tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post7064825987161790565..comments2024-03-28T19:48:05.247-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Reconsidering LiarsFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-54196415753256816232015-11-01T23:50:43.883-05:002015-11-01T23:50:43.883-05:00My fave bit? The label, "oops, this is awkwar...My fave bit? The label, "oops, this is awkward". You are the best story teller ever.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61526363476959966532015-11-01T17:07:40.408-05:002015-11-01T17:07:40.408-05:00^^^ the character in that movie was inspired by Ch...^^^ the character in that movie was inspired by Chung Ling Soo.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44067454607597746962015-11-01T16:33:18.867-05:002015-11-01T16:33:18.867-05:00My favorites are the third, fifth, and sixth stanz...My favorites are the third, fifth, and sixth stanzas.<br /><br />Your poem reminds me of a movie:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_in_the_Moonlight<br /><br />Have you seen it?✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82067969373093843002015-11-01T16:16:14.799-05:002015-11-01T16:16:14.799-05:00There is a real novelish sort of feel to this, a n...There is a real novelish sort of feel to this, a narrative that a novel would not do as well, because it would lack the illumination of the phosphor-flashes of poetry you ignite into beacons about every seventh word--but it reads like a Beat sort of screed to me, without having that style at all. Uncomfortable truths are always hidden in con games, and America has been ersatz from inception, but how very seldom we think of it that way, till a poem like this rocks us back on our heels and turns the world on its head. And he really *is* on wikipedia, as real as real, or as phony as phony. GREAT piece, Shay. hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39647487058631309912015-11-01T11:25:43.776-05:002015-11-01T11:25:43.776-05:00This is full of so much awesome I'm not even g...This is full of so much awesome I'm not even gonna start quoting. I adore this.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80563733764247652462015-11-01T09:19:19.013-05:002015-11-01T09:19:19.013-05:00What a fascinating story, a cautionary tale worth ...What a fascinating story, a cautionary tale worth remembering.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76011121478664725032015-11-01T09:14:48.006-05:002015-11-01T09:14:48.006-05:00When I was a kid, the story of Columbus was such a...When I was a kid, the story of Columbus was such a straightforward story. <br /><br />Now it's the beginning of a lengthy and terrible horror story...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com