tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post1462950733435500873..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Survivor of The NightFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69741932974844143992012-03-26T00:20:39.675-04:002012-03-26T00:20:39.675-04:00Life can send nightmares when we are awake or asle...Life can send nightmares when we are awake or asleep...there seems to be a sticky residue no matter how many years past the event...love this piece!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29721840970642120312012-03-25T14:34:18.095-04:002012-03-25T14:34:18.095-04:00good lord! don't eat whatever you ate ever aga...good lord! don't eat whatever you ate ever again!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74039991810829929712012-03-23T20:48:47.234-04:002012-03-23T20:48:47.234-04:00Whoa. What brought that on?Whoa. What brought that on?ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33722745074797505742012-03-23T17:00:26.312-04:002012-03-23T17:00:26.312-04:00Shay--Saturday Writers next writing contest catego...Shay--Saturday Writers next writing contest category is "Poetry." You have no excuse. The cost is $7 per entry (maximum3) and if you decide to enter, you can attach a note saying, "Sioux will pay," and I will.<br />Go to www.saturdaywriters.org<br /><br />Also, Chicken Soup is looking for personal essays about writing. No excuses there, either.<br /><br />Get those spirits working.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-71156437906296701192012-03-23T14:48:14.524-04:002012-03-23T14:48:14.524-04:00The residue of some events is never completely was...The residue of some events is never completely washed away, no matter how long ago. Letting in the sun makes it fade, however. Some exes are monsters; some are dung beetles.Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26008943161134700432012-03-23T14:20:24.893-04:002012-03-23T14:20:24.893-04:00"Ten years removed from you, wrapped in my ow..."Ten years removed from you, wrapped in my own life, still breathing." You KNOW how much I resonate with those words. Fantastic writing kiddo. Very scary dreams. But what a poem you wrought from them. Hope you have today off, to recover.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69408402801336700852012-03-23T12:37:23.999-04:002012-03-23T12:37:23.999-04:00It's hard to accept when one lived in darkness...It's hard to accept when one lived in darkness when that moment was to be full of sun. <br /><br />Hope you are now, ok.<br />This was catharticMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7964757617859082572012-03-23T12:27:23.514-04:002012-03-23T12:27:23.514-04:00I hope I don't dream about that bug tonight!
...I hope I don't dream about that bug tonight!<br /><br />Isn't it wonderful to wake up and realize your nightmare of a former life is long gone? Great poem, FB.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-30224845417857673232012-03-23T09:23:20.456-04:002012-03-23T09:23:20.456-04:00As a dreamer of habitual horrors, I know this feel...As a dreamer of habitual horrors, I know this feeling all too well.<br /><br />You write with immediacy of the moments experienced on waking - real and gripping.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82316070611104351662012-03-23T09:01:49.099-04:002012-03-23T09:01:49.099-04:00breathe deep .. exhale .. I told you not to go see...breathe deep .. exhale .. I told you not to go see The Hunger Games aloneDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66032896189653296612012-03-22T22:58:56.667-04:002012-03-22T22:58:56.667-04:00mating monsters!
You are our Breughel-
Alo...mating monsters!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You are our Breughel-<br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> >< } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-52632769332290324092012-03-22T22:54:02.637-04:002012-03-22T22:54:02.637-04:00I saw those rhinoceros beetles in nearly every pet...I saw those rhinoceros beetles in nearly every pet store I went into while I was stationed in Japan. Those things are freaky...HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41471331714152491812012-03-22T22:24:05.288-04:002012-03-22T22:24:05.288-04:00Now I feel like things are crawling all over me *s...Now I feel like things are crawling all over me *swats arm repeatedly* this is way on the creepy side, Shay, and it really does pinpoint that pandora's box of the past where the horrors come from even after we've long escaped. That middle stanza with the hammer, especially horrific, full of that nightmare fear where you pour yourself out violently against the dark. Sending you happy thoughts of large canisters of industrial strength RAID by the bed.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-773392987694527602012-03-22T21:54:27.085-04:002012-03-22T21:54:27.085-04:00What a yucky dream. Sounds like your postie nightm...What a yucky dream. Sounds like your postie nightmare is akin to the one I used to have about teaching -- I'd show up either naked or in pyjamas with no lesson plans, no clue about anything and couldn't remember any of the kids names.<br /><br />Sweet dreams tonight of lollipops and lattes!<br /><br />xoJannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-54683404533196410762012-03-22T21:53:54.676-04:002012-03-22T21:53:54.676-04:00At my critique group last night we talked about yo...At my critique group last night we talked about you. Did your ears burn? T'Mara Goodsell and I were raving about you, I was bragging about the poem you wrote for me (T'Mara was green with envy, because she had read the poem). I replied to your comment on my blog. I thought for sure the wild-haired woman (the first photo) was more your type than the last two ;)<br /><br />I hope you sent this poem to your ex--perhaps attached to a burning bag of excrement?<br /><br />Was this written in celebration of an independence day anniversary?<br /><br />Bravo!Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11678183888079013362012-03-22T21:36:50.126-04:002012-03-22T21:36:50.126-04:00I could feel the horror of the dreams.I could feel the horror of the dreams.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24049658790781827232012-03-22T21:15:44.717-04:002012-03-22T21:15:44.717-04:00This has to be one of the most cathartic pieces I&...This has to be one of the most cathartic pieces I've ever read ...Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.com