tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post3815094180736402319..comments2024-03-28T17:44:41.989-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): StupidityFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26205791025156839852016-04-24T16:11:36.215-04:002016-04-24T16:11:36.215-04:00Hey Shay, the eyelashes are indeed wonderful and s...Hey Shay, the eyelashes are indeed wonderful and so apt for elephants and for their familiars--and there is an odd strange dichotomy between the black eyes of swans and the long-lashes of elephants. Marriage sometimes does not take prisoners. As a historical matter--I don't know about Hannibal and elephants--they may have valued them more than the men--does not mean they were kind, of course. Thanks for great prompt and poem. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87504451195218438262016-04-23T03:41:22.002-04:002016-04-23T03:41:22.002-04:00I love the way you write.I love the way you write.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46363726231231609992016-04-22T11:39:12.135-04:002016-04-22T11:39:12.135-04:00I was blown away by that stanza that Hedge already...I was blown away by that stanza that Hedge already quoted. This is beyond beautiful and every shade of sad.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76518109399460920302016-04-22T10:05:59.606-04:002016-04-22T10:05:59.606-04:00I am in full agreement with the speaker, who ackno...I am in full agreement with the speaker, who acknowledges human lives lost to folly, but mourns the loss of the exploited animals dragged along without even a voice to speak for them. This voice rings through the ages. I think the way you have tied the ancient past to the immediate past of the speaker is inspired.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68983261431688610402016-04-22T03:28:00.161-04:002016-04-22T03:28:00.161-04:00I love how you layered the sorrow of those beasts ...I love how you layered the sorrow of those beasts with a personal story... just enough to make the mourning of the beasts (and maybe the men too) with a personal sorrow... this is how poetry should be written.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60513893244663935052016-04-21T23:59:56.015-04:002016-04-21T23:59:56.015-04:00Wow. I....FELT....this poem so deeply, I have no w...Wow. I....FELT....this poem so deeply, I have no words to tell you how wonderful it is. I, too, only care about the beasts, on all the treks humans take them on.........I figure humans have feet and voices and choices, and the beautiful beasties do not. I love how the personal came into this poem, and the love and long memory. This is a great great poem. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-84081264041900359252016-04-21T20:55:51.106-04:002016-04-21T20:55:51.106-04:00I feel as if I'd just taken that journey over ...I feel as if I'd just taken that journey over the Alps.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7915867926192616762016-04-21T20:30:18.164-04:002016-04-21T20:30:18.164-04:00This is gorgeous and haunting--all at the same tim...This is gorgeous and haunting--all at the same time.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18758617789190259572016-04-21T20:18:14.083-04:002016-04-21T20:18:14.083-04:00This is just a stunning juxtaposition of thought. ...This is just a stunning juxtaposition of thought. Goodness. <br />I love the way this spills: <br />"of madness, and of remove."De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-45461344567179300952016-04-21T19:36:53.330-04:002016-04-21T19:36:53.330-04:00Amazingly lovely, so much passion, so much credibi...Amazingly lovely, so much passion, so much credibility, so much wisdom. Yes life goes on even when the hurts remain<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60901818652126739612016-04-21T18:24:19.692-04:002016-04-21T18:24:19.692-04:00Oh my word...your closing sent chills. That's ...Oh my word...your closing sent chills. That's exactly what they do when they mourn. I watched a special on them that caused me to cry my eyes out...Beautifully emotive poem, Shay...I love your likening with the swan portion. So enjoyed your poem and the challenge...thank you!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68082230181367306342016-04-21T18:02:13.291-04:002016-04-21T18:02:13.291-04:00This is beautiful! Such a passionate write.
Lots ...This is beautiful! Such a passionate write.<br /><br />Lots of love,<br />SanaaSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27333895434582223842016-04-21T17:46:05.846-04:002016-04-21T17:46:05.846-04:00I forgot to say I love the way you have paired so ...I forgot to say I love the way you have paired so many things in many of your lines--like sets, like couples, or like elephants and calves.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38878809804587542222016-04-21T17:44:39.888-04:002016-04-21T17:44:39.888-04:00Elephants have eyelashes fit for shy nuns or recli...Elephants have eyelashes fit for shy nuns or reclining models.<br />They know low languages kept for themselves and their familiars,<br />and we know only dropped chances, blood, and stupidity...<br /><br />This is so heart breaking, Shay. I see that long march of the madman/conqueror that we set out on, too many of us, life, a marriage, any obsession, without regard for what it will take from us, who it will destroy, and these elephants seem more like ourselves than our own selves can be, because they are wise enough to care more about each other, and to remember what matters...I just love the whole thing, but the stanza above and the ending literally made me hold my breath. hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com