tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post8172324865415538140..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): dark bird by coal blackFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41058954947239850362012-11-30T20:49:52.144-05:002012-11-30T20:49:52.144-05:00Lord, get them lighters in the air! Coal is back!...Lord, get them lighters in the air! Coal is back!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68897297542471333472012-11-29T13:18:33.930-05:002012-11-29T13:18:33.930-05:00wow. this is great.wow. this is great.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8642313039793088082012-11-29T12:22:43.899-05:002012-11-29T12:22:43.899-05:00My eyes are enamored with your image. It's nic...My eyes are enamored with your image. It's nice to see Coal again.<br /><br />I like this poem very much. It reminds me of a best friend I thought I'd never lose, but I haven't heard from her in years. We spent millions of moments drinking coffee at our diner and stealing each other's hair and secrets. Dark bird, yes. Her presence felt the heaviest when it is missing. I love what you did in the second stanza with the lies ... and then the thick blood in the third. This stirs me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-67213359060534842852012-11-29T11:45:38.337-05:002012-11-29T11:45:38.337-05:00Wondrous mix of title, image and poem (done up in ...Wondrous mix of title, image and poem (done up in that nonjudgmental Jamaican lilt).WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-12730959144335668722012-11-29T10:34:24.184-05:002012-11-29T10:34:24.184-05:00Ah, goddam dark bird, stealing people's hair a...Ah, goddam dark bird, stealing people's hair and hearts...<br /><br />Very good to hear from Ms Black.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25525903094921106072012-11-29T10:33:08.190-05:002012-11-29T10:33:08.190-05:00The dark bird, the tarry nest, "there aint no...The dark bird, the tarry nest, "there aint no sky".....Coal Black is in fine voice. No one can sing the blues like she does.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86476755727768532152012-11-29T10:18:14.669-05:002012-11-29T10:18:14.669-05:00The dark bird of the other, the darkness of the so...The dark bird of the other, the darkness of the soul, twin up here for a malign and haunting mating. And yes, at the end, when the nest is empty of all but broken shell and waste, the last line is a curse. Coal's hiatus has done nothing to dull her wits, I see.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43033686499618032712012-11-29T07:58:21.790-05:002012-11-29T07:58:21.790-05:00goddamn ... love this, i 'heard' it with a...goddamn ... love this, i 'heard' it with a Jamaican lilt, monDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7822411804874829882012-11-29T05:59:24.850-05:002012-11-29T05:59:24.850-05:00Tarry nest. That dark bird sounds alarming!Tarry nest. That dark bird sounds alarming!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.com