tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post3378702955952644635..comments2024-03-29T03:09:23.361-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): The Hospital For CarniesFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28146743786469097102011-03-01T09:11:52.377-05:002011-03-01T09:11:52.377-05:00This is so outside the box...it's in a differe...This is so outside the box...it's in a different dimension altogether. I loved every witty, poignant, philosophical line. Brilliant work.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24459945441804082692011-02-28T16:32:19.675-05:002011-02-28T16:32:19.675-05:00This is how I love you best Shay.
When you just l...This is how I love you best Shay. <br />When you just let the words rip.<br />I imagine you reciting this on a knife throwers wheel, in a gold costume. Spinning, grinning, the knives are sharp but your words are honed to pointy perfection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60461994344291145592011-02-28T14:38:16.573-05:002011-02-28T14:38:16.573-05:00Stunning, empathetic, perfect.Stunning, empathetic, perfect.Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79094022992643048092011-02-28T14:29:08.342-05:002011-02-28T14:29:08.342-05:00"(so that you can leave uncommonly large shoe..."(so that you can leave uncommonly large shoes to fill)"<br /><br />~snort~Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51875863083882198682011-02-28T04:34:59.034-05:002011-02-28T04:34:59.034-05:00sometimes I just can't
I just cant understand
...sometimes I just can't<br />I just cant understand<br />understand is an understatement<br />where do you find them?<br />them who?<br />the words<br />yes the ones that do your bidding<br /><br />Ok lady you are on - will give you the date and timemoondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69405281416525143122011-02-28T01:53:51.812-05:002011-02-28T01:53:51.812-05:00I LOVE this macabre yet tender take on the photo. ...I LOVE this macabre yet tender take on the photo. To even imagine a hospital for carnies.... truly wondrous. If you resend the poems you originally sent me as a list of hot link titles I can try pasting it into blog directly from g-mail.<br /><br />Are you going to put up a link? xxxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29949135960245699782011-02-27T21:17:08.036-05:002011-02-27T21:17:08.036-05:00Children are brought in to cheer them..... That i...Children are brought in to cheer them..... That is wonderful.<br /><br />Nice, nice job.<br /><br />xo jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70495473720789310062011-02-27T19:35:32.487-05:002011-02-27T19:35:32.487-05:00Clowns, aerelists... hospitals long awaiting the i...Clowns, aerelists... hospitals long awaiting the injuries... hope for new days. Tight write across the wire here.Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655163868990155242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8716609311005222082011-02-27T15:16:36.208-05:002011-02-27T15:16:36.208-05:00My favorite line...His melancholy must be removed ...My favorite line...His melancholy must be removed and make-up applied before the public can be allowed to see him again.<br /><br />That is why my kids are afraid of clowns - they think hiding behind the smiling mask is something sinister. I guess kind of like this wonderful, beautiful mansion. Not all is what it seems.<br /><br />Loved this "crazy" romp.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87424806526999809122011-02-27T13:43:19.557-05:002011-02-27T13:43:19.557-05:00I wonder are they taking patients/ labrats/ volunt...I wonder are they taking patients/ labrats/ volunteers? If they are I'll be packing my bag for a well deserved break. Thanks Shay, for sharing your cerebral pen with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19880195080783478542011-02-27T12:41:53.306-05:002011-02-27T12:41:53.306-05:00i once stayed up all night singing Neil Young and ...i once stayed up all night singing Neil Young and imbibing... well, imbibing... with a carnie couple. one of the most fun nights of my life even though no one was double-jointed.<br /><br />this poem is absolutely brilliant, Shay! i love every line - reading your poetry is like closing my eyes and seeing the wonderful, vivid pictures you are painting with your words.<br /><br />fabulous tune to start my Sunday with.<br /><br />thanks for such a fun ride. <br />dani ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38988959422395996152011-02-27T12:12:36.599-05:002011-02-27T12:12:36.599-05:00Sheer brilliance as far as I'm concerned! And ...Sheer brilliance as far as I'm concerned! And so imaginative and clever as usual. <br /><br />You must have visited the mental health clinic where I get meds. The in-house pharmacy closes for the weekend at 5pm. Every Friday at 4:45pm, it's like the circus has set up a tent in the waiting room. Pedophobic clowns, dead sword-swallowers, always some woman who imagines herself a tight-rope walker and then me, imagining tearing those posters into tiny bits and bottling them for the doctors and pharmacists to take before meals. No, I'm not bitter. ;)Ami Mattisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391930163467566669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86898835709990121512011-02-27T12:04:36.375-05:002011-02-27T12:04:36.375-05:00you can't rely on youth any more..they don'...you can't rely on youth any more..they don't even manage to cheer the clowns up nowadays...ts...ts... fun write shayClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10088061869924077472011-02-27T12:01:51.982-05:002011-02-27T12:01:51.982-05:00I especially love the aerialist who "prefers ...I especially love the aerialist who "prefers faces from a distance, upturned, amazed and munching popcorn". And the beds lined up like file drawers.<br /><br />This is such a whimsical tale, told with love of life's odd creatures. Loved it.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79676509226239399892011-02-27T11:46:13.619-05:002011-02-27T11:46:13.619-05:00... forgot to thank you for Leon Russell ... a fav...... forgot to thank you for Leon Russell ... a favorite of mine. Perfect pairing of poem and song.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79578488374297457802011-02-27T11:44:49.824-05:002011-02-27T11:44:49.824-05:00Mornin'! I've gone back to 'Happy Bun...Mornin'! I've gone back to 'Happy Bunny' ... playing catch up today. <br /><br />You are one of the most fascinating artists I've encountered in blogland or anywhere for that matter!<br /><br />I so enjoy your wit and brilliant mind.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-34288894442836396582011-02-27T11:31:43.585-05:002011-02-27T11:31:43.585-05:00picking your pics again...you're a rebel...HA....picking your pics again...you're a rebel...HA...I read and started wanting something...the view from inside, looking out...<br /><br />double jointed doctors, of course<br /><br />a wonderful flight here<br /><br />Peace, hp<br /><br />I did twoknot eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238403848734436106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-52729258498464757432011-02-27T10:13:47.901-05:002011-02-27T10:13:47.901-05:00i was one of those clowns once...my name was sunsh...i was one of those clowns once...my name was sunshine...i wore yellow pants...i hated those inspirational.posters...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31289523338522610982011-02-27T10:01:23.055-05:002011-02-27T10:01:23.055-05:00We have an old hospital building near downtown St....We have an old hospital building near downtown St. Louis that looks very much like the one on the photo. Long closed, it was rehabbed into condos a few years ago. Your poem makes me wonder what ghosts, what memories wander down those hallways. Great poem.Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27952111429730296512011-02-27T09:54:57.049-05:002011-02-27T09:54:57.049-05:00Read your poem as a poignant commentary on literar...Read your poem as a poignant commentary on literary art. "aerialist"... prompted me to think of Plath amid the many ironies which followed.(curious, have you read Geek Love?)dustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796500077556153584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63138231308695925982011-02-27T09:30:51.726-05:002011-02-27T09:30:51.726-05:00LOL I really wanted to say something witty about t...LOL I really wanted to say something witty about this poem, as it is deserving of something witty, but I barely slept last night and haven't made coffee, so it's all I can do to sit upright and type. <br /><br />It's a delightful poem though. I think it's hilarious that some of the clowns have a fear of children. I hate clowns.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290572009221670011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23603238592196915142011-02-27T09:14:08.544-05:002011-02-27T09:14:08.544-05:00The image definately would befit a hospital for ca...The image definately would befit a hospital for carnies. Most excellent and fun one to read. <br />So full of oddities just like the circuses.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57077603393802526052011-02-27T09:07:00.488-05:002011-02-27T09:07:00.488-05:00What a zoo! er, circus...I seem to have met all th...What a zoo! er, circus...I seem to have met all these unfortunates somewhere in a hallucination. I love it that children are sent in to cheer up the clowns, and some have an irrational fear thereof. And any day that starts with Leon Russell is a good day. Amazingly vivid and real piece, full of detail that hits close to home despite all the fantasy touches.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com