tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6525793627806769761..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): My Other HandFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24383850439092834492017-06-02T16:57:49.929-04:002017-06-02T16:57:49.929-04:00Your nightmarish image of that ghastly hand has so...Your nightmarish image of that ghastly hand has some resemblance to Kafka's Metamorphosis... and I cannot keep wondering how you got that idea. I swear I will will wake tonight with that hand scratching at my back (with its three remaining fingers)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-65647275239740283522017-06-02T07:48:01.587-04:002017-06-02T07:48:01.587-04:00On a clear early morning, this allegory brings a c...On a clear early morning, this allegory brings a chill--I echo Kerry--your perspective always takes the road least traveled straight into the heartland of the mind and leaves us gawking at the roadside attractions; in this case, hoping we can find a safe motel before the fuel gives out and we are stranded...our secret shames, our hidden truths, squirming away from the eye, impossible to fully see--difficult to cut away indeed, and never without a scar. Fine, fine writing Shay, full of a dark mischief as well as that unflinching mirror showing all we try so desperately to rise above, and the differences society can't abide.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-48923127937640940382017-06-02T05:36:10.704-04:002017-06-02T05:36:10.704-04:00I thought of Geryon from Ann Carson's "Au...I thought of Geryon from Ann Carson's "Autobiography of Red" -- a gay, immortal angel who hides his wings (he makes the comment along that way that some of his kind cut off their tails to prevent scaring their parents). Anyway, we can't help but channel dark voices who are deeply inside our own. There's always a cost to toothy sooth. Great challenge FB, and enjoy the new adventure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76856091821381494712017-06-02T04:21:22.056-04:002017-06-02T04:21:22.056-04:00Totally unique and amazing...that hand is so dark....Totally unique and amazing...that hand is so dark...!Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-2343760757283295122017-06-01T20:15:16.211-04:002017-06-01T20:15:16.211-04:00Holy cow. This is amazing. Holy cow. This is amazing. De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31944436083539527922017-06-01T19:50:53.052-04:002017-06-01T19:50:53.052-04:00Beautifully written, and with a longing to go back...Beautifully written, and with a longing to go back and revisit each line. Well done and greetings.Blogorattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821621371176285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33342910816798682852017-06-01T19:20:12.137-04:002017-06-01T19:20:12.137-04:00Ah yes, your creativity is beyond me. I'm aw...Ah yes, your creativity is beyond me. I'm awed with this piece. Luv the motif of being and self defending. Not many of is a real so true to self. <br /><br />Much love... Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13164214039541578202017-06-01T18:43:49.405-04:002017-06-01T18:43:49.405-04:00My goodness this is good!! Especially "Who co...My goodness this is good!! Especially "Who could blame me, for the knife?<br />Who could forecast that the thing would defend itself, at cost of three fingers, one of them mine?" You left me breathless!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13645350089586033402017-06-01T18:33:50.675-04:002017-06-01T18:33:50.675-04:00Yes, you floor me too, as you can imagine things n...Yes, you floor me too, as you can imagine things no one else on the planet can..............and no end to it, it seems. This is amazing. Really astounding.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23087555111852493262017-06-01T16:37:49.286-04:002017-06-01T16:37:49.286-04:00My favorite sections are the church stanza and the...My favorite sections are the church stanza and these lines:<br /><br />"I mean the throat clearers in their white coats"<br /><br />"it curls away <br />like some unholy creature avoiding teeth, or fire"<br /><br />"At night, the hand traces letters against the skin of my back,<br />but the language makes no sense except to devils and Gypsies."✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33372375304173310212017-06-01T15:49:58.923-04:002017-06-01T15:49:58.923-04:00This is awesome, Shay. I'm thinking of the exp...This is awesome, Shay. I'm thinking of the expression "pat yourself on the back." The hand represents your ego, your pride in yourself, which no one can destroy. Not men, not your mother, not even other parts of you. Bravo, Shay. Brilliant work.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-45119702951260318052017-06-01T14:20:07.233-04:002017-06-01T14:20:07.233-04:00Gosh, Shay... I could ask where you get you ideas ...Gosh, Shay... I could ask where you get you ideas from.. but in all the years I've known you, your creativity has always floored me. Aside from making me believe in this malevolent hand, i also see the symbolism.. how we carry baggage in one form or another, difficult to exorcise and certain to leave a wound or scar.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com