tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post5064437083872702039..comments2024-03-28T15:32:26.808-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): DragonflyFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66082928860335347712017-11-18T09:53:58.836-05:002017-11-18T09:53:58.836-05:00Your poems always have the feeling of immediacy. ...Your poems always have the feeling of immediacy. This one is a perfect example. The dragonfly weaves in and out like a dream.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-58655631212347164552017-11-17T14:48:52.110-05:002017-11-17T14:48:52.110-05:00One of your best ever... speaks its words directly...One of your best ever... speaks its words directly into my heart.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-39089089001628384252017-11-17T10:36:45.321-05:002017-11-17T10:36:45.321-05:00You really took this to another level with more at...You really took this to another level with more attributes of the dragonfly woven into this poignant tail. Loved it!Vivian Zemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588008375525403964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-17046577996343093042017-11-16T19:03:57.863-05:002017-11-16T19:03:57.863-05:00in other words, fly me to the moon. love to youin other words, fly me to the moon. love to youAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413074557542736813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76351872631004504712017-11-16T18:48:39.642-05:002017-11-16T18:48:39.642-05:00The emotions in this poem are soo raw.. so incredi...The emotions in this poem are soo raw.. so incredibly powerful! Especially like; "Here is the curse of compound eyes the dragonfly knows--everything is on every side, never distinct, never absolute between blooms and motes."Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29231166655091707842017-11-16T16:46:44.293-05:002017-11-16T16:46:44.293-05:00I really FELT this poem........the sadness, the me...I really FELT this poem........the sadness, the memories of love and dreams, the adjusting to the undreamed of loss........this really hits me in the heart. No one writes of love the way you do.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25863717298329212952017-11-16T15:58:04.378-05:002017-11-16T15:58:04.378-05:00Dreamworld can be a difficult place, a blessing an...Dreamworld can be a difficult place, a blessing and a curse. Of course it would be you to bring a story, to fascinate, engage emotions. Thank you so much for taking part and writing for the prompt!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-4076303470711242302017-11-16T15:21:50.953-05:002017-11-16T15:21:50.953-05:00The land of dreams has its marshes, and unlike the...The land of dreams has its marshes, and unlike the dragonfly, the eyes of the mind can (seem to) see everything at once...looking back, looking forward, seeing close and far--who's to say which picture presented is truest? So many things about this metaphor turn the heart over, I suppose mostly through the beautiful fragility of the watcher, but perhaps also in the way it uncovers the painful difference between ideal and reality.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40087515981844204972017-11-16T15:07:44.496-05:002017-11-16T15:07:44.496-05:00(I always enjoy your labels, too.)(I always enjoy your labels, too.)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-5363023162853008132017-11-16T15:06:35.336-05:002017-11-16T15:06:35.336-05:00So bitter-sweet, and both aspects true. Wonderful ...So bitter-sweet, and both aspects true. Wonderful insights from considering the compound eye. As always, you write so that I feel I am right there with you.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.com