tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post2353909436182686001..comments2024-03-29T07:11:54.743-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): ClutchFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66315180563740537082014-10-02T14:04:49.919-04:002014-10-02T14:04:49.919-04:00To be honest, this felt like a written dream and I...To be honest, this felt like a written dream and I was caught in the words, but they were scary. <br /><br />My favorite stanza was this one:<br />"spiraling<br />end over disintegrating end<br />like the Creation Wheel gone graveyard"<br /><br />I couldn't tell you why this stanza jumped out at me, but it did:~)<br /><br />Like others, I also loved the <br />"The stone<br />is an un-bird..."<br /><br />Regarding seeing a hawk, I looked it in my animal medicine cards, here's one of the messages: "When the hawk shows up in your life, be receptive to your own intuition." :~)<br /><br />Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64712789802874375292014-09-29T13:13:02.913-04:002014-09-29T13:13:02.913-04:00The hawk in the hair and the headbanging and shrie...The hawk in the hair and the headbanging and shrieking is a visual image I cant get out of my head. Fantastic writing, Shay. And the stone as an un-bird - as Amy notes - just brilliant.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-2004978277823094702014-09-29T09:06:31.248-04:002014-09-29T09:06:31.248-04:00delicious in all its darkness, the visuals you con...delicious in all its darkness, the visuals you conjure are stunning.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-1338318671416251472014-09-29T07:10:17.391-04:002014-09-29T07:10:17.391-04:00You use such primal images and make us look them i...You use such primal images and make us look them in the eye, pay attention and be instructed. Powerful. Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47065530828588210992014-09-28T23:36:18.559-04:002014-09-28T23:36:18.559-04:00Wow! The visuals you create are frighting and vivi...Wow! The visuals you create are frighting and vivid. AmazingSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19248794153680510352014-09-28T23:16:20.954-04:002014-09-28T23:16:20.954-04:00A very powerful poem, Shay, with an Anne Sexton-li...A very powerful poem, Shay, with an Anne Sexton-like quality, intensity--very strong, nothing arbitrary, vivid, visual. K. (Manicddaily) Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64836474520818663672014-09-28T22:25:53.676-04:002014-09-28T22:25:53.676-04:00Is dis Game of the throne ?...tee...hehIs dis Game of the throne ?...tee...hehMr Puddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024839895877150953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62959126937798367352014-09-28T19:29:03.717-04:002014-09-28T19:29:03.717-04:00Whoa! You did it again! Scared the B'jesus out...Whoa! You did it again! Scared the B'jesus out of me. You write so well that I don't now whether to like you or not... just being silly. I do enjoy your work :-)<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26395166261349774222014-09-28T18:47:14.977-04:002014-09-28T18:47:14.977-04:00Love the spiraling stanza...great one, FB!Love the spiraling stanza...great one, FB!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19108483553507783982014-09-28T18:03:37.160-04:002014-09-28T18:03:37.160-04:00This is wild!This is wild!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9515856435014619292014-09-28T15:48:56.156-04:002014-09-28T15:48:56.156-04:00This is such a powerful piece - the images seem to...This is such a powerful piece - the images seem to lend themselves to archetypal characters and the scenario is quite unsettling in the underlying sense of conflict.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39807335742707746442014-09-28T15:40:54.941-04:002014-09-28T15:40:54.941-04:00The stone as an "un-bird," your line, &q...The stone as an "un-bird," your line, "dense as a widow's heart," there is so much to love and to be led by in this poem. I was led to a dark place... the mother casually tossing the rose, then coming home with a hawk in her hair! And unraveling from there... haunting music, haunting poem. You did great work here, Shay. Sorry I haven't been around, long story. AmyAmy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546103899091072370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-34986662880454830252014-09-28T15:40:50.516-04:002014-09-28T15:40:50.516-04:00My spine tingles! A hawk-huh!
Your medicine is po...My spine tingles! A hawk-huh!<br />Your medicine is powerful today~<br />Your heightened awareness will receive a gift! Hawk flies close to Grandfather Sun-so do you!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-17702654434045503772014-09-28T13:56:37.425-04:002014-09-28T13:56:37.425-04:00so many good bits I could quote them all. Yes, a s...so many good bits I could quote them all. Yes, a stone is the anti-bird: sinks, rather than flying<br />might even end a bird. . . . .<br /><br />Glad you are synthesizing the pain and so processing it.<br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°> <br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40730222531207019442014-09-28T13:23:12.134-04:002014-09-28T13:23:12.134-04:00To have a hawk entangled in your hair.. What an ab...To have a hawk entangled in your hair.. What an absolutely scary image of madness... brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44334454133454358602014-09-28T13:23:10.640-04:002014-09-28T13:23:10.640-04:00To have a hawk entangled in your hair.. What an ab...To have a hawk entangled in your hair.. What an absolutely scary image of madness... brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73452264378148572822014-09-28T13:05:10.694-04:002014-09-28T13:05:10.694-04:00..madness spiraling downward in utter abandon. Qu.....madness spiraling downward in utter abandon. Quite chillingMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-37910528252112455632014-09-28T11:30:49.916-04:002014-09-28T11:30:49.916-04:00cool, Shay. my kids were telling me that dodo bird...cool, Shay. my kids were telling me that dodo birds ate rocks, & somehow this feels as heavy.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77762183997415314532014-09-28T11:04:21.052-04:002014-09-28T11:04:21.052-04:00I have only been through this once, so I know I am...I have only been through this once, so I know I am not fully equipped to comment, but my god, Shay--what a fine fine poem. There is absolutely no one out there who can write this blood-dark poetry of the mind and heart torn and in conflict, of life and loss and damage, like you do. Every image is like a glittering tile in an ancient mosaic, a heart-rune, a work of art, that pieces together a greater(and somewhat terrifying) whole. <br /><br />My hair is *never* going to grow out at this rate.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75423015143754383322014-09-28T10:35:57.595-04:002014-09-28T10:35:57.595-04:00very dark, very well crafted;
have a nice Sunday
...very dark, very well crafted;<br /><br />have a nice Sunday<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38978533566046407042014-09-28T09:05:04.376-04:002014-09-28T09:05:04.376-04:00this gave me shivers at the end...
i've neve...this gave me shivers at the end... <br /><br />i've never heard Concrete Blonde. really like the song, too.<br /><br />♥my heart's love songshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629303520695044479noreply@blogger.com