tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6637599464748867894..comments2024-03-18T23:15:50.606-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): SalonFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66111975544541158272011-12-14T07:34:10.363-05:002011-12-14T07:34:10.363-05:00This was fabulous! Wonderfully sarcastic and bitte...This was fabulous! Wonderfully sarcastic and bitter portrayal of culture shock when pampered intellectuals decide they wish to mingle with "real people."Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-56800397514409589022011-12-13T16:05:11.351-05:002011-12-13T16:05:11.351-05:00Wow!! what a story, loved it :) so detailed...i ...Wow!! what a story, loved it :) so detailed...i felt like I was in that salon listening to them tell their tale...Cathy Feasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302068829418562420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76236951079737580632011-12-13T10:58:18.400-05:002011-12-13T10:58:18.400-05:00Oh, yes, if they told the truth, they were shunned...Oh, yes, if they told the truth, they were shunned. They were supposed to consider the delicacy of the ladies, simply shrug, and say, "Mmm, yes, the expedition. A trifle too cold for me. I say, are those tea-cakes I see there? Thank you so much."<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-50725311899848786092011-12-13T06:24:25.671-05:002011-12-13T06:24:25.671-05:00The expeditions of old were prompted by the desire...The expeditions of old were prompted by the desire for riches or nationalism, no one knows! Excellent verse!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79850349431615042632011-12-12T23:39:23.400-05:002011-12-12T23:39:23.400-05:00amazing imagery especially:
Tears freezing on his...amazing imagery especially:<br /><br />Tears freezing on his cheeks before they could fall.<br />A bear shattered his skull with a single swat,<br />Letting the madness out,<br />And his spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46310560346153864962011-12-12T22:49:19.117-05:002011-12-12T22:49:19.117-05:00I enjoyed this immensely and thought you might fin...I enjoyed this immensely and thought you might find this piece interesting,as did I, considering the subject of your poem.<br /><br />http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/12/07/the-lost-photographs-of-captain-scott/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72124438756981001222011-12-12T22:24:07.649-05:002011-12-12T22:24:07.649-05:00Unsettling, brutal, upsetting, depressing, and pes...Unsettling, brutal, upsetting, depressing, and pessimistic.<br /><br />In other words, genius! Loved it so much I read it twice...HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80286792554720295382011-12-12T18:50:50.342-05:002011-12-12T18:50:50.342-05:00Really enjoyed the socialites discomfort! And I b...Really enjoyed the socialites discomfort! And I bet you a million bucks, the adventures didn't WANT to come back. Well done!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76360362747340710122011-12-12T17:31:51.564-05:002011-12-12T17:31:51.564-05:00Damn, Shay. This just pulls you in. Tremendous t...Damn, Shay. This just pulls you in. Tremendous tale.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19524160096560450402011-12-12T14:57:25.772-05:002011-12-12T14:57:25.772-05:00Some story! ♥Some story! ♥Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74211805422231135452011-12-12T13:52:48.996-05:002011-12-12T13:52:48.996-05:00displayed? feted? what's the difference? hah.displayed? feted? what's the difference? hah.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13138386619553331782011-12-12T13:26:06.616-05:002011-12-12T13:26:06.616-05:00superb narration.every stroke measured to perfect ...superb narration.every stroke measured to perfect pitch tone and swerve.Abin Chakrabortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534639363132246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18561408486511105382011-12-12T12:58:37.533-05:002011-12-12T12:58:37.533-05:00i quite think i'd rather spend time with the e...i quite think i'd rather spend time with the explorers than the "regular" salon attendees {as long as i didn't have to actually GO exploring!}<br /><br />brilliantly told, Sista Poet! ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81935671347024021602011-12-12T12:02:26.621-05:002011-12-12T12:02:26.621-05:00What a fabulous tale you tell. I was hanging on ev...What a fabulous tale you tell. I was hanging on every word. Absolute perfection!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-16893260382301838932011-12-12T11:33:13.920-05:002011-12-12T11:33:13.920-05:00fascinating story telling shay...i always wanted t...fascinating story telling shay...i always wanted to be an explorer...far more than ever wanting to be a socialite....i would image they would not mix...and probably would have left with them...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57277969006174394822011-12-12T11:08:24.302-05:002011-12-12T11:08:24.302-05:00I was very moved by this scenario of the socialite...I was very moved by this scenario of the socialites trying to get their kicks by inviting the explorers to their gathering and then being appalled by "reality". Aren't many do-gooders the same, making all the right noises before being slapped by actual experience, when they beat a hasty retreat to the safety of normalcy.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91870809309627608132011-12-12T10:56:06.240-05:002011-12-12T10:56:06.240-05:00Titus, they are now Arctic explorers. Thank you fo...Titus, they are now Arctic explorers. Thank you for pointing out my error, and for your kind words. They are indeed intended as very real bears.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51020935570729470222011-12-12T10:51:10.637-05:002011-12-12T10:51:10.637-05:00Outstanding. I loved all the juxtaposing in the po...Outstanding. I loved all the juxtaposing in the poem, and the comic effects work so well as underscore, almost counterpoint, to the tragedy.<br /><br />Shay, I don't know you so please feel free to bite my head off, but the bears being in the Antarctic nags at me, and distracted me a little from a hugely effective, and impressive, poem. If they are bears of the mind, OK, if they are the 'things that were not', OK, but you have taken such trouble here to make it touching real, with the bears violence seeming, to me, to smash an actual skull full of imaginings. Polar Bears are Arctic creatures, and aren't found in the Antarctic.<br />If I'm misreading utterly, forgive me.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86665163343085394422011-12-12T10:18:53.177-05:002011-12-12T10:18:53.177-05:00Those expeditions were absolutely insane--supposed...Those expeditions were absolutely insane--supposedly driven by the need to find shipping routes or whatever, but I think really driven by something in the human spirit that has to confront the unknown. In this case, they found it was more than ready to confront them in turn. Though this is set in 1872(with so many telling details, and that long middle stanza is almost standalone excellent) the tale it tells is universal. Very well done, Shay, in all ways.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-36354413587129919382011-12-12T09:44:03.871-05:002011-12-12T09:44:03.871-05:00= 0
WOW!= 0<br /><br />WOW!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35473829560730938392011-12-12T09:19:15.577-05:002011-12-12T09:19:15.577-05:00whoa Shay. excellent. chilling and so...whoa Shay. excellent. chilling and so...ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60868608059734293892011-12-12T09:17:35.136-05:002011-12-12T09:17:35.136-05:00BRILLIANTBRILLIANTDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.com