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Woe Is the Sea

something grabs my leg

                          plastic bag churned by the tide

                                 ocean clings for life

oceanpollutionhaiku

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Andrea Dietrich

January 30, 2019 at 6:48 PM

wow, that last line is super fine, Maureen!! Congrats in the contest

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 31, 2019 at 7:36 AM

Thank you! ;) xomo

Tania Kitchin

January 28, 2019 at 7:49 PM

Clever haiku Mo, I never liked anything grabbing my leg in the ocean, especially not pollution! Congratulation on your winning placement!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 29, 2019 at 7:27 AM

Thank you Tania! An older poem sorta on topic, I wanted to share this one with you, delighted with my placement, thank you again! :) xomo

Line Gauthier

January 28, 2019 at 7:38 PM

Way to highlight the dire situation of the ocean pollution, Maureen. Well done.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

January 29, 2019 at 7:29 AM

Thank you Line! :)) xomo

Charlie Knowlton

June 4, 2018 at 2:15 PM

I like Maureen…Have you entered it in the Ocean/sea haiku contest?

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

June 4, 2018 at 4:46 PM

Thank you! I entered what I've since titled downstream due :) xomo

Anisha Dutta

June 1, 2018 at 10:51 AM

Really moved me. Best Wishes

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

June 1, 2018 at 1:56 PM

Wonderfiul, thank you Anisha, and you :) xomo

Eve Roper

May 29, 2018 at 5:32 PM

wow, very effective to grab a point. like the haiku, Maureen...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 30, 2018 at 6:26 AM

Thank you Eve, xomo

Jan Allison

May 26, 2018 at 7:18 AM

oh how destructive man is Mo - I feel choked reading your poem so few words really do say so much:-( hugs Jan xx

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 26, 2018 at 8:49 AM

<3 thank you xomo

Mark Toney

May 23, 2018 at 10:19 AM

It just sounds perfect, Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 23, 2018 at 1:14 PM

Thank you so much Mark! :) xomo!

Heidi Sands

May 16, 2018 at 10:28 AM

This really stirs up feelings. Well done Maureen! :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 17, 2018 at 9:41 AM

Thank you Heidi :) I thought this when I felt this, thanks to soup's influence I finally got around to writing it ;) xomo!

Lisa Ricci

May 11, 2018 at 11:08 AM

Hello Maureen. This is wonderfully executed in format voice and tone. I very much enjoyed the theme and saddened at the same time of pollution of this wonder. Shame on people. Never a dull moment at sea. Well done

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 17, 2018 at 9:35 AM

Thank you Lisa. It was a beautiful trip but this is probably the strongest memory, so affecting. A lovely day to you! xomo

Gershon Wolf

May 9, 2018 at 8:47 PM

Ingeniously imagined and imaged. Environmental message in poetic garments. Bravo! :) Gershon

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 10, 2018 at 8:13 AM

I was in the Caribean years ago when I experienced this, I can only imagine it's far worse now. It entered my mind at the time that the bags tangled in my legs felt like a drowning ocean clinging to be saved, only took a decade or so write ;)

CayCay Godwin

May 8, 2018 at 1:30 PM

Oh, Maureen - how I have written, talked and cried about pollution. Every time we go to a lake or beach, plastic bags are everywhere and it breaks my heart. So ... I love your haiku for saying what is true and needs to be said. Thank you! Poetry hugs ... CayCay

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

May 9, 2018 at 5:34 AM

We write about what means the most to us, what breaks our hearts, thank you CayCay. I think we might be paralyzed by our grief if we didn't have poetry <3 xomo