tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post8639157883462546623..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): One ArmFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61774752452162129022018-04-04T08:55:22.011-04:002018-04-04T08:55:22.011-04:00I am left with an image of the black panther salut...I am left with an image of the black panther salute, of Mandela's raised fist, of Martin Luther King. In among the terrors of the wild you call in there is a profound peace in this poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22272767226066470752018-04-03T20:48:35.547-04:002018-04-03T20:48:35.547-04:00I like this!I like this!ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10800644237210720822018-04-02T16:47:17.873-04:002018-04-02T16:47:17.873-04:00The empty side allows the dark that holds the roar...The empty side allows the dark that holds the roar from miles away.<br /><br />Smashed it all together and then batted it clear out of the park with this line! Great start to the challenge and wonderfully complex for the "seeming" simplicity of the words! What a super way to write for Kerry! (and many others)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63139068312552176142018-04-02T06:11:47.969-04:002018-04-02T06:11:47.969-04:00The simplicity here suits the theme, but is decept...The simplicity here suits the theme, but is deceptive also, as there is a lot under the hood--every line produces an image, and every image provokes a thought. The way you speak of the lion holds all the wildness, all the danger and loss that living in a land close to the edge, and the ways of a predator involve, and yet also all the rightness of the natural way of things, of playing whatever hand you are dealt (or in this case, have left.) Gorgeous, subtle, shining writing, dear Shay.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79426514253060375182018-04-02T05:30:34.261-04:002018-04-02T05:30:34.261-04:00I like that, the empty makes room for the dark, un...I like that, the empty makes room for the dark, under the same sun.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83041632694423677332018-04-02T03:08:28.503-04:002018-04-02T03:08:28.503-04:00What an amazing poem, Shay! Wonderful lines:
'...What an amazing poem, Shay! Wonderful lines:<br />'In the land of the lion,<br />this is known:<br />The empty side allows the dark that holds the roar from miles away'.<br /><br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-67908579614415322512018-04-02T01:22:08.327-04:002018-04-02T01:22:08.327-04:00Thank you, Shay, for thinking of me and for the re...Thank you, Shay, for thinking of me and for the reminder that we folk from the land of the lion make do with whatever nature leaves us, one arm, one leg, one eye.. and we blaze on like the sun. Hallelujah, sister.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64043391511764103572018-04-02T00:59:08.196-04:002018-04-02T00:59:08.196-04:00What an intriguing line:
The empty side allows the...What an intriguing line:<br />The empty side allows the dark that holds the roar from miles away.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41255089625502612512018-04-01T21:37:05.547-04:002018-04-01T21:37:05.547-04:00I enjoy this tribute very much. I, too, love “the ...I enjoy this tribute very much. I, too, love “the land of the lion” where things are known, :-)Elleceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049386448865741626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89051453096393652212018-04-01T20:51:28.129-04:002018-04-01T20:51:28.129-04:00I too love this...I'm the land of the lion. I ...I too love this...I'm the land of the lion. I actually have a friend who only has one arm. It was ripped off in a drunken car wreck. But she has adjusted in the 30 years since the wteck. I know she and her lover would smile at the clit line. In the land of the blind man the one who has one eye is king.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-32543440015673910692018-04-01T19:19:19.942-04:002018-04-01T19:19:19.942-04:00"In the land of the lion.........." How ..."In the land of the lion.........." How I love this, and Kerry will love it too.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.com