tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post7218761902265756960..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Creatures Of The SeaFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8983434931759122432012-04-24T19:06:11.423-04:002012-04-24T19:06:11.423-04:00This is delicious and accurate, a thorough definit...This is delicious and accurate, a thorough definition of poetry. So many of your lines grabbed me, like these:<br /><br />"One must mix stars with mud"<br /><br />"And my blade du jour, a silver double-edged knife made in Paris,<br />Fell out of my bible"<br /><br />"my little French souvenir comes home to my hand"<br /><br />rosemarymint.wordpress.com✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39692838913164725552011-07-20T05:16:28.489-04:002011-07-20T05:16:28.489-04:00so surreal and then ~
"In one smooth motion,...so surreal and then ~<br /><br />"In one smooth motion, I deliver my lesson like a love letter into a mailbox,<br /><br />Up to its hilt in your heart, your guts, all that keeps you standing and breathing.<br /><br />That is poetry.<br /><br />That is how it should feel.<br /><br />The best poetry is always beautiful, and always fatal."<br /><br />yours is definitely the best poetry, Shay. something shifts in me with every poem of yours i read. one of these days your going to write something of such perfection that i will never try to write another word and become your slave for life.<br /><br />this is stunning! ♥ daniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82280049870601474872011-02-22T22:57:00.644-05:002011-02-22T22:57:00.644-05:00Yes, I read this one too. Because it was there.
G...Yes, I read this one too. Because it was there.<br /><br />God! the knife slipping out of the bible, the selkie, the whole thing. And Rod McKuen making sandwiches finally makes sense now. You are dangerous, woman.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-78146096612383351072010-07-22T17:55:38.643-04:002010-07-22T17:55:38.643-04:00Oh Shay, I think you have been found. My lovely l...Oh Shay, I think you have been found. My lovely little secret place is becoming crowded.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29124812883978277292010-07-19T04:31:04.329-04:002010-07-19T04:31:04.329-04:00poetee it is then !! :) lend me o' ears and i&...poetee it is then !! :) lend me o' ears and i'll sing you a song, i will try not to sing out of key....<br /><br />that song is how this read sounded to me... :)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353317664100788614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51865048356078441422010-07-19T04:18:23.878-04:002010-07-19T04:18:23.878-04:00Steamy Shay
Loving the deli smells wafting behind...Steamy Shay<br /><br />Loving the deli smells wafting behind the obvious tension<br /><br />thanks so for the post on One Stop Poetry - an honor to have your writing there.<br /><br />Have a great week.moondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40139807563903368252010-07-18T15:42:43.679-04:002010-07-18T15:42:43.679-04:00Love it - I love McKuen - had all his books, liste...Love it - I love McKuen - had all his books, listened to his records.. fell in love with his style .... love the mermaids - the mixing of stars and mud....great post....bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83182923862554792912010-07-18T08:17:55.344-04:002010-07-18T08:17:55.344-04:00Your writing blows me off my chair. I am now on th...Your writing blows me off my chair. I am now on the floor.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77952918654255499572010-07-18T06:20:31.699-04:002010-07-18T06:20:31.699-04:00I love how the knife fell out of the book of James...I love how the knife fell out of the book of James. :) This was lovely.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49185350953298057672010-07-18T05:38:15.830-04:002010-07-18T05:38:15.830-04:00hey, i like this.
Very nicely donehey, i like this.<br />Very nicely doneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-55247264386036393302010-07-18T04:24:11.148-04:002010-07-18T04:24:11.148-04:00You truly are a poet. Truly.You truly are a poet. Truly.Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31796195450911018132010-07-17T23:51:03.066-04:002010-07-17T23:51:03.066-04:00Me likey !Me likey !Senoritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075972193214414769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69165614617680833542010-07-17T22:30:20.963-04:002010-07-17T22:30:20.963-04:00better and better!better and better!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23558805064821688122010-07-17T22:25:19.375-04:002010-07-17T22:25:19.375-04:00Class dismissed.Class dismissed.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80360035735927735172010-07-17T20:52:19.898-04:002010-07-17T20:52:19.898-04:00wicked cool...love the thoughts on what it means t...wicked cool...love the thoughts on what it means to be a poet mixed among the journey...wonderful indeed...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77482271392282190182010-07-17T19:52:06.794-04:002010-07-17T19:52:06.794-04:00From Rod...
It doesn't matter who you love, o...From Rod...<br /><br />It doesn't matter who you love, or how you love, but that you love.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31423578113216607342010-07-17T17:48:59.977-04:002010-07-17T17:48:59.977-04:00This was so lovely, Shay.
"And this is why o...This was so lovely, Shay.<br /><br />"And this is why our heads often feel as if they might explode" - I loved that so much<br /><br />Such tricky lovely creatures, those selkies, and you captured their essence brilliantly. <br /><br />I wonder if this is what Rod McKuen is doing. I can see that totally. His body of work is mind-boggling, isn't it? Truly amazing.<br /><br /> <br />Oh, and I'll take one of those black forest ham and swiss - one of my favorite sandwiches!TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70006091447207542522010-07-17T15:30:18.138-04:002010-07-17T15:30:18.138-04:00Yes.Yes.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-48224480011434199772010-07-17T14:09:21.430-04:002010-07-17T14:09:21.430-04:00Shay,
This is definitely a favorite. I loved rea...Shay, <br /><br />This is definitely a favorite. I loved reading it aloud, as I usually do. I could see Rod in his apron giving a thrill with that blond shy surfer smile of his.<br /><br />This poem made me pull out my old McKuen books. In two of them that date from my college days, I found old flowers I had placed in between the pages. <br /><br />They're now brown and fragil...like the time when I clung to McKuen's poems to find my truths:~)<br /><br />Thanks for this memory and your wonderful poem!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-12992897851307152052010-07-17T13:18:13.780-04:002010-07-17T13:18:13.780-04:00Not once but twice she nods to me
Wondering if I&#...Not once but twice she nods to me<br />Wondering if I'll notice<br />Pretending to stare at nothing<br />But I know better.<br /><br />You rock girl.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-52289822762135532682010-07-17T13:17:41.055-04:002010-07-17T13:17:41.055-04:00I think this is one of my favorites so far.I think this is one of my favorites so far.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-6941174994924505242010-07-17T13:11:08.965-04:002010-07-17T13:11:08.965-04:00Oh girl, I'm melting into a blush too.
Simply ...Oh girl, I'm melting into a blush too.<br />Simply delicious!<br />Glad I stopped by from Joanna'sRosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49556011322623151222010-07-17T13:09:00.568-04:002010-07-17T13:09:00.568-04:00OMG... first, all about me...I GET To be the FIRST...OMG... first, all about me...I GET To be the FIRST COMMENT!!!!<br /><br />Secondly...you know that we are both selkies among the mermaids and that is what truly makes us beautiful and amazing spirits!!!!<br /><br />Thirdly..WOW!!! There are so many words and sentences in this I could go on forever suffice it to say you are a poetess!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127343815869529555noreply@blogger.com