tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6626400590022812913..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): A Slip Of The TongueFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7780185495546555462012-01-09T14:14:13.132-05:002012-01-09T14:14:13.132-05:00One of the ones I like best. Damn, they just keep ...One of the ones I like best. Damn, they just keep coming. You make me feel almost like a polygamist in that I can't choose which one I love best(smile).Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91916555181665825162012-01-09T03:03:41.338-05:002012-01-09T03:03:41.338-05:00hot, mama!
{putting my tongue back in my mouth}
♥...hot, mama!<br /><br />{putting my tongue back in my mouth}<br />♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22095245226960944232012-01-08T21:22:19.917-05:002012-01-08T21:22:19.917-05:00I love this repeated line:
"I was slack-jawe...I love this repeated line:<br /><br />"I was slack-jawed, sleeping,"<br /><br />And, bam, this is ... well, it leaves me speechless:<br /><br />"I say things angels envy;<br />I do things the damned haven't thought to try.<br />My tongue declares you devil's food,<br />And leaves us to our own devise."<br /><br />~Shawna<br />(rosemarymint.wordpress.com)✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46567048350873583902012-01-08T21:00:41.300-05:002012-01-08T21:00:41.300-05:00Last stanza is so VERY strong! Follow that tongue...Last stanza is so VERY strong! Follow that tongue.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-3950006763785821722012-01-08T16:29:58.055-05:002012-01-08T16:29:58.055-05:00The best attributes Here, in my opinion? The pride...The best attributes Here, in my opinion? The pride, the power, both claimed. No shame. It's a proclamation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86034660497593500072012-01-08T13:39:29.876-05:002012-01-08T13:39:29.876-05:00you ever hear the song slip of the tongue by faste...you ever hear the song slip of the tongue by faster pussycat? it was a late eighties hair band song...it popped in my head as i read this...oh that tongue gets so full of itself...smiles...hot write shayBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76931021979207177502012-01-08T13:22:40.600-05:002012-01-08T13:22:40.600-05:00Wowzers. "dreaming of waterfalls, blooming ar...Wowzers. "dreaming of waterfalls, blooming arbors, suns burning in the faces of rivers...." Sigh. Fantastic poetry!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89992005870386735272012-01-08T10:43:17.449-05:002012-01-08T10:43:17.449-05:00When I think of all the words left unspoken and de...When I think of all the words left unspoken and deeds undone, I can only applaud the proactive attitude of the speaker in this poem. Brava.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75735498219293833302012-01-08T10:43:07.248-05:002012-01-08T10:43:07.248-05:00Loved this, Shay. A slip of the tongue has never b...Loved this, Shay. A slip of the tongue has never been so powerfully charged.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44256778180381064542012-01-08T10:39:59.224-05:002012-01-08T10:39:59.224-05:00"It said things, glorious things, bold things..."It said things, glorious things, bold things,<br />And it did things, too;<br />Things that brought it home lolling, full of itself,<br />Trailing cats and canaries like confetti."<br /><br />What a gorgeous, powerful image. It makes naughty quite nice to contemplate...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77711545287906604842012-01-08T10:20:45.683-05:002012-01-08T10:20:45.683-05:00The power of the tongue..."slipped out of my ...The power of the tongue..."slipped out of my mouth and went straight to you..." (like it has a mind of its own). Well, apparently it does!Ileanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200869126695231050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14706111301322114442012-01-08T10:16:19.376-05:002012-01-08T10:16:19.376-05:00Loose lips may sink ships, but tongues like this s...Loose lips may sink ships, but tongues like this surely will float that boat instead. I love that whole first stanza--'elevated gypsies, indeed...'suns burning in the face of rivers' is also memorable and beautiful, and I'll stop there because I could say similar stuff about almost every line.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63304312579187410462012-01-08T09:49:06.659-05:002012-01-08T09:49:06.659-05:00"I do things the damned haven't thought t..."I do things the damned haven't thought to try."<br /><br />I love that!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.com