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The Unfledged Albatross

feathers and bones at rest a belly full of plastic on our tab starved to death * * * our lives framed by beauty stripped of life the perfect photograph* *Image of Albatross by Chris Jordan

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Susan Gentry

Date: 4/18/2018 1:32:00 AM

Congratulations on your win with this sad state of affairs. Well written.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 4/18/2018 7:46:00 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

Date: 4/17/2018 6:59:00 PM

Powerful, but sadly true, Maureen. Congratulations on your fine placement. Hugs, Sandra

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 4/18/2018 7:42:00 AM

Thank you Sandra. The image stays with me, it is heartbreaking. Blessings friend xomo

Line Gauthier

Date: 4/16/2018 2:14:00 PM

Back with most deserved congrats with this very moving poem, Maureen. Superb.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 4/16/2018 8:13:00 PM

Thank you Line, this one means a lot to me :) xomo!

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 4/16/2018 8:31:00 AM

Wonderful. Congratulations on your win in my contest. Kai

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 4/16/2018 9:13:00 AM

Thank you Kai! I'm delighted you enjoyed it. Thank you for providing a place to put it too :) xomo!

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 3/24/2018 6:45:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/25/2018 9:01:00 AM

Indeed. This photograph seared my soul. That I did it some justice I thank you my friend. xomo

Kurt Philip Behm

Date: 3/19/2018 10:46:00 AM

Powerful yet sad at what we've done. I really felt it.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/20/2018 9:34:00 PM

Thank you :)

Joe Dimino

Date: 3/12/2018 6:48:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/16/2018 9:57:00 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

Date: 3/6/2018 8:22:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/7/2018 7:38:00 AM

Thank you James <3

Juli- Michelle

Date: 3/5/2018 7:10:00 PM

I love this! well penned. Love, Juli-Michelle

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/5/2018 10:34:00 PM

Thank you :) xomo!

Robert Lindley

Date: 3/5/2018 8:28:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/5/2018 9:54:00 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

Date: 3/5/2018 8:27:00 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.....

B.J. Fitz

Date: 3/5/2018 4:59:00 AM

Very beautiful, Maureen, yet so sad.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/5/2018 7:26:00 AM

Thank you Brendan :) xomo

Eileen Manassian

Date: 3/3/2018 4:46:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/4/2018 6:34:00 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

Date: 3/2/2018 9:44:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/3/2018 6:57:00 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

Date: 3/2/2018 12:38:00 PM

Hi Maureen!How are you? Well expressed with environmental concerns! Shefali

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/3/2018 6:47:00 AM

Very well thank you and you Shefali? Thank you for your warm visit! xomo

Roy Pett

Date: 3/2/2018 5:27:00 AM

Well written Maureen, I get more pessimistic the longer we turn a blind eye to life threatening pollution. :((

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:11:00 AM

It is literally heartbreaking. xo

Chris Hagy

Date: 3/1/2018 8:07:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:10:00 AM

It boggles the mind. Singing "dilution is the solution to pollution" to one supersaturated planet. Stupid human tricks!

Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/1/2018 6:15:00 PM

so sad but so beautifully expressed, maureen...

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:07:00 AM

Thank you Ilene :) xomo

Mick Talbot

Date: 3/1/2018 3:43:00 PM

Robert nailed it! Either Joe blogs does not understand, or just does not care! Both yours, and his very powerful statements!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:06:00 AM

Out of sight out of mind... well not I, the sight once seen is never out of mind.

James Edward Lee Sr.

Date: 3/1/2018 3:29:00 PM

Great lines and visuals... Love it James

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:03:00 AM

Thank you James :) xomo!

Line Gauthier

Date: 3/1/2018 2:59:00 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 The Insolent Rib
Date: 3/2/2018 7:02:00 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.