tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post3998819239874853840..comments2024-03-28T09:11:04.513-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Cliff & ClarityFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86572047285440866492016-01-28T23:21:29.481-05:002016-01-28T23:21:29.481-05:00empty but not empty. damn. ~empty but not empty. damn. ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-55199907504497690412016-01-28T12:24:12.925-05:002016-01-28T12:24:12.925-05:00"At the bottom of the cliff, the No Longer Co..."At the bottom of the cliff, the No Longer Confused in their matchless silence." Wow!<br /><br />Pat<br />Critter AlleyPat Wahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138619912065680084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73450108269441991622016-01-27T19:03:56.519-05:002016-01-27T19:03:56.519-05:00Wow! Sharp, Shay.Wow! Sharp, Shay.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-83738769806526880462016-01-27T13:49:26.006-05:002016-01-27T13:49:26.006-05:00"Like" 😉"Like" 😉Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46441446890182064032016-01-27T12:49:47.666-05:002016-01-27T12:49:47.666-05:00Some lessons (the ones that really matter) are the...Some lessons (the ones that really matter) are the ones learned the hard way. la la moskBuddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-41108969358840119962016-01-27T12:04:35.929-05:002016-01-27T12:04:35.929-05:00Oh my, what we've learned stuck in a void wher...Oh my, what we've learned stuck in a void where we can't share it with those behind us is a powerful image. I feel people have gone mad feeding on only what they want to hear. Scary times along the cliff.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-827248164973403452016-01-27T05:37:30.548-05:002016-01-27T05:37:30.548-05:00Wow. And so yes, no sharing wisdom with other to a...Wow. And so yes, no sharing wisdom with other to alleviate anyone else's torment. This is just right on, Shay. I love it.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8584575288573881622016-01-27T00:40:08.393-05:002016-01-27T00:40:08.393-05:00So clever--a perfect tone of analysis and the cont...So clever--a perfect tone of analysis and the content too--well done. Thanks, Shay. K. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51017758452251071192016-01-26T22:46:10.467-05:002016-01-26T22:46:10.467-05:00Shay--That last stanza--my favorite. (And Dr. John...Shay--That last stanza--my favorite. (And Dr. John--the perfect song to complement your poem.)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64137537196742325932016-01-26T20:32:02.756-05:002016-01-26T20:32:02.756-05:00Wow, the no longer confused. I imagine clarity arr...Wow, the no longer confused. I imagine clarity arrived midflight. Terrific write, my friend.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7580980935202387312016-01-26T15:55:54.651-05:002016-01-26T15:55:54.651-05:00I think you've got it! I immediately remembere...I think you've got it! I immediately remembered having read somewhere that the few jumpers over cliffs who don;t succeed in killing themselves report that once they are mid-jump they feel a sudden wish to change their minds ... which, for most, is too late.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18842210634579574892016-01-26T14:54:18.020-05:002016-01-26T14:54:18.020-05:00I think in the hard school of life the discipline ...I think in the hard school of life the discipline is harsh... and life always have the same end I think... great thoughts here.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-891008579043600792016-01-26T14:19:41.509-05:002016-01-26T14:19:41.509-05:00Death I know, but I hearing suicide here, Shay, ar...Death I know, but I hearing suicide here, Shay, aren't I?<br />Most of us see it, some up close. I saw lots of meditation and no shoving so I shouldn't be murder. <br />Authority seldom halts it, counseling might.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-7572257143853207922016-01-26T13:41:47.991-05:002016-01-26T13:41:47.991-05:00wow. what can i say, but amazing? again.wow. what can i say, but amazing? again.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31344327750946892842016-01-26T13:38:40.983-05:002016-01-26T13:38:40.983-05:00I just watched Dazed and Confused a couple of days...I just watched <i>Dazed and Confused</i> a couple of days ago (that song is on the soundtrack, which I presume you were thinking of when you wrote this).<br /><br />Your poem is brilliant and perfect and impressive, which I'm sure you get bored of hearing. But it's true. Even better than it being so well written and pleasurable to read, is the fact that it could apply to so many different situations and circumstances, depending on where the reader is coming from.<br /><br />This is insanely clever:<br />"Here comes gravity the motivator,<br />solid ground the schoolmarm,<br />and permanence the principal"<br /><br />I also really like the way you set the tone in the first stanza (somewhat playful, but still, very serious) ... and also this:<br />"Each entrant fills it (briefly)<br />with flight, adrenaline, instant regret, or transport."<br /><br />Fantastic work. Consider me warned. <br /><br />But sometimes I wonder which is more a "plunge off the cliff" ... jumping, or not jumping. What is truly brave, and what is truly stupid?✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22254880625327116682016-01-26T11:42:19.585-05:002016-01-26T11:42:19.585-05:00Well, Shay... I'm quite dumbfounded by your br...Well, Shay... I'm quite dumbfounded by your brilliance today. <br /><br />I will simply say: Huzzah!!! for the pleasure of your poetry.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57791429665023375662016-01-26T10:52:31.850-05:002016-01-26T10:52:31.850-05:00This is freaking amazing.This is freaking amazing.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-88593128830791323182016-01-26T10:00:23.179-05:002016-01-26T10:00:23.179-05:00It is but a brief flash, isn't it...It is but a brief flash, isn't it...Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18035328994114183972016-01-26T09:48:18.713-05:002016-01-26T09:48:18.713-05:00I really like the way this speaks directly and wit...I really like the way this speaks directly and with great authority to so many human questions, which I hesitate to label 'existential' but which are part of the fabric of our existence, and of who we are--in both a smaller and larger sense. The first two stanzas are just brilliant in setting up your premise, and the rest of the poem manages to equal or exceed them, providing the inner murk with a bit of rather celestial light. (And I love the Dr John.) Great stuff, Shay.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com