tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post2246087237429655824..comments2024-03-28T05:18:54.680-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Tar BabyFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73302613722559954312014-03-14T20:40:06.860-04:002014-03-14T20:40:06.860-04:00Jesus Christ.Jesus Christ.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-15525971656036779102014-03-14T05:13:06.740-04:002014-03-14T05:13:06.740-04:00well, fuck! don't we jus' know how mama ge...well, fuck! don't we jus' know how mama gets... best stay clear and let that missed call alert chime all it wants.<br />♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8708451926911119492014-03-13T23:30:25.253-04:002014-03-13T23:30:25.253-04:00As sad as I am that a child suffered like this, I ...As sad as I am that a child suffered like this, I am just as amazed to see how beautiful that soul became. <br /><br /><br />Thank you, Shay. machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-36674021690383143362014-03-13T19:02:11.674-04:002014-03-13T19:02:11.674-04:00To Mark K. ^^^^
My father would never have done ...To Mark K. ^^^^ <br /><br />My father would never have done anything like that. It was him who put a STOP to it.<br /><br />FBFireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91417907031205894262014-03-13T18:27:08.212-04:002014-03-13T18:27:08.212-04:00Damn spooky, to think of a father drugging his kid...Damn spooky, to think of a father drugging his kid. Never saw Tar Baby, feel like I missed out.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25395914660086782732014-03-13T17:30:03.349-04:002014-03-13T17:30:03.349-04:00I had that record.
And Aladin and his Magic Lamp!
...I had that record.<br />And Aladin and his Magic Lamp!<br />Loved your storyG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-54685336822932996172014-03-13T16:30:32.836-04:002014-03-13T16:30:32.836-04:00Dxmn! This is a magnificent capture of pain and ab...Dxmn! This is a magnificent capture of pain and abuse. What was so hard about watching a little one enjoy? I have figured out the answer to it in my own life. My "cure" was the same as in the poem--lots of distance, geographical and every other kind. I love your use of Tar Baby here which brings in race and class as well. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18500155262078319702014-03-13T12:31:16.486-04:002014-03-13T12:31:16.486-04:00Cheers to you for writing so bravely, eloquently (...Cheers to you for writing so bravely, eloquently (beautifully) about something so dark, dangerous and devious. Back in the day I knew mothers (and fathers) who routinely gave their little kids cough medicine with codeine and actually bragged about it! Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-55532946585728695442014-03-13T12:25:21.842-04:002014-03-13T12:25:21.842-04:00A damaged, demented, sad person to do such a thing...A damaged, demented, sad person to do such a thing to a child. I love it when kids sing and dance, they're meant to do it! Turn it up, Shay!Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18388137503425156802014-03-13T12:16:55.565-04:002014-03-13T12:16:55.565-04:00All praise to you for surviving and thriving. What...All praise to you for surviving and thriving. What a harrowing story.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80979025719310922002014-03-13T09:58:33.651-04:002014-03-13T09:58:33.651-04:00oh, argh. this is so painful. stay alert, indeed.oh, argh. this is so painful. stay alert, indeed.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64780096360061499242014-03-13T09:31:07.101-04:002014-03-13T09:31:07.101-04:00I can so relate to the record player, and the stor...I can so relate to the record player, and the stories with songs (and Tinkerbell's little bell to tell you when to turn the page) which were so much a part of my childhood too. Brer Rabbit and de tar baby was one of my favourites. It struck me as so clever from both sides, the scam and the escape.. and you have captured something of that in more than technicolor reality in the story behind the story. I felt quite gutted as I read, but cheered at the end, to see Brer Rabbit outwitted the tar baby once again.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41510982003256333872014-03-13T09:02:36.615-04:002014-03-13T09:02:36.615-04:00This is just horribly painful, I found. The move ...This is just horribly painful, I found. The move to the codeine and the images that come up quite subtle really, and then the pain sticks. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13703824949575698382014-03-13T08:34:23.975-04:002014-03-13T08:34:23.975-04:00Yes, having a child doing child things was a terri...Yes, having a child doing child things was a terrible inconvenience for some people--one wonders why they chose to have them. That 'perfect mother' identity, I guess, went over well with the peer group--just don't look too close. I am proud of you for learning how to get away from the Tar Baby--it's very easy to get stuck forever.Besides the story, which is bloodcurdling, Shay, the writing here is stark and sure. hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60070470087678527472014-03-13T06:23:45.876-04:002014-03-13T06:23:45.876-04:00Autobiographical? A little vignette from your past...Autobiographical? A little vignette from your past?<br /><br />If not, I bow down twice to you. Once, for writing something so rich with memories and fierceness. Twice, for writing something that is so spot-on but not true.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35169700632764475552014-03-13T06:19:38.253-04:002014-03-13T06:19:38.253-04:00I had to smile at Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby, I'...I had to smile at Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby, I'd completely forgotten about them until I saw that picture and then it brought memories flooding back. Then the smile was knocked off my face with the codeine dosing and my heart ached. The way you write is incredible.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39166271824865091512014-03-13T05:37:58.108-04:002014-03-13T05:37:58.108-04:00The conversations you have with no-one-there in yo...The conversations you have with no-one-there in your poems are stellar. I love coming back here to see what's new from you. cosmos camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327124451076957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27851333738450170372014-03-12T23:39:41.230-04:002014-03-12T23:39:41.230-04:00Oh my, this stirs in me my own wounded child cry.....Oh my, this stirs in me my own wounded child cry...thanks for having the strength to share something so painful...and being a survivorSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77641363610324294422014-03-12T23:32:36.389-04:002014-03-12T23:32:36.389-04:00I so know the feeling of setting that needle down ...I so know the feeling of setting that needle down onto the LP.......I sang too - which was not highly enjoyed by my mother - the codeine dosing is horrible. I always really feel these poems about childhood, Shay. I sure felt this one.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-32090110927305167762014-03-12T22:40:50.987-04:002014-03-12T22:40:50.987-04:00hallelujah to the survivor.hallelujah to the survivor.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.com