tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post5781557769774483254..comments2024-03-18T23:15:50.606-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): NunFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-1342486794879360082011-04-12T01:07:38.036-04:002011-04-12T01:07:38.036-04:00Aqua-Jesus?
Wasn't that a cheesey cologne from...Aqua-Jesus?<br />Wasn't that a cheesey cologne from back in the day???machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-65457619670226769612011-04-11T22:46:50.865-04:002011-04-11T22:46:50.865-04:00This is just fantastic. The imagery you conjure is...This is just fantastic. The imagery you conjure is fascinating as always. And I love the new (to me) look of your blog.<br />Missed you!<br />xoxoxoVesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70876053783661116392011-04-11T22:45:04.086-04:002011-04-11T22:45:04.086-04:00bated breath awaits
polished poetic pearls
pen lea...bated breath awaits<br />polished poetic pearls<br />pen leaks on paperBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11680623027595993522011-04-11T15:40:35.978-04:002011-04-11T15:40:35.978-04:00Warning:
A publisher's gonna find you
and plu...Warning:<br /><br />A publisher's gonna find you<br />and pluck you from obscurity<br />and the PO.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha ?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /> <br /> ><}}(°>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82408591366564383502011-04-11T15:32:52.374-04:002011-04-11T15:32:52.374-04:00Acqua-Jesus, you are brilliant!Acqua-Jesus, you are brilliant!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75054543546919284162011-04-11T14:22:59.246-04:002011-04-11T14:22:59.246-04:00I just bought my very own Aqua Jesus action figure...I just bought my very own Aqua Jesus action figure. He even came with swim fins. I created a shrine for him in my bathroom sink. Aqua Jesus is the bomb!!<br /><br />LMAO Another freaking fantastic poem Shay. When you get published, I want an autographed copy, please. :DRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290572009221670011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-56793597937109969102011-04-11T12:31:30.644-04:002011-04-11T12:31:30.644-04:00Aqua-Jesus .. love itAqua-Jesus .. love itDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68984732706362386292011-04-11T10:29:45.607-04:002011-04-11T10:29:45.607-04:00"Either way, Mama, they bury you in the dirt&..."Either way, Mama, they bury you in the dirt" - that line just leapt out at me, Shay, for it's simple and utter truth.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-53470254003017406552011-04-11T05:20:12.458-04:002011-04-11T05:20:12.458-04:00break the circle hunny, break it!break the circle hunny, break it!Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79166492532634901892011-04-11T02:57:53.065-04:002011-04-11T02:57:53.065-04:00This sure would get that evangelical set goingoff ...This sure would get that evangelical set goingoff like crazy! I honestly do not know what to say about this one. That Mary Magdermaid...how strangely nice that is.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88494390476084823812011-04-11T00:49:54.230-04:002011-04-11T00:49:54.230-04:00Strong story-telling "voice" here - exem...Strong story-telling "voice" here - exemplary stuff.Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41866142354785426022011-04-10T22:18:15.012-04:002011-04-10T22:18:15.012-04:00I can hear your writing as a song very often....do...I can hear your writing as a song very often....do you write songs? "Pepto-dismal" was a nice little gem.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35253701125755973852011-04-10T22:17:28.605-04:002011-04-10T22:17:28.605-04:00I love uplifting poems like this! Makes me want t...I love uplifting poems like this! Makes me want to hug a basketful of puppies. ;-)<br /><br />But seriously, "Hoping that, face down in the crappy filthy pool, I can see you better". Brilliant! My inner Chuck Palahniuk is smiling at this.HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83106301058547149592011-04-10T21:58:18.819-04:002011-04-10T21:58:18.819-04:00Oh, this is so funny, and so sad, and at some poin...Oh, this is so funny, and so sad, and at some point I started reading it with an accent in my head. My favorite bits: "Either way, Mama, they bury you in the dirt"; "sale rack girl"; "Mary Magdamermaid"; that whole tampon thing; the goldfish; "let me be your beloved barnacle"; and that ending gets a big WOO HOO!patriciacaspershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048071609997739569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66125243705584707502011-04-10T21:23:24.792-04:002011-04-10T21:23:24.792-04:00You never cease to amaze. This one reads like a So...You never cease to amaze. This one reads like a Southern Gothic novel, perhaps Flannery O'Connor. It's dark and funny and sad and eerie and fan-fucking-tastic!Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-30644971633913566262011-04-10T19:33:06.907-04:002011-04-10T19:33:06.907-04:00Oh wow, Shay! Some parts of this are just so subli...Oh wow, Shay! Some parts of this are just so sublime and then you bring it down the absurd--love that duality about this poem. "Beloved barnacle"--brilliant! And that ending is fantastic. Great poem!Ami Mattisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391930163467566669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42774791985089843562011-04-10T17:00:03.208-04:002011-04-10T17:00:03.208-04:00What a spectrum you cover here - beyond the grave,...What a spectrum you cover here - beyond the grave, into the pool, through the aquaJesus to the realization that posh or poor..dead is dead. Deep end stuff!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-30270545692239355912011-04-10T15:45:26.001-04:002011-04-10T15:45:26.001-04:00i don' mind if it rains or freezes long as i h...i don' mind if it rains or freezes long as i have my aqua jesus...boy do i love this, although if i were feeling worse than i already do, having used the same photo and written a darkling poem, i might jump out my first floor window... :)--<br />I love this:<br /><br />I need to tell--<br /><br />I need to tell you and Dead Mama something--<br /><br />I'm out by the pool in my pepto-dismal pink dress and Payless boots,<br /><br />Seeking Aqua-Jesus.<br /><br />outta site. xxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-34434506551843459972011-04-10T15:30:48.134-04:002011-04-10T15:30:48.134-04:00Is Coal Black morphing into Fireblossom? Or vice v...Is Coal Black morphing into Fireblossom? Or vice versa, down the verse road of vice? Yeah, we used the same pic, but I'm not sure how widely we diverged -- same gods, at least. (Persephone one of the daughters of the horse-union between Poseidon and Demeter.) Personally, I prefer my divinities down there at the bottom of the pool, but there's a hell of a lot of difference between diving and drowning there ... I know this doesn't have shit to do with your poem, but oddly my stepdaughter - she's 32, long estranged from me after I divorced her mom, long estranged from her mom down her road of addiction -- was found floating at the bottom of a pool a few weeks ago. Still in a coma. Your nun isn't far from her now erased perplexities. - BrendanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10377354537179346702011-04-10T13:43:27.571-04:002011-04-10T13:43:27.571-04:00Hate this laptop. Difficult. Missed the word restr...Hate this laptop. Difficult. Missed the word restroom, but you knew that. I also love the overfeed me like a goldfish.....you are such an amazement. Submit some of these somewhere. SERiously.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-85280128635794832882011-04-10T13:38:31.913-04:002011-04-10T13:38:31.913-04:00Powerful... brilliant write! Love the depths you ...Powerful... brilliant write! Love the depths you have gone to here.Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655163868990155242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-45161556897036682122011-04-10T13:38:06.978-04:002011-04-10T13:38:06.978-04:00Totally brilliant genius material. 'Be the tam...Totally brilliant genius material. 'Be the tampon in the restroom of my extremity.' I dont know how you do it.I am just so grateful that you do.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76980597793128662452011-04-10T12:39:26.629-04:002011-04-10T12:39:26.629-04:00you can put more power in a poem than anyone i kno...you can put more power in a poem than anyone i know. brilliant!<br /><br />"Down where every scream is muted in a gentle rising of bubbles,"<br /><br />that made me shiver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-67354226670637351302011-04-10T12:26:07.811-04:002011-04-10T12:26:07.811-04:00Christ.
This is perfection.
Gonna go drown myself ...Christ.<br />This is perfection.<br />Gonna go drown myself in a chocolate fountain now...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69680030897249616552011-04-10T12:24:39.498-04:002011-04-10T12:24:39.498-04:00What a mix of the sublime and the trashy, the comm...What a mix of the sublime and the trashy, the commercial and the eternal, the insane hope balanced by a brain too soggy to think, a heart floundering in the scummy soup trying not to be boiled alive...Magdamermaid is classic--along with the tampon line and so many others...every image works overtime, and the whole piece hangs together with the thrust of a gut punch from god. <br /><br />Can you tell I think its really good?hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com