tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post5363367969420364423..comments2024-03-28T05:18:54.680-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Love StoryFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23622533189423313362016-04-19T10:21:42.062-04:002016-04-19T10:21:42.062-04:00Your brain is so cool.
I love Stanzas 2, 3, and 6...Your brain is so cool.<br /><br />I love Stanzas 2, 3, and 6. Oh, and the last one, of course. But the thing is, as soon as you stop fighting, they stop loving you. I've learned THAT the hard way, too many times to count.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-36540018791394140942016-04-18T12:09:48.033-04:002016-04-18T12:09:48.033-04:00Rhyme! Swoon.Rhyme! Swoon.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73031975653311876412016-04-18T07:05:09.307-04:002016-04-18T07:05:09.307-04:00Your tercets are like snippets from a slowly rolli...Your tercets are like snippets from a slowly rolling film - some dynamic and magical excerpts and then moving on. I am not well-versed in baseball and associated names, so I read the poem for the drama, the texture and 'the feel'. And it feels great.Gemma Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11873734356319920422016-04-18T03:12:52.352-04:002016-04-18T03:12:52.352-04:00Goodness gracious me!
I was going to Google him ...Goodness gracious me! <br /><br />I was going to Google him too, not sure if you made him up – though he kinda felt real, behind your story – only Bjorn saved me the trouble. (My knowledge of baseball is even more limited. Well, I have heard of Babe Ruth....) <br /><br />What a rollicking, rip-roaring, wicked piece!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-37458521419908468292016-04-18T03:05:47.833-04:002016-04-18T03:05:47.833-04:00damn, Shay, the worlds you create. amazing. ~damn, Shay, the worlds you create. amazing. ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43361332425792044372016-04-17T19:33:45.348-04:002016-04-17T19:33:45.348-04:00myth, fantasy and legend, very crafty mix
much lo...myth, fantasy and legend, very crafty mix<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-2267524727957267042016-04-17T18:59:51.427-04:002016-04-17T18:59:51.427-04:00I enjoyed this so much. As others have said, you g...I enjoyed this so much. As others have said, you gave life to a real character, and credence to a myth.Elleceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049386448865741626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7912524197794387772016-04-17T16:46:11.531-04:002016-04-17T16:46:11.531-04:00Shay--My comment would not be near as clever as so...Shay--My comment would not be near as clever as some of the others already left. I'm not into baseball at all. However your poem made me wish I was.<br /><br />However, I CAN comment on the Jethro Tull song. A serving of Ian Anderson is always delightful. Thanks.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87104274534175715252016-04-17T16:19:11.403-04:002016-04-17T16:19:11.403-04:00Love it. You gave me a kick in the butt to quit wo...Love it. You gave me a kick in the butt to quit worrying about what I've lost and use the hell out of what I've got left. You are a story teller like no other. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66853834967745110092016-04-17T14:54:38.304-04:002016-04-17T14:54:38.304-04:00The ending is sublime.The ending is sublime.C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-21943417244718656122016-04-17T14:36:58.923-04:002016-04-17T14:36:58.923-04:00Wonderful, Shay, a great story, a great voice (of ...Wonderful, Shay, a great story, a great voice (of storyteller) and the wonderful lyricism underneath the gruff surface. In a car so can't write well but super cool poem, thanks . K. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46075031476707713162016-04-17T14:34:37.811-04:002016-04-17T14:34:37.811-04:00And being alone is not your fault. And the sort-of...And being alone is not your fault. And the sort-of time travel thang..Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-65246219764011463692016-04-17T14:34:02.556-04:002016-04-17T14:34:02.556-04:00Satisfying and nourishing. Not a show pony poem.
...Satisfying and nourishing. Not a show pony poem.<br /><br />If I was on a desert island and had to take only one line?<br /><br /><br /><br />"Now, all night, you see it, in dreams, in the rain, in your head."<br /><br />Like a good painting over the couch, I could contemplate that, and see new aspects for a lifetime!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76766679111170479422016-04-17T14:14:49.266-04:002016-04-17T14:14:49.266-04:00I love the staccato feel of the last stanza, espec...I love the staccato feel of the last stanza, especially...and the flawless blending of myth and history. So well done. De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28470619064669959212016-04-17T14:03:57.203-04:002016-04-17T14:03:57.203-04:00I love it when a poem mixes myth and living so sea...I love it when a poem mixes myth and living so seamlessly that it's difficult to see which is which. I wouldn't be surprised if I open a vintage newspaper and read that ball player wrestled Hades' dog and almost of him kind of lived to tell the tale. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13798022037738602492016-04-17T13:33:58.356-04:002016-04-17T13:33:58.356-04:00You are quite a storyteller. And that ending ..wow...You are quite a storyteller. And that ending ..wow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75668997980448800372016-04-17T13:20:19.377-04:002016-04-17T13:20:19.377-04:00Wow! YOU Hit it out of the park, kiddo.Wow! YOU Hit it out of the park, kiddo.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91575656264879376322016-04-17T13:04:50.836-04:002016-04-17T13:04:50.836-04:00I was so swept up in the story, the amazing blend ...I was so swept up in the story, the amazing blend of myth, folklore and honest to goodness history that the rhymes almost slipped my attention. But when I caught them, I marvelled at the tidy way you owned the whole tercet shebang. Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62162663678991220942016-04-17T11:12:41.873-04:002016-04-17T11:12:41.873-04:00Ha... love the creativeness of this... he did have...Ha... love the creativeness of this... he did have three fingers, amazing what he could do with them (I had to google him... my knowledge of baseball is limited)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-65248753313749703622016-04-17T10:53:02.791-04:002016-04-17T10:53:02.791-04:00This is absolutely amazing..!! Love how you merged...This is absolutely amazing..!! Love how you merged two prompts into one poem.Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41998898205473596562016-04-17T10:50:23.255-04:002016-04-17T10:50:23.255-04:00"Miner-leaguer"!!! Ha, I love it, Hedge...."Miner-leaguer"!!! Ha, I love it, Hedge. And yeah, even cowgirls get the blues.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61253037437198603372016-04-17T10:46:53.952-04:002016-04-17T10:46:53.952-04:00Swooning at the rhyme, and the grue as well. I lov...Swooning at the rhyme, and the grue as well. I love everything about this fleshless Miner-leaguer, from his specially formed deformity (a la Tom Robbins) to his lust for a living fan to 'warm up' to. As always you are such a master of period feel--even here where it's kind of in the background, you manage to make me feel like I'm looking out the window of a time machine. Thanks so much for playing ball, Shay,and the three headed dog is a wonderful riff on the theme of three, as well as the tercets.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com