tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6386546559340170869..comments2024-03-18T23:15:50.606-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Armageddon LullabyFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-17274536629240444232020-01-13T14:26:28.119-05:002020-01-13T14:26:28.119-05:00The is just breathtaking in its imagery. I partic...The is just breathtaking in its imagery. I particularly like the second stanza.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-12415753040079362192020-01-09T19:35:36.710-05:002020-01-09T19:35:36.710-05:00What can I say other than repeat what the others h...What can I say other than repeat what the others have already written in their comments? I'm overwhelmed with beauty and sorrow and joy... This river,worn around the neck, is spectacular.Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77097223437286485632020-01-08T20:15:27.818-05:002020-01-08T20:15:27.818-05:00"the black-robed dead, on legion ashen pyres&..."the black-robed dead, on legion ashen pyres"<br /><br />Imagery in this poem is stunning. Rhyming works perfectly.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49882374380883235072020-01-06T00:49:44.287-05:002020-01-06T00:49:44.287-05:00Only you could make such sombre beauty out of a si...Only you could make such sombre beauty out of a situation so dire. The Adagio is the perfect accompaniment. And the images with it also. Yet on its own the poem is already the saddest and most doom-laden thing I ever read ... as well as being utterly beautiful.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9396381256569333842020-01-05T21:36:15.076-05:002020-01-05T21:36:15.076-05:00You've brought the swell of the entire orchest...You've brought the swell of the entire orchestra to this--it shakes me each time I read it.C. Sandlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616902831506982429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-52422926942665030292020-01-05T17:54:43.884-05:002020-01-05T17:54:43.884-05:00I wish to tell you that I like your poem. Poets gi...I wish to tell you that I like your poem. Poets give me hope. What we are doing to the birds and all living creatures is the saddest thing for it isn't their faultYvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51962963416631095822020-01-05T12:55:13.115-05:002020-01-05T12:55:13.115-05:00❤️❤️R's Ruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711563217099699047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-54952933991123131032020-01-05T09:49:27.438-05:002020-01-05T09:49:27.438-05:00Given our current president, is the title supposed...Given our current president, is the title supposed to soothe us... or reignite the panic? ;)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22073439093295313852020-01-05T09:03:00.010-05:002020-01-05T09:03:00.010-05:00End times, I can't stand it
All the water flow...End times, I can't stand it<br />All the water flowing through our words and hearts<br />Scorched earth, no flightMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-48248142397563535742020-01-05T00:12:23.308-05:002020-01-05T00:12:23.308-05:00As a bird watcher & lover the poem spoke to my...As a bird watcher & lover the poem spoke to my soul. Each word became an ache, a burnt feather & the music the bird's soul. So, so beautiful.Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-60453670004702195352020-01-04T18:58:09.371-05:002020-01-04T18:58:09.371-05:00Perfection. I wrote about skybirds too, earlier to...Perfection. I wrote about skybirds too, earlier today. But am going to work a lot more on it before I post it. Especially after reading this. Every line is so perfect, no use picking out the best bits. They are ALL the best bits. Wow. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-55165905061203489872020-01-04T18:29:18.434-05:002020-01-04T18:29:18.434-05:00“Other terms which refer to anthracite are black c...“Other terms which refer to anthracite are black coal, hard coal, stone coal, dark coal, coffee coal, blind coal, Kilkenny coal, crow coal or craw coal, and black diamond.”<br /><br />Very cool.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91108144568989705742020-01-04T18:27:41.479-05:002020-01-04T18:27:41.479-05:00“Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with...“Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with a short, blue, and smokeless flame.”<br /><br />Isn’t that beautiful?✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-92204447604846257982020-01-04T18:25:42.772-05:002020-01-04T18:25:42.772-05:00That last stanza ~ good golly, girl. And only you ...That last stanza ~ good golly, girl. And only you could think up a river as a necklace. Love.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-84233302457393921812020-01-04T16:58:15.812-05:002020-01-04T16:58:15.812-05:00Second stanza could serve both as manifesto and el...Second stanza could serve both as manifesto and elegy for the age. Thanks for brining it. Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983584155125369291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-34080424711355174362020-01-04T16:52:21.910-05:002020-01-04T16:52:21.910-05:00Goodness, the perfect title. It feels like it is M...Goodness, the perfect title. It feels like it is Mother Earth speaking. I wish there wasn't so much reality in this. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89796543919409826462020-01-04T16:21:25.572-05:002020-01-04T16:21:25.572-05:00I read it to the music, and felt the cadence of fu...I read it to the music, and felt the cadence of funeral processions in the opening notes. Wow. How the song turns the birds and then turns them into coal blew my mind. O, earth, let this not be (y)our last sleep!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-1459062445929475392020-01-04T15:29:17.590-05:002020-01-04T15:29:17.590-05:00First, the title. Really like it. Then the success...First, the title. Really like it. Then the succession of images, just seemingly casually flung together, (like gorgeous babes say about their perfect ensembles) but impossible not to admire. Your affinity for birds is always resonant for me; it's a spirit thing that haunts the mood when you use them, and never more effectively than here, where they change and change again in an impossible, deadly habitat. Flood and fire will change us all, but its the loss of little living beings of beauty that will make us cry. hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-59558708259985198852020-01-04T15:19:10.990-05:002020-01-04T15:19:10.990-05:00Gosh Shay
This is wonderful and what a fantastic t...Gosh Shay<br />This is wonderful and what a fantastic take on the prompt.<br /><br />And loved Adagio as well.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745791493015952144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-8244449026052454722020-01-04T15:05:17.044-05:002020-01-04T15:05:17.044-05:00Oh this is amazing and so fitting for all going on...Oh this is amazing and so fitting for all going on in the world. I love the amazing rhyme. I do love it when you rhyme! Although your free verse it to die for! No one can blow me away with a poem quite like you Shay, be it of love or be it of sadness to the core!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.com