tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post1529684186773120835..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): trash treesFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-16305037456817257982013-07-22T17:13:40.232-04:002013-07-22T17:13:40.232-04:00~~~Passion is the acid that eats me alive,
but I g...~~~Passion is the acid that eats me alive,<br />but I go up so gorgeously--<br /><br />Brilliant. I Love.myinnerchick.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523772091083412278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86060257876200910122013-07-18T12:49:54.887-04:002013-07-18T12:49:54.887-04:00funny...looking the comments, everyone mentioned s...funny...looking the comments, everyone mentioned sighing. That's exactly what I did at the end of this poem. <br /><br />But it also made me sad, even as I marveled at how you used your words to create a beautiful image: "God, holds me in a moment of respite and tells me I am worth something as a mother does."Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-50215517589944113482013-07-16T23:19:58.758-04:002013-07-16T23:19:58.758-04:00After reaching the last stunning words, it feels l...After reaching the last stunning words, it feels like stream of consciousness leading to your bare vulnerable feelings which is so brave of you to share. I hated being in the place before finding the right people in my life. The good things all count. Painful and beautifully written.Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79280412445977865572013-07-16T19:36:06.176-04:002013-07-16T19:36:06.176-04:00My heart weeps - like a mother's is supposed t...My heart weeps - like a mother's is supposed to. Razor sadness is beautiful its its own way, as you prove.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68773722247659200032013-07-16T08:03:44.505-04:002013-07-16T08:03:44.505-04:00That one made me cry...especially the final verse....That one made me cry...especially the final verse.<br /><br />Pat<br />Critter AlleyPat Wahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138619912065680084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66810507172039271522013-07-15T08:03:15.294-04:002013-07-15T08:03:15.294-04:00Hi,
I had lots to say but read all the other comme...Hi,<br />I had lots to say but read all the other comments before writing and find they've said what I wanted to say. I'll just add that I adore your way with words, the mind pictures you paint, the pain you handle so deftly and the poems you forge out of the fires of real life. Passion will find you; like will seek like. Carol Steel https://www.blogger.com/profile/01331628292567383426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29162242901959899342013-07-15T00:52:56.057-04:002013-07-15T00:52:56.057-04:00Big sigh my friend. This was beautiful and sad al...Big sigh my friend. This was beautiful and sad all rolled into one.<br />xo jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62753932126290817752013-07-14T23:21:45.436-04:002013-07-14T23:21:45.436-04:00Oh Gosh!
This is a perfect poem, expressing a lif...Oh Gosh!<br /><br />This is a perfect poem, expressing a life I identify with.<br /><br />Perfect. Lovely. To be shared.<br /><br />off to do just that-<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-60185336330424790342013-07-14T21:28:36.756-04:002013-07-14T21:28:36.756-04:00Sadly optimistic. Nice job in boxing up so many e...Sadly optimistic. Nice job in boxing up so many emotions in a single, sentimental piece!HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40369088949202790322013-07-14T20:49:48.503-04:002013-07-14T20:49:48.503-04:00My very dear Fireblossom, between you and Ms Coal,...My very dear Fireblossom, between you and Ms Coal, you leave me breathless. Totally.<br />Luv, KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29561494583157169562013-07-14T19:44:32.804-04:002013-07-14T19:44:32.804-04:00This has that kind of ending that makes one nod an...This has that kind of ending that makes one nod and sigh. I love the whole thing and after reading yours I feel like I might be able to muckle onto something more for one of my own...maybe...it's an awesome challenge, Shay...the gritty-good stuff that makes one think. Thank you.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10518511487673354372013-07-14T19:01:17.644-04:002013-07-14T19:01:17.644-04:00Shay you are amazing. Pity the fool who has failed...Shay you are amazing. Pity the fool who has failed to find you. If I weren't taken, I'd come callin'. :-)LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7954730672802278502013-07-14T14:43:57.129-04:002013-07-14T14:43:57.129-04:00This is like a long, evening walk; the kind where ...This is like a long, evening walk; the kind where you end up meandering where you swore you weren't going to go. Since that probably didn't make sense, I'll say that it's like a deep sigh.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39978435985977200632013-07-14T14:38:04.644-04:002013-07-14T14:38:04.644-04:00Hey there, trash tree girl. I'm one, too...so...Hey there, trash tree girl. I'm one, too...so nice to meet'cha. I rescue cats...I have 6 so far...not countin' the wild ones in the yard...also raccoons, birds, snakes, lizards, dragonflies and whatever else that comes around needin' feedin'. I have 4 or 5 trash trees in my yard and 3 Catalpa trees that planted themselves. They're all my favorites. xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69095674676723488832013-07-14T13:14:22.943-04:002013-07-14T13:14:22.943-04:00Oh, I so know, kiddo. As a mother does.Oh, I so know, kiddo. As a mother does.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-20033084218059627572013-07-14T12:37:42.663-04:002013-07-14T12:37:42.663-04:00The longing here is palpable ... yes, a deep sigh ...The longing here is palpable ... yes, a deep sigh from me too. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57088417610143526372013-07-14T12:32:56.590-04:002013-07-14T12:32:56.590-04:00Of all the tales from myth, this one, and you catc...Of all the tales from myth, this one, and you catch it:<br /><br />I used to think that I would not always carry this weight,<br />me and Sisyphus<br />idle and laughing by the road side<br /><br />Sleep never lasts long enough, even though I don't often dream.grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-58516588637989826312013-07-14T12:25:23.349-04:002013-07-14T12:25:23.349-04:00Wow I love that! just an all round a great poem - ...Wow I love that! just an all round a great poem - Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220312888756354357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91533292032294562752013-07-14T11:51:20.527-04:002013-07-14T11:51:20.527-04:00There is a mixture of the defiant/upbeat with the ...There is a mixture of the defiant/upbeat with the heartbreaking/heartbroken that is difficult, if not damn near impossible, to pull off. This is, to me at least, a bit of a compressed <i>Howl</i>--the loss and disappointment is palapable, but in the final analysis it is the hope and optimism which shines through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8197253286460454322013-07-14T11:45:46.925-04:002013-07-14T11:45:46.925-04:00Hello ruby in the dust...under the masks of their ...Hello ruby in the dust...under the masks of their forms-trees, flowers,ocean, dogs, whatever--is the real Mother, and you have shown the connection here--there's a reason why she's worshiped in every single religion, even where men keep women like stock animals...Life, I think. Beautiful, moving, profound, and infinitely melancholic, a love poem because even in pain, that remains what it's all about.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47619646323168748182013-07-14T11:36:51.955-04:002013-07-14T11:36:51.955-04:00Deep yet very clear... in the forest of evergreen ...Deep yet very clear... in the forest of evergreen such acid rain<br /><br />Passion seeking in hope some direction ecstasy toward sleep<br /><br />Life a moment of respite, the spacious now that in itself tells us we are worth something<br /><br />as a mother did and doesL. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-84681082504560000332013-07-14T10:15:55.025-04:002013-07-14T10:15:55.025-04:00*sigh* just *sigh**sigh* just *sigh*TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.com