tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post8824619802333634717..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Fast BitchFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73331940242336659462012-03-13T12:24:13.497-04:002012-03-13T12:24:13.497-04:00the butterfly emerged from her cocoon.the butterfly emerged from her cocoon.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23729791267197567852012-03-12T01:59:20.512-04:002012-03-12T01:59:20.512-04:00i'm so happy to know you as you are now, SP!
...i'm so happy to know you as you are now, SP! <br /><br />i didn't.... no, COULDN'T do this prompt because the only two things i really remember about 1999 are the Prince song {which actually came out in 1982 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmW6RTZ5MQ } and the Y2K scare. a pretty uneventful year for me. {smile}<br /><br />♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27969293298616881932012-03-11T22:31:24.252-04:002012-03-11T22:31:24.252-04:00I'm glad you're no longer numb, Shay. I...I'm glad you're no longer numb, Shay. I'm so glad you are free to be intensely you. The beauty of knowing real happiness is the beauty of knowing true sadness, I believe.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75661979463189124522012-03-11T22:09:22.392-04:002012-03-11T22:09:22.392-04:00Wow. Talk about reinventing a life! So glad you ha...Wow. Talk about reinventing a life! So glad you had the courage and strength to do something about your unhappiness and change things. We readers are VERY glad you're writing again! I still can't quite get a grip on 1999. I think my brain was still in deep freeze from diapers, bottles, and nursery school! (Shivers.)Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64215578993780308892012-03-11T21:14:53.172-04:002012-03-11T21:14:53.172-04:00I really appreciated your author notes and see man...I really appreciated your author notes and see many parallels. I didn't do the 1999 prompt. When I look back I can't find myself at all. Your poem inspires me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86443638877268445522012-03-11T13:38:44.419-04:002012-03-11T13:38:44.419-04:00"I have killed and eaten myself, then been mo..."I have killed and eaten myself, then been mother to myself,<br />So I am not afraid of much."<br /><br />And, the people said "Amen."Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72134963445103776052012-03-11T12:00:07.989-04:002012-03-11T12:00:07.989-04:00The gospel according to Shay .. appropriate readin...The gospel according to Shay .. appropriate reading on this Sunday morning! I am thankful you found the true YOU ... profoundly thankful.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19662334672760825552012-03-11T11:29:14.270-04:002012-03-11T11:29:14.270-04:00It was our year, wasn't it? I love how you ca...It was our year, wasn't it? I love how you called it a 'color by numbers'...thanks for sharing, and I'm so glad your poetic voice came back. We would be lacking something special without it.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89839252015719955242012-03-11T09:03:32.391-04:002012-03-11T09:03:32.391-04:00You reinvented yourself - I'm glad you are hap...You reinvented yourself - I'm glad you are happy now, Shay.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39772862391812784372012-03-11T06:12:48.708-04:002012-03-11T06:12:48.708-04:00My kind of poem, this: single-minded. No messing!My kind of poem, this: single-minded. No messing!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88564524051849262752012-03-11T04:35:17.572-04:002012-03-11T04:35:17.572-04:00think the deeper and longer we burry ourselves und...think the deeper and longer we burry ourselves under the load of what others expect us to be, the more difficult it is to break free...but when we manage, there's now way to stop us..great you made it shayClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74143017687438836622012-03-11T00:36:41.597-05:002012-03-11T00:36:41.597-05:00You hate to hear of people suffering (okay, that&#...You hate to hear of people suffering (okay, that's not totally true; there are some folks I'd LOVE to see suffer), but if you HAD to emerge from those fiery depths--and were transformed into Shay--we're so happy you found yourself.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-17410935363399886742012-03-10T23:01:35.194-05:002012-03-10T23:01:35.194-05:00Celebration. Escape from the confines. I visit a...Celebration. Escape from the confines. I visit and read often, but don't comment much. Just wanted you to know I enjoy reading your writing.<br /><br />Yousei HimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83361231532372505272012-03-10T22:43:22.518-05:002012-03-10T22:43:22.518-05:00you know...you ma'am are beautiful.
i am glad...you know...you ma'am are beautiful.<br /><br />i am glad you broke free and reimaged who you are or found who you are cause you are just about perfect now...<br /><br />and def an inspiration.<br /><br />smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66406448666723635372012-03-10T22:35:13.364-05:002012-03-10T22:35:13.364-05:00Ugh. Your bio makes me feel sick; I feel just like...Ugh. Your bio makes me feel sick; I feel just like that sometimes: "Who *is* that?"<br /><br />As for the poem, these are my favorite lines:<br /><br />"Keen to fill the world<br />With as many spotted babies as I can" ... cracked me up<br /><br />"backchannel mojo from the moon"<br /><br />"I told you, and it's gospel"✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91143294521615632592012-03-10T22:10:22.036-05:002012-03-10T22:10:22.036-05:00Sounds like we've all walked that same part of...Sounds like we've all walked that same part of the highway. I'm not afraid of much, either. I so relate to this poem, Shay, and to your journey home to yourself. I made that trek myself, too bad it took me so long. But this side of it, it's so worth it!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28823958298193552172012-03-10T22:08:09.077-05:002012-03-10T22:08:09.077-05:00Glad you've been found, again.
I can relate t...Glad you've been found, again. <br />I can relate to that feeling of walking in darkness, sometimes in the light yet not knowing where I'm at.Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14618623605459972682012-03-10T22:04:33.594-05:002012-03-10T22:04:33.594-05:00That song ruled a part of my life, too. There'...That song ruled a part of my life, too. There's nothing worse than being trapped in a prison you've built yourself, where other people are both totally dependent on you, and totally in control.Can't imagine you being silent so long, but then same here. This is a fine fast bitch of a poem about opening up the cage door, for me, especially stanza three.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14445357667282624492012-03-10T22:03:58.924-05:002012-03-10T22:03:58.924-05:00Shay, I think we all have those years that we look...Shay, I think we all have those years that we look back on and wonder, in retrospect, what the hell they were about. It sounds like 1999 was one of those years for you, yet you have specific memories. I had not thought of 1999 in a long time, but the topic hit me like a lead balloon, and I think I will dream about it tonight. And... a fast bitch is not a bad thing!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89891889977540969022012-03-10T22:00:23.977-05:002012-03-10T22:00:23.977-05:00hey Spot!
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