tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post3212586479602189301..comments2024-03-28T15:32:26.808-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Incident In Little EgyptFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64649113118889192572023-09-25T12:45:14.806-04:002023-09-25T12:45:14.806-04:00What struck me on this second reading was the rhym...What struck me on this second reading was the rhyme, first of all, and the feeling I should be humming because it felt like a song lyric. Thanks for keeping the memory of the 55 alive, Shay, with this perfect gem of a poem. That first stanza! ~hedgewitchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43161112737316459152023-09-24T18:34:56.702-04:002023-09-24T18:34:56.702-04:00Absolutely love the cats on the center line and no...Absolutely love the cats on the center line and not to let Cerberus drive, LOL! "I am made of cream; you of dust--" that is so good.qbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373768695201177514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63344871631901990342023-09-24T05:05:39.847-04:002023-09-24T05:05:39.847-04:00Tea leaves of dynastic succession read by a trucks...Tea leaves of dynastic succession read by a truckstop sibyl. Breaker breaker broke her.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731074246845880620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79500024331267344592023-09-23T20:46:49.791-04:002023-09-23T20:46:49.791-04:00Gobsmacked at how you do what you do. This is an a...Gobsmacked at how you do what you do. This is an amazement of a poem. The cats on the centre line - oy.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74575201736203816702015-10-07T22:22:17.454-04:002015-10-07T22:22:17.454-04:00I TOLD you not to let Cerberus drive!I TOLD you not to let Cerberus drive!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42767629072760524802015-10-07T20:33:29.421-04:002015-10-07T20:33:29.421-04:00This has a great conversational tone and tight in ...This has a great conversational tone and tight in its brevity...I enjoyed it!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83857698476272535822015-10-07T06:13:54.528-04:002015-10-07T06:13:54.528-04:00This produces awesome images in my head! :)This produces awesome images in my head! :)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-71073137710820678182015-10-06T13:46:49.535-04:002015-10-06T13:46:49.535-04:00Yikes and meow!Yikes and meow!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-67746021412775361252015-10-05T16:33:37.137-04:002015-10-05T16:33:37.137-04:00Oh man, the carnage!Oh man, the carnage!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-32952807823261092382015-10-05T05:30:33.008-04:002015-10-05T05:30:33.008-04:00The difficulty of a 55 is that one has to leap int...The difficulty of a 55 is that one has to leap into it <em> in media res </em>, get right down to core business, and leave the going in and going out for the reader. You accomplish that by wallops, all the way through. Hits like dream and floats like a dragon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25117112865778921242015-10-05T00:09:40.061-04:002015-10-05T00:09:40.061-04:00OMG, why do the rest of us even bother? LOL. I lov...OMG, why do the rest of us even bother? LOL. I loved this, of course.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86124517457357650512015-10-04T23:20:50.886-04:002015-10-04T23:20:50.886-04:00A mythology lesson (had to google). Mortals return...A mythology lesson (had to google). Mortals return to dust - but cream rises to the top -- so who indeed is queen now. A puzzle there my ignorance can't figure out but I absorbed the tone and as always your words make me ponder. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-4173701585084788142015-10-04T19:44:27.155-04:002015-10-04T19:44:27.155-04:00That was weird and delightful. :-)
ZQThat was weird and delightful. :-)<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-35740937964590798092015-10-04T18:33:33.909-04:002015-10-04T18:33:33.909-04:00Love it all,last verse in particular.Love it all,last verse in particular.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9309742856335075792015-10-04T18:30:19.110-04:002015-10-04T18:30:19.110-04:00Ha ha--fun, despite the bashed in head. You shoul...Ha ha--fun, despite the bashed in head. You should be grinning like the cat who swallowed the canary, or is it the cat who got the cream?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-15731192697182644572015-10-04T16:08:19.564-04:002015-10-04T16:08:19.564-04:00love the sing-songyness of this. (yeah, my non-poe...love the sing-songyness of this. (yeah, my non-poetic-technical-knowledge is showing). and i've always liked the word non-plussed. :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-32688891822492215132015-10-04T14:43:42.386-04:002015-10-04T14:43:42.386-04:00Only you could have written that first stanza. Da...Only you could have written that first stanza. Damn.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19499699246257160162015-10-04T14:10:39.780-04:002015-10-04T14:10:39.780-04:00Such a cool poem-Cerberus and the cats--just wonde...Such a cool poem-Cerberus and the cats--just wonderful, creative, fantastical--yet also very human. Thanks.k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81027865495794108832015-10-04T13:58:30.378-04:002015-10-04T13:58:30.378-04:00Ha. This is great. :)
I love the "proud head...Ha. This is great. :)<br /><br />I love the "proud head in the windshield." Priceless. But hey, any girl can be a queen, as long as she likes what she sees in the mirror. Even if she's a grotesque, dead mess. <br /><br />Cerberus driving. Being made of cream. You're so creative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49322104290290145642015-10-04T13:42:23.191-04:002015-10-04T13:42:23.191-04:00How clever you are at playing with words. I loved ...How clever you are at playing with words. I loved it!<br /><br />Pat<br />Critter AlleyPat Wahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138619912065680084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38162252397192851072015-10-04T13:34:01.470-04:002015-10-04T13:34:01.470-04:00Just loved this. Sensuous, soft, endearing - and ...Just loved this. Sensuous, soft, endearing - and then pow!Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57743292133687524722015-10-04T13:09:27.327-04:002015-10-04T13:09:27.327-04:00Love, love,love all of it. IN particular, the fir...Love, love,love all of it. IN particular, the first ants really caught my attention! Thanks for posting. Isadora Gruyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036782300945079952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91335258185838287072015-10-04T12:17:32.488-04:002015-10-04T12:17:32.488-04:00Harsh lesson...Harsh lesson...Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44747548210805261082015-10-04T11:56:31.152-04:002015-10-04T11:56:31.152-04:00It's been years since I've thought or read...It's been years since I've thought or read of Cerberus. Thanks for a throw-back to my mythology phase when I was 11...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25070137235066235222015-10-04T11:30:56.654-04:002015-10-04T11:30:56.654-04:00Each head of the dog still has to kill the cat thr...Each head of the dog still has to kill the cat thrice.. love how you mix the classic with modern here.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com