tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post2851633547114545845..comments2024-03-29T07:11:54.743-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Herd MemoryFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10017777361903133532012-11-28T23:26:11.742-05:002012-11-28T23:26:11.742-05:00... those last three stanzas are gripping! (and y...... those last three stanzas are gripping! (and yes, you put Atlantis in my brain :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72112295199892539122012-11-27T14:59:02.205-05:002012-11-27T14:59:02.205-05:00Love this new mythological tale~ :DLove this new mythological tale~ :DEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8607285167648304752012-11-27T00:20:32.425-05:002012-11-27T00:20:32.425-05:00This is perfect. Stunning. Heartstopping. Wow.This is perfect. Stunning. Heartstopping. Wow.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82128806589649248482012-11-26T21:48:02.149-05:002012-11-26T21:48:02.149-05:00The wedding of desolation and ruin... this clever ...The wedding of desolation and ruin... this clever line distracted me so! I read and read again before giving myself permission to follow the hoof-worn path through the rest of the surreal tale. And I loved that, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80751267458018345992012-11-26T21:05:23.991-05:002012-11-26T21:05:23.991-05:00I am so deeply in love with your vast imagination!...I am so deeply in love with your vast imagination!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14259869809882989642012-11-26T15:56:11.263-05:002012-11-26T15:56:11.263-05:00It is an amazing doll, and your creative poem just...It is an amazing doll, and your creative poem just blows me away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41454788487653079962012-11-26T14:23:40.518-05:002012-11-26T14:23:40.518-05:00black hooves hammered from the spaces behind the s...black hooves hammered from the spaces behind the stars<br /><br />Wonderful images, but this was my favourite.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60182347279447249782012-11-26T10:35:08.995-05:002012-11-26T10:35:08.995-05:00your surreal flights of imagination are of breatht...your surreal flights of imagination are of breathtaking wonder and intensity.Abin Chakrabortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534639363132246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46050201000995828442012-11-26T09:59:47.978-05:002012-11-26T09:59:47.978-05:00yeah, Yahtzee! that's exactly right. :)yeah, Yahtzee! that's exactly right. :)Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11698269875925555302012-11-26T00:27:45.095-05:002012-11-26T00:27:45.095-05:00Oh, you have managed the perfect response..."...Oh, you have managed the perfect response..."moon horses...eating all the clouds after midnight" Awesome stuff!!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-21020818563649854752012-11-25T23:52:45.333-05:002012-11-25T23:52:45.333-05:00"moon horses,
made from pale stones and solar..."moon horses,<br />made from pale stones and solar winds."<br /><br />and the reference to redemption - it's all so fantastical. I can see this on the sci-fi channel. (I'm totally serious) <br /><br />I KNEW you would choose this wild and other-worldly creature!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23017865862202994282012-11-25T23:30:34.595-05:002012-11-25T23:30:34.595-05:00"Farmers wanted to shoot them
for eating all..."Farmers wanted to shoot them<br /> for eating all the clouds after midnight<br /> because they wanted to see the moon."<br /><br />can you get any more brilliant? well, stop it!<br /><br />♥ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43119760350419590662012-11-25T22:41:21.249-05:002012-11-25T22:41:21.249-05:00I knew you would choose this doll, and you blew th...I knew you would choose this doll, and you blew this one away! I love so many lines in it that I could have quoted back the entire poem! Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35177017730842642502012-11-25T21:50:24.290-05:002012-11-25T21:50:24.290-05:00Amazing. You've really captured its spirit.Amazing. You've really captured its spirit.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49209383227417893262012-11-25T21:32:14.809-05:002012-11-25T21:32:14.809-05:00so very lovely, Shay!
I am in thrall to your talen...so very lovely, Shay!<br />I am in thrall to your talent. . . <br /><br />signed, 'Supplicant'Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13810369361334656912012-11-25T20:40:59.068-05:002012-11-25T20:40:59.068-05:00Please, please tell me (even if it's a lie) th...Please, please tell me (even if it's a lie) that you munch 'shrooms every evening, that you dine on peyote in pitabread, that you guzzle Bolthouse Farms Vanilla Chai Tea laced with LSD...<br /><br />That would make me happy, knowing that no mortal in a normal state of mind wrote something like this.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81525521594838731532012-11-25T20:04:09.840-05:002012-11-25T20:04:09.840-05:00... just want you to know how blown away I am righ...... just want you to know how blown away I am right now! ... 'the kin tie pulled them toward the sky like kind redemption' is an unbelievable line .. I am literally grasping for words.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87489313244542203712012-11-25T19:14:08.966-05:002012-11-25T19:14:08.966-05:00Well, it's sheer madness--but an enlightened a...Well, it's sheer madness--but an enlightened and joyful madness, and damn visual and fine storytelling to boot. That's a pretty fair task to stuff that in a cup, roll it out, and end up with Yahtzee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24805885744984446982012-11-25T17:52:01.949-05:002012-11-25T17:52:01.949-05:00Your surrealism approach is a perfect match for th...Your surrealism approach is a perfect match for this. Seriously, so many unique images that this evokes...I really enjoy that they eat the clouds so that they can see the moon...perfect solution!! I also like the detail of hooves hammered from the spaces behind stars. <br /><br />Excellent work, Shay!! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47872408536682236702012-11-25T17:37:03.908-05:002012-11-25T17:37:03.908-05:00As I was reading, I thought the same thing as Kerr...As I was reading, I thought the same thing as Kerry. Why would anyone bother to write another word, after reading your wonderful work of pure genius. Too many wonderful new thoughts to even begin listing them. But especially sensational and totally satisfying, are: the wedding of desolation and ruin, moon horses, the hammered hooves,and the eating of the clouds after midnight........pure genius, kiddo. You are in a league all your own. All of your work is amazing, but this is one of my new favorites.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49124385059312204692012-11-25T16:45:32.322-05:002012-11-25T16:45:32.322-05:00Wow I really liked this. So much fun to see what d...Wow I really liked this. So much fun to see what dolls each person picks.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79147166223366209992012-11-25T16:13:39.764-05:002012-11-25T16:13:39.764-05:00Hooves uppedly and head downedly I approve. Super,...Hooves uppedly and head downedly I approve. Super, super piece. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49660778555247851492012-11-25T14:13:54.177-05:002012-11-25T14:13:54.177-05:00Ha! Terrific. A lot of grander images here but I...Ha! Terrific. A lot of grander images here but I particularly like the mane-n-tail's lined up on shelf. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66112782620962380892012-11-25T12:06:33.296-05:002012-11-25T12:06:33.296-05:00On the hoof or in the sky, the herd is so powerful...On the hoof or in the sky, the herd is so powerful in this poem--your words make me sigh!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29849128784110893072012-11-25T11:21:32.917-05:002012-11-25T11:21:32.917-05:00This is gorgeous Shay--full of all your trademark ...This is gorgeous Shay--full of all your trademark shadows and lights, with myth and modernity married in a language that no one else could begin to duplicate. You know I'm not a quoter but I just can;t hep myself with this one:<br /><br />Farmers wanted to shoot them<br />for eating all the clouds after midnight<br />because they wanted to see the moon.<br /><br /><br />I also was fascinated by this particular doll, but glad I didn't read this first or would never have been able to presume to write to it.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com