tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post2145268782651226483..comments2024-03-28T09:11:04.513-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Graduate StudiesFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77859761315155492092017-07-07T09:42:29.542-04:002017-07-07T09:42:29.542-04:00Oh, this is hilarious! The third stanza has to be...Oh, this is hilarious! The third stanza has to be my favorite.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-15564566518899965832017-07-03T13:27:03.855-04:002017-07-03T13:27:03.855-04:00Love this... ah, got it. Love especially "dis...Love this... ah, got it. Love especially "discussing emotional boundaries" which really made me guffaw.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26261946693768539212017-07-02T21:59:14.894-04:002017-07-02T21:59:14.894-04:00Beautiful in every sense, and the course reference...Beautiful in every sense, and the course reference is well written and enjoyable to read indeed. Well done. Warm greetings!Blogorattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821621371176285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74774232935182615372017-07-02T17:52:55.936-04:002017-07-02T17:52:55.936-04:00This is so powerful! There's humor.. there'...This is so powerful! There's humor.. there's grit.. life lessons and most of all there is this indescribable connection that lures the reader into your poem. Beautifully rendered!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83962951158251511172017-07-02T15:59:43.059-04:002017-07-02T15:59:43.059-04:00I can see the grinning Professor Goodbar, who has ...I can see the grinning Professor Goodbar, who has the face, in my imagination, of a certain Conservative Prime Minister we had some years back............I enjoyed this read very much, the hours spent talking, the surrogate kiss.....then the falling professor. A girl can take only so much.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8890308192609102992017-07-02T15:38:24.584-04:002017-07-02T15:38:24.584-04:00So well tuned to the shredding of a guitar...
So well tuned to the shredding of a guitar... <br /><br />brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80033038729593224092017-07-02T14:18:13.530-04:002017-07-02T14:18:13.530-04:00"I realized I had been a dupe,
a foil,
a repr..."I realized I had been a dupe,<br />a foil,<br />a representation<br />of fetish and fantasy, of foolery and fuck-headedness,<br />trotted out like a show pony with a little engine hidden in its tossing head..."<br />One of those moments we all have but only you could nail like this--been there, hated that, but all I could do was grind my teeth and swear(vainly) "never again." This is hilarious, and yet, very real and down to earth in its pastiche of jargon and the dubious intellectual feats and joys of academia intermingled with the all too human vulnerabilities of the heart. Exquisite work.<br />hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-36972854644516744932017-07-02T13:50:31.771-04:002017-07-02T13:50:31.771-04:00Ha. A lot of fun, if not in the experience! But ...Ha. A lot of fun, if not in the experience! But for the reader. Thanks. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81716058157388889732017-07-02T13:29:08.374-04:002017-07-02T13:29:08.374-04:00so tender. so strong. love to women. we are both a...so tender. so strong. love to women. we are both and allAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413074557542736813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-53547550280597940742017-07-02T13:21:56.273-04:002017-07-02T13:21:56.273-04:00Oh my gosh, Shay, this cracked me up. That second ...Oh my gosh, Shay, this cracked me up. That second stanza started me off and I was howling by the end. The humour is so well-timed and the edge cuts so sweetly.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com