Well expressed with environmental concerns! Shefali Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 3, 2018 at 6:47 AM Very well thank you and you Shefali? Thank you for your warm visit! xomo

Roy Pett March 2, 2018 at 5:27 AM Well written Maureen, I get more pessimistic the longer we turn a blind eye to life threatening pollution. :(( Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:11 AM It is literally heartbreaking. xo

Chris Hagy March 1, 2018 at 8:07 PM Sad but true write Maureen...we are so unaware of what our advancement and technology has done to our eco system! We only have one planet...we need to take better care of her Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:10 AM It boggles the mind. Singing "dilution is the solution to pollution" to one supersaturated planet. Stupid human tricks!

Ilene Bauer March 1, 2018 at 6:15 PM so sad but so beautifully expressed, maureen... Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:07 AM Thank you Ilene :) xomo

Mick Talbot March 1, 2018 at 3:43 PM Robert nailed it! Either Joe blogs does not understand, or just does not care! Both yours, and his very powerful statements! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:06 AM Out of sight out of mind... well not I, the sight once seen is never out of mind.

James Edward Lee Sr. March 1, 2018 at 3:29 PM Great lines and visuals... Love it James Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:03 AM Thank you James :) xomo!

Line Gauthier March 1, 2018 at 2:59 PM The perfect photograph to show the utter disrespect of nature and total ignorance of the consequences of our nonchalance... But you said it so much better... Well done, Maureen. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 7:02 AM I thought of hosting a contest to write of his photo, not sure I could muster the words myself. It took me almost a year, even now I don't believe I have done it justice, rather allegiance. It is perfect in its horror and its beauty.

Silent One March 1, 2018 at 11:54 AM So true... A photograph does not always portray the truth.. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 6:56 AM With truth being a matter of perception I agree.

Anna Hopper March 1, 2018 at 10:29 AM This is beautiful and tragic. Well said Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 6:54 AM Thank you lovely :) xomo

Kim Rodrigues March 1, 2018 at 9:26 AM You give us a sad and complete picture! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 2, 2018 at 6:53 AM Thank you Kim. The photo has been haunting me near a year, I've finally been able to write something of it. xomo