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The View Without a View

sun bleached porch swing creaks
             a crow scolds a calico

            bird seed turns to dust




2.1.2020

Copyright © Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart | Year Posted 2020

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May 12, 2020 at 8:53 PM

..... the passage of time with every creak of the swing, and purr of the cat. A whole scene is fumigating in my head with little to go off of. That last line is fascinating.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 12, 2020 at 9:18 PM

I am really pleased with this one. I am thrilled with your positive critique. I told you few of my haiku I thought were really any good and truly haiku, this is one of them, thank you my friend. xomo

March 21, 2020 at 6:30 PM

One written the day before my trip. Such distinct images Maureen with each line, but the last puts everything within a time warp of sorts; as if the other lines happened perhaps so long ago.... Thanks always Maureen.

March 23, 2020 at 8:05 PM

As well you should be!!!!!!!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

March 23, 2020 at 9:40 AM

Thank you!!! I'm particularly proud of this one. xomo!

February 21, 2020 at 12:26 AM

This is an image I would like to see painted.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 21, 2020 at 7:47 AM

Thank you Robert. I paint, but believe I'm a sculptor at heart, that I paint and write like a sculptor. ;), xomo

February 17, 2020 at 10:06 AM

What an image ~ congratulations on your win :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 21, 2020 at 7:41 AM

Thank you! xomo!

February 9, 2020 at 2:05 PM

This was hauntingly lovely. I can feel the empty plains all around... the dust devil in the distance... I so love birds... God always remembers them, all of them... Well written... applause, by tiny elves, that can fit into this machine. Well done... Ann

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 10, 2020 at 7:20 AM

How to ku about missing songbirds, my best effort, thank you Lovely. My heart aches for them. xomo

February 7, 2020 at 9:48 AM

Very imaginative, Maureen. I watch from behind the curtain and see the implications. ~ Regards // paul

February 4, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Maureen, You have an unwavering eye to detail. It's thrilling to listen to Karen Carpenter while wishing for the calico' eyes to turn away. -R

February 4, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Can just picture this, Maureen---precisely. When did you see our porch here in Chicago?! LOL. Very, very resonant image. Awesome! Warmest wishes, Gershon

Timothy Mcguire

February 3, 2020 at 11:31 PM

I like this poem, will that calico ever let that crow get seed? I know you like birds, check out my poem : "Bird Looked At Me"

Richard Lamoureux

February 3, 2020 at 8:56 AM

I like the melancholy feel of this piece.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 9:14 AM

Thank you!!! I really tried for that :))) xomo

Demetrios Trifiatis

February 3, 2020 at 7:28 AM

Outstanding Haiku dearest, Maureen! Hugs xxx

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:54 AM

Thank you my friend! Warm hugs and sunshine kisses, xomo

February 2, 2020 at 9:47 PM

Awesome image you have created, Maureen. Congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:53 AM

Thank you Eve! Warm hugs, xomo

Mystic Rose Rose

February 2, 2020 at 8:07 PM

When it comes to great visualization, it doesn't get any better then these 3 lines. Wishing you a beautiful day xo

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:51 AM

Thank you so much! Hugs and Sunshine, xomo

February 2, 2020 at 2:54 PM

Very nicely done Mo, an Haiku moment captured.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:49 AM

Thank you John, xomo!

February 2, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Oooh.... Nice ku

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:48 AM

Thank you bunny bud

Anne-Lise Andresen

February 2, 2020 at 12:33 PM

- Congratulations on your wonderful haiku, Maureen :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:47 AM

Thank you Anne-Lise, warm hugs! xomo

Andrea Dietrich

February 2, 2020 at 9:31 AM

Wow. Your ku is amazing. Congrats on win

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:46 AM

Thank you Andrea! I really tried to paint a mood with this one. xomo

February 1, 2020 at 11:36 PM

A lovely picture Maureen, congrats. Tom

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:40 AM

Thank you Tom. Hugs! xomo

February 1, 2020 at 11:13 PM

a crow scolds a calico... lol.. Wonderful imagination.. Congrats on your fantastic win Maureen...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:39 AM

Tee hee ;), you know that's where this one started. Thank you Jenish! xomo

Peter W Iversen

February 1, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Very nice. Did the calico have a grin like 'The Cheshire Cat'?

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 3, 2020 at 7:37 AM

With a feather stuck in its teeth ;), thank you Peter! xomo

February 1, 2020 at 6:56 PM

wow! you've painted such a vivid picture here, maureen...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 1, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Thank you Ilene, xomo!

February 1, 2020 at 6:31 PM

Bleak winter? No squirrels to eat bird seed? Naught to worry, as Spring is on the way! Aloha! Rico

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 1, 2020 at 6:45 PM

Damn squirrels trying to get into this poem.

Michelle Faulkner

February 1, 2020 at 5:11 PM

You paint such vivid pictures with such brevity - this is bold and quiet at once-

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

February 1, 2020 at 5:26 PM

Thank you so much Michelle. mo hugs

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