tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post600020950385364711..comments2024-03-28T09:11:04.513-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): My Happy PlaceFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63082359512452419552012-01-02T17:44:47.959-05:002012-01-02T17:44:47.959-05:00brilliant! a little (?) twisted, but brilliant!
&...brilliant! a little (?) twisted, but brilliant!<br /><br />"happy" new year, Shay!<br /><br />♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-59642884988458426832012-01-02T07:36:55.569-05:002012-01-02T07:36:55.569-05:00I like this!
Happy place- nice concept. New Years ...I like this!<br />Happy place- nice concept. New Years didn't live up to its billing-<br />I do my resolutions and review:<br />prn :as needed...izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379007428464069723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18884282159724973032012-01-01T20:08:57.055-05:002012-01-01T20:08:57.055-05:00Love the creativity in this - New Year's Eve c...Love the creativity in this - New Year's Eve can bring out the shadows in peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33728124627973520942012-01-01T19:51:13.434-05:002012-01-01T19:51:13.434-05:00Happy New Year! I hope it's a great one!Happy New Year! I hope it's a great one!ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-59931874354994188452012-01-01T19:47:47.529-05:002012-01-01T19:47:47.529-05:00Boy, this is one weird poem. And I mean that as a ...Boy, this is one weird poem. And I mean that as a compliment - really like it.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-3958463741689091502012-01-01T15:16:28.827-05:002012-01-01T15:16:28.827-05:00Half the holidays are 'greeting card' holi...Half the holidays are 'greeting card' holidays .. the rest are just another way to boost commercialism <br /><br />★☆ ✿¸.•*¨★*☆*★`*•..¸✿ ☆¯`★<br />★[̲̅̅H̲̅][̲̅̅A̲̅][̲̅̅P̲̅][̲̅̅P̲̅][̲̅̅Y̲̅]★[̲̅̅N̲̅][̲̅̅E̲̅][̲̅̅W̲̅]★[̲̅̅Y̲̅][̲̅̅E̲̅][̲̅̅A̲̅][̲̅̅R̲̅]★<br />*”˜˜”*°•.♥ღϠ₡ღ♥♥ღϠ₡ღ♥♥ღϠ₡ღ*”˜”*<br />┊ ┊<br />┊ ☆┊ ┊<br />☆┊ ┊<br />┊ ☆Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73061503595183822462012-01-01T12:49:49.738-05:002012-01-01T12:49:49.738-05:00OMG. Put the old year to bed after removing its sh...OMG. Put the old year to bed after removing its shoelaces and belt. I read this with a huge grin on my face. You are simply TOO MUCH - yet you always leave us Wanting More. More, please.<br /><br />Kerry's comment sobered me though. So sad.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60123144489794992072012-01-01T11:38:14.841-05:002012-01-01T11:38:14.841-05:00Our Happy Places seem to offer the New Year very s...Our Happy Places seem to offer the New Year very similar welcomes.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79936870328685844972012-01-01T11:33:26.076-05:002012-01-01T11:33:26.076-05:00Do you serve Happy Meals at your Happy Place?Do you serve Happy Meals at your Happy Place?Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49586068857230987762012-01-01T11:24:41.561-05:002012-01-01T11:24:41.561-05:00Agree with Ostensible Truth, your creativity is wh...Agree with Ostensible Truth, your creativity is what should be highlighted in our input as co-conspirators of 'creative writing' promulgators. <br /><br />Agree with the position that too much emphasis and attention is given to any one particular designated day by celebrating it as something profound.Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62456688412464497482012-01-01T11:20:35.185-05:002012-01-01T11:20:35.185-05:00i'm with you fireblossom on the letdown of new...i'm with you fireblossom on the letdown of new years as a holiday. "soft restraints" love it, my dear!Templeton's furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569680717037747033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87687091758240377602012-01-01T10:52:51.850-05:002012-01-01T10:52:51.850-05:00you've brought the New Year alive... gonna che...you've brought the New Year alive... gonna check my quest room right nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61037939249000750152012-01-01T10:50:27.418-05:002012-01-01T10:50:27.418-05:00Happy New Year, Shay. A poignant write, filled wi...Happy New Year, Shay. A poignant write, filled with haunting beauty. I woke before sunrise to wind-tossed Pine trees and tinkling windchimes with a hint of birdsong. Who could ask for more? xoxoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9304616983767868042012-01-01T09:44:42.743-05:002012-01-01T09:44:42.743-05:00We make so much of this day, which is really just ...We make so much of this day, which is really just an ordinary day, not really different from the one that preceded it or follows it and yet we imbue it with unrestrained possibility.<br /><br />Happy new year Shay.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38936570785889318722012-01-01T07:28:38.409-05:002012-01-01T07:28:38.409-05:00love your way of description - the personification...love your way of description - the personification of new year - some really great lines too "It uses its torn bed sheets to communicate by semaphore<br />With various monsters and suicides<br />Out in the deep." - brilliantly creative here! nice!Ostensible Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775793995809226782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-48994328683932412402012-01-01T06:03:11.010-05:002012-01-01T06:03:11.010-05:00Like Claudia I was impressed by the torn sheet met...Like Claudia I was impressed by the torn sheet metaphor, but it was the final stanza that really bowled me over. Overall the poem works extremely well for me.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24462443045870395322012-01-01T04:34:14.377-05:002012-01-01T04:34:14.377-05:00love the imagery.. esp. the communicating with tor...love the imagery.. esp. the communicating with torn bed sheets with the monsters and suicides..probably christmas and new year's eve are the two dates in the year where most of those monsters run free and a lot of people get desperate.. wishing you great and monster-free new year shayClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24807900558956419092012-01-01T03:06:11.417-05:002012-01-01T03:06:11.417-05:00I'm with you on this one. The dark humour hits...I'm with you on this one. The dark humour hits just the right note... but then I learned this morning that one of our matriculant students was struck dead by lightning 2 hours before New Year, so 2012 already seems doomed.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64070560423239412712012-01-01T02:21:39.124-05:002012-01-01T02:21:39.124-05:00I hung out with some of my best friends in my pj&#...I hung out with some of my best friends in my pj's with food and wine...that's my happy place :) As for N.Y.'s...it was a good excuse to get together with friends and eat junk! Again, I learned some new words from you today :)Cathy Feasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302068829418562420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-21540330933061816292012-01-01T01:38:15.415-05:002012-01-01T01:38:15.415-05:00I too hate 4th of July, and as for New Year's ...I too hate 4th of July, and as for New Year's Eve, I would have preferred staying home with a book than going to the party that I went to. No happy place for me, unfortunately.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31714805100939777422011-12-31T23:31:46.602-05:002011-12-31T23:31:46.602-05:00I like how you put the postal vehicle in there. Y...I like how you put the postal vehicle in there. Yeah - I like this holiday this year because it is on the weekend and gets me Monday off.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74363775448385453882011-12-31T23:27:19.878-05:002011-12-31T23:27:19.878-05:00I love these lines, Shay:
"After taking away...I love these lines, Shay:<br /><br />"After taking away its shoe laces and belt.<br />At My Happy Place, we are always at the ready for visitors--<br />We keep soft restraints in a drawer"<br /><br />"It uses its torn bed sheets to communicate by semaphore<br />With various monsters and suicides"<br /><br />~Shawna<br />(rosemarymint.wordpress.com)✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13435175546797939842011-12-31T23:11:08.873-05:002011-12-31T23:11:08.873-05:00I sense a deep spiritual discontent here--a longin...I sense a deep spiritual discontent here--a longing for hope and change, for a gentle breeze to lift itself against your troubled soul and remove the beads of blood, sweat and cleaning product residue...Well, tough luck, lambchop--that boat has sailed(apparently it was a postal motorboat--or a motorboat gone postal.) But nonetheless, you will manage to construct some Frankensteinien Unicorn with those five pens that you can ride the hell out of dodge on. <br /><br />I have faith, because you keep writing stuff like this.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9741092908319085682011-12-31T22:50:02.391-05:002011-12-31T22:50:02.391-05:00What a way to end 2011 ... postal motorboat! My e...What a way to end 2011 ... postal motorboat! My evening is solitary, glass of wine, good book, fire burning, snug and cozy .. just the way I like it! Cheers!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9842944671227733782011-12-31T22:34:41.650-05:002011-12-31T22:34:41.650-05:00: ( sorry you are not fond of new years...eh...i c...: ( sorry you are not fond of new years...eh...i can take it or leave it...it is a fresh page in some ways...in others flies as well as a dead pigeon...love your creativity...andhey at least you have a happy place to retreat to...best wishes shay on yet another day...smiles...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com