tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post351052989903269382..comments2024-03-28T09:11:04.513-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Mystic Krystal's RevelationsFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-85065215118755302112013-01-30T02:23:10.708-05:002013-01-30T02:23:10.708-05:00"Fat Angie is as pretty as a pony in a daisy ..."Fat Angie is as pretty as a pony in a daisy field when she smiles"<br /><br />LOVE that image of a pony!<br /><br />tut-tut! stealing titles now? how do you think you can get away with that kind of behavior?<br /><br />{of course, it's completely different when i steal your images and music videos and characters and... well, it's okay when I do it cuz you're such a better poet than me. you don't need to steal. you need to go back to work.}<br /><br />♥♥♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18565309917992007952013-01-26T19:30:53.109-05:002013-01-26T19:30:53.109-05:00I love seeing accidental connections in poetry. Li...I love seeing accidental connections in poetry. Like, the day before you posted this, I wrote about eating cupcakes. And there is a cupcake-eater in this poem. Then in this poem, I see catnip. Well, in your poem today, there's catnip. It's just fun for my brain to connect all the invisible dots and make meaning of the pretend picture. Like maybe the universe was saying I'm Fat Angie and I needed work out today. And maybe it's also saying that after seeing her seer and getting some comforting information about the fact that her lover truly loves her, Fat Angie will work out like crazy, get fit/healthy/happy, and turn into catnip girl in your new poem. Life is full of connections that don't really exist until our brains tell us they exist and we then respond.<br /><br />This is my favorite section:<br /><br />"The birds are just a parlor trick,"<br />says Mystic Krystal as she turns over cards in neat rows.<br />"They're just a distraction,<br />dark<br />and disturbing, but<br />definitely bogus.<br /><br />"Your girlfriend is sick. " (you have an extra space here)<br />It's a statement, not one of those phony baloney shots in the dark<br />that fake seers use to try to get a clue.<br />Fat Angie allows as to how this is, sadly, true<br /><br />Blackbirds and bad omens only exist when we believe in them. How many relationships do we destroy because we create bad energy in our heads based on inaccurate information and off-center perspectives?<br /><br />Thank goodness for seers and friends who set us straight about what's really going on before we sabotage everything good in our lives. I'm so pleased Angie ends up happy and content. Sometimes all we need from the world is reassurance that we are loved and that we matter enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-71501714948147096222013-01-26T16:31:59.835-05:002013-01-26T16:31:59.835-05:00I know this girl. Another great story, Shay! But I...I know this girl. Another great story, Shay! But I've got an earworm of Aquarius now (mystic krystal revelations and the mind's true liberation....)Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22474717925776924892013-01-26T10:47:08.192-05:002013-01-26T10:47:08.192-05:00Every line this feels so authentically THERE. Thi...Every line this feels so authentically THERE. This is incredible.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83564931057383609122013-01-25T22:08:22.508-05:002013-01-25T22:08:22.508-05:00I've ridden with Fat Angie, she appropriately ...I've ridden with Fat Angie, she appropriately rides a Fat Boy!<br />(She can drink you under the table)<br /><br />This was like Tom Waits meets Elmore Leonard...Brilliant.<br /><br />Thanks Shay for stopping by...GG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81295990342144205192013-01-25T18:57:39.362-05:002013-01-25T18:57:39.362-05:00I bet you do this in your sleep. I bet you could w...I bet you do this in your sleep. I bet you could write novels based on your imagination alone...cool, Shay! I like the blackbirds! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62583577387437905142013-01-25T12:27:02.480-05:002013-01-25T12:27:02.480-05:00I love it. I love the chain reaction which caused ...I love it. I love the chain reaction which caused you to write it, and I love the story, especially the last four lines.<br />I smiled at "call it catnip" but I had already laughed at "shove some salesman overboard"!<br />And I know Fat Angie's psyche very well. I'm fat due to prednisone (a steroid, but the doctors gave it to me without warning). However, slim or fat, I've always been prone to "fits of emotional eating".<br />You are a genius, Shay.<br />K<br />Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72782224954444011842013-01-25T09:51:46.137-05:002013-01-25T09:51:46.137-05:00The great thing about your writing? We feel as th...The great thing about your writing? We feel as though we really know the characters ... all of them. Or at least, we want to. <br /><br />the catnip remark made me laugh out loud too ........Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-45379653542305798072013-01-24T22:29:12.656-05:002013-01-24T22:29:12.656-05:00After reading Life Of Pi, the very last place in t...After reading Life Of Pi, the very last place in this world I'd like to find myself is adrift in a life raft. Yikes!<br /><br />"Gimme fifteen and we'll call it catnip."<br /><br />I don't know why, but this phrase brought a smile to my face :-)HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51260588568077973802013-01-24T18:35:29.544-05:002013-01-24T18:35:29.544-05:00I enjoyed this so much - especially the "pret...I enjoyed this so much - especially the "pretty as a pony in a daisy field" smile at the phone message.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-92194769852771762312013-01-24T15:01:35.146-05:002013-01-24T15:01:35.146-05:00like a blueberry in a pancake...
gems on a goo st...like a blueberry in a pancake...<br /><br />gems on a goo strong narrative thread that resolves well satisfactorily.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Aloha to YOU<br />from Honolulu, <br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> ~ > < } } ( ° ><br /><br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88256329518216110872013-01-24T11:26:09.727-05:002013-01-24T11:26:09.727-05:00haven't we all been exactly there. life is dre...haven't we all been exactly there. life is dreadful and woeful and no where to turn - and it turns on a dime with one kind contact from someone you care about.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47797139581749210932013-01-24T10:43:43.413-05:002013-01-24T10:43:43.413-05:00Well, you may have *borrowed* the title phrase, wh...Well, you may have *borrowed* the title phrase, which I in turn stole from Hair, but you created yet another complete original with it. I am so taken with this piece that I will even mindlessly quote some of it back to you-'living in Eau Claire like a big blueberry inside a pancake..' that gives us such a perfect picture of your protagonist--she is succulent, and sweet, and the thing that makes the pancake delectable instead of blah. I also like the motif of the blackbirds, which is kind of a mystic Krystal revelation, as every morning when I wake up and blearily wait for the coffee to take effect. I see them doing all that f-stuff in my very own silver maple. This is just wonderfully rich, and better than any donut for soothing the pangs of a difficult life with what matters.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81544690845844004642013-01-24T10:39:35.074-05:002013-01-24T10:39:35.074-05:00i think i like Mystic Krystals almost as much as D...i think i like Mystic Krystals almost as much as Danny'sDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.com