tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post1078110093842695279..comments2024-03-28T09:11:04.513-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Types of BirdsFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72336457966299697492015-05-24T16:22:36.561-04:002015-05-24T16:22:36.561-04:00Your words have wings. xoYour words have wings. xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-85552617924644665512015-05-24T10:44:55.063-04:002015-05-24T10:44:55.063-04:00I love this poem, Shay. Just love it.
We have fal...I love this poem, Shay. Just love it.<br /><br />We have falcons in a library over here, up at the tippy-top. :)Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19795543440775586412015-05-24T05:41:15.668-04:002015-05-24T05:41:15.668-04:00I love both the music and the message, and particu...I love both the music and the message, and particularly the conclusion.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-2386327629491179352015-05-23T06:47:23.812-04:002015-05-23T06:47:23.812-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SP!!!
♥HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SP!!!<br /><br />♥my heart's love songshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629303520695044479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70571615543279283952015-05-23T02:43:13.026-04:002015-05-23T02:43:13.026-04:00yes, and vanish... ~yes, and vanish... ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-58734354727066290232015-05-22T23:22:16.264-04:002015-05-22T23:22:16.264-04:00exquisiteexquisiteC.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-30709881671595803432015-05-22T23:00:06.782-04:002015-05-22T23:00:06.782-04:00I think we envy the birds. They are so magnificen...I think we envy the birds. They are so magnificent and graceful in flight. Trying to imitate them has cost many a person's downfall.<br />Lovely way to use the prompt, I like to see how the creator used it and perhaps she/he will give an insight as to his/her expectations.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64373382852735305652015-05-22T22:15:53.860-04:002015-05-22T22:15:53.860-04:00This section just about got me bouncing in my seat...This section just about got me bouncing in my seat:<br /><br />"Types of birds:<br /><br />male <br />female<br />juvenile<br /><br />striker<br />stricken<br />cartwheel in the open air."<br /><br />That is so awesome and so true. I'm slightly flipping out over this, girl. But really, even male and female (aka, grown-up man and woman) are lies. Even adults are juveniles in disguise. Some disguises are just better than others.<br /><br />I see this poem as being about the internal battle for what we set up as most important: God, ourselves, or our loves.<br /><br />This has nothing to do with birds and everything to do with our determination to be righteous and honor God with our "flight." But the higher we fly, the harder we fall when we inevitably pull out our own feathers. Sometimes we have help from others, but mostly, we just do it to ourselves, and often, right after we leave the church steeple.<br /><br />I love this line: "Stacked stones in geometric statement offer sanctuary."<br /><br />"black book" This doubles as a Bible and a book a lovers.<br /><br />"Have faith in Me, sayeth the Lord.<br />Just trust in us, baby. At midnight, music playing." These shouldn't have to be in contrast, but they so often are. When we love with complete abandon, we turn lovers into idols, replacing God. Love (or lust) becomes our god.<br /><br />Sublime ending: "We do the best we can. We pray. We kiss. We fall willingly into the sky and vanish." What on earth else are we supposed to do?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35561753826970968922015-05-22T21:53:49.568-04:002015-05-22T21:53:49.568-04:00Birds are always a favorite.Birds are always a favorite.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-16898148807071017752015-05-22T18:38:52.208-04:002015-05-22T18:38:52.208-04:00Love birds. Love what you've entwined in this ...Love birds. Love what you've entwined in this list. <br />I'm a big fan. cosmos camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327124451076957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-78049111592839777922015-05-22T16:38:28.404-04:002015-05-22T16:38:28.404-04:00Love the way the lists of birds acts like glue bet...Love the way the lists of birds acts like glue between the stanzas.. bringing the thought forward in this exquisite love poem.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49493651134719269642015-05-22T16:02:33.643-04:002015-05-22T16:02:33.643-04:00Just gorgeous! Didn't know birds love the chur...Just gorgeous! Didn't know birds love the church-thought it was just the church mice!Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57728517510326467082015-05-22T14:53:54.588-04:002015-05-22T14:53:54.588-04:00"All birds love the church.
the tower nest
t..."All birds love the church.<br /><br />the tower nest<br />the tower bell<br />the sky spread out overhead, inexhaustible altitude."<br /><br />these lines sort of grabbed me above the rest<br /><br />thanks for dropping in to read mine<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68283280260042040142015-05-22T13:39:43.603-04:002015-05-22T13:39:43.603-04:00This is gorgeous. I can just imagine all of those ...This is gorgeous. I can just imagine all of those hollow bones, mingling. <br />I'm in the process of a chapbook/book/whatever containing poems inspired by birds/concepts therein (can you tell it doesn't know what it is yet?) Anyway, one more reason I loved this...De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87126584615565689492015-05-22T13:28:42.365-04:002015-05-22T13:28:42.365-04:00Love this - I dream of the birds and envy their re...Love this - I dream of the birds and envy their relationship with gravity. Love your poem too, ShadyLady la la moskBuddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88607936010066971172015-05-22T13:26:41.990-04:002015-05-22T13:26:41.990-04:00Loved joining you on your journey with the birds. ...Loved joining you on your journey with the birds. This is beautiful, m'dear.Ileanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200869126695231050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44503149095679534102015-05-22T13:11:09.276-04:002015-05-22T13:11:09.276-04:00OH!
(gasping for the breath I exhales at each line...OH!<br />(gasping for the breath I exhales at each line break)<br />Keep going and you will touch God<br />in you and your companion<br />Bless you, Shay.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42212937120327327252015-05-22T12:27:16.675-04:002015-05-22T12:27:16.675-04:00I have gathered every rain and made these glorious...I have gathered every rain and made these glorious stormy wings.<br /><br />What a perfect line in an incredibly beautiful love poem.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81204768887861379182015-05-22T12:23:15.985-04:002015-05-22T12:23:15.985-04:00Never liked aves better!
A beutiful list indeed!Never liked aves better!<br />A beutiful list indeed!Aqsa Manzoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767449948135874520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82985926377139447702015-05-22T11:55:27.493-04:002015-05-22T11:55:27.493-04:00I just heaved the mightiest sigh I have ever sighe...I just heaved the mightiest sigh I have ever sighed. The glorious stormy wings. "a heart to beat them into the world." and the falling willingly into the sky at the end. I LOVE "wrap that one wing around me as I will mine for you."<br /><br />No one writes a love poem like you do. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49964173292039463272015-05-22T11:33:56.014-04:002015-05-22T11:33:56.014-04:00This is exquisite. The line breaks are flawless, ...This is exquisite. The line breaks are flawless, like breath.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-48585476639869077122015-05-22T11:10:40.626-04:002015-05-22T11:10:40.626-04:00i liked it. beauty and pain and perpetual sort of ...i liked it. beauty and pain and perpetual sort of searching.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28123039227233253522015-05-22T10:54:21.500-04:002015-05-22T10:54:21.500-04:00You often write of birds, and use them as all kind...You often write of birds, and use them as all kinds of shaded metaphors, always eloquently, but here this listing seems almost like a counting of days, states of being, scars, as much as cataloging the various owners of flight. Or perhaps it is the many transmutations of desire, love, passion, that are wearing the wings. Regardless, the whole poem sings of a constant heart and a full one,however clothed. Not even birds can fly to god, but perhaps in trying the hardest they come the closest. hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10723784284926857082015-05-22T10:44:49.648-04:002015-05-22T10:44:49.648-04:00This was absolutely fantastic!!
Loved the portraya...This was absolutely fantastic!!<br />Loved the portrayal of different types of birds :D The list is beautiful!<br /><br />Lots of love<br />SanaaSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-56232241637934608142015-05-22T10:19:34.374-04:002015-05-22T10:19:34.374-04:00I love lists! And I love your list of birds!I love lists! And I love your list of birds!annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.com