tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post1060226928874677713..comments2024-03-28T15:32:26.808-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): AnnaFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19714506186525570242017-03-06T05:52:03.227-05:002017-03-06T05:52:03.227-05:00it's dark ...vividly told!it's dark ...vividly told!Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72472281428777112562017-03-06T02:13:20.745-05:002017-03-06T02:13:20.745-05:00Anna and Mama scare the crap outta me.
Gramma wo...Anna and Mama scare the crap outta me. <br /><br />Gramma woulda liked her, I bet ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69095600499923445912017-03-05T00:05:38.125-05:002017-03-05T00:05:38.125-05:00Yikes! Yikes! Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-75366449575691354672017-03-03T23:02:15.896-05:002017-03-03T23:02:15.896-05:00I LOVE that last stanza. Certainly proves the cov...I LOVE that last stanza. Certainly proves the cover and book theory.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69864505448459303052017-03-03T12:37:58.460-05:002017-03-03T12:37:58.460-05:00Is it a special thing with girls... my mom always ...Is it a special thing with girls... my mom always insisted on which girls where the best for my sister... (though in her case it were the bookworms she preferred)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13747735325881674952017-03-03T09:53:37.789-05:002017-03-03T09:53:37.789-05:00Such a singular portrait - revealing of both the s...Such a singular portrait - revealing of both the subject and the narrator. I was transfixed, waiting for the perfume to appear..An excellent ironic twist of the blade.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88329177386594845152017-03-03T06:48:11.195-05:002017-03-03T06:48:11.195-05:00I've known people like Anna. And the mother. :...I've known people like Anna. And the mother. :)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-78071026681959537622017-03-03T05:21:52.096-05:002017-03-03T05:21:52.096-05:00quite a genius writing ;) :)quite a genius writing ;) :)Dr. Vijita Pillaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045851188041774369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73885411155796410112017-03-02T22:06:11.971-05:002017-03-02T22:06:11.971-05:00OMC ! Long time no see, You grow the claws of DOOM...OMC ! Long time no see, You grow the claws of DOOM !<br />Shay, Obviously... You need a scratching post for your own...MOL<br />=^x^=Mr Puddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024839895877150953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31148770400504750282017-03-02T14:36:24.780-05:002017-03-02T14:36:24.780-05:00Oh, I love this! Anna certainly is an interesting...Oh, I love this! Anna certainly is an interesting character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51561176968669470132017-03-02T13:14:51.648-05:002017-03-02T13:14:51.648-05:00That last stanza is just perfection.That last stanza is just perfection.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28195384271029026762017-03-02T13:00:54.795-05:002017-03-02T13:00:54.795-05:00First of all, love the photo you used. Your poems ...First of all, love the photo you used. Your poems is full of nail scratches. :) Anna, sounds like a mess, but someone I need to channel once in a while. This is a fantastic piece! Thanks so much for writing for the prompt!<br /><br />Oh, and I know that look.."You know that weapons-grade disapproving look? Mom invented it, but felt it played better without dialogue."Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83762103831142556962017-03-02T12:30:53.643-05:002017-03-02T12:30:53.643-05:00I wonder: how much is true and how much is made up...I wonder: how much is true and how much is made up? <br /><br />Gorgeous and poignant and thought-provoking, as always.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19755444266308925262017-03-02T11:43:09.637-05:002017-03-02T11:43:09.637-05:00Absolutely stunning both in words and images... si...Absolutely stunning both in words and images... sigh.. Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-3502454430468243332017-03-02T11:13:37.417-05:002017-03-02T11:13:37.417-05:00Too bad Mom couldn't see past her own shallow ...Too bad Mom couldn't see past her own shallow delusions--vividly described here. The mischaracterization of the narrator is as bad off one deep end as the assessment of Anna is on the other, dynamically shown for who she is in those killer last lines. Lack of self-pitying lament, the punch of the listing quality in the last two stanzas, and quantities of imaginative word usage keeps this from becoming a sermon or a plaint, and makes it instead a clear and very identifiable indictment. Really good one, Shay.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23632012016064221512017-03-02T11:09:27.482-05:002017-03-02T11:09:27.482-05:00What a fantastic character portrait. I can see He...What a fantastic character portrait. I can see Her. I am amazed the one word prompt resulted in a poem with this much breadth and depth. But then your poetry always amazes me.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-1380340423102023602017-03-02T10:36:57.063-05:002017-03-02T10:36:57.063-05:00I LOVE the last three stanzas. But the way you wor...I LOVE the last three stanzas. But the way you worded this line in particular really grabs me: "Mom used to come knockless into my room"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com