tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6578052545350432180..comments2024-03-28T15:32:26.808-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): The Amateur NunFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-37145891432626012272012-02-04T21:20:48.553-05:002012-02-04T21:20:48.553-05:00Wow! What a wonderful poem of choices.Wow! What a wonderful poem of choices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74902764520630869232012-02-04T17:08:42.591-05:002012-02-04T17:08:42.591-05:00great take on the promptgreat take on the promptAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86567912433954576642012-02-04T10:19:17.831-05:002012-02-04T10:19:17.831-05:00I enjoyed the personal write...I think you are a f...I enjoyed the personal write...I think you are a fearless writer to share your journey.<br /><br />I read this though more of a confession, and a decision to take another journey ~<br /><br />Amazing prompt..thanks for hosting ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33315323749612333152012-02-04T09:45:41.256-05:002012-02-04T09:45:41.256-05:00For one glorious transforming day,
Then went back ...For one glorious transforming day,<br />Then went back home<br />And did the laundry.<br /><br />I was an amateur nun,<br />And I kept my calling til my calling was done;<br /><br /><br />Many people are selfish when they give in to temptation. I'm glad the amateur nun returned, kept her "vows" until the job was done. This was a beautiful, personal write and I enjoyed it immensely.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-23324511034362578272012-02-04T00:47:14.451-05:002012-02-04T00:47:14.451-05:00see, that TITLE filled my poor head with SO much r...see, that TITLE filled my poor head with SO much richness . . still savoring it.....<br />poem?! but Mom I'm FULL!<br />poor silly me!<br /><br />Warm Aloha from Hawaii<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> > < } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11978204209135148422012-02-04T00:44:05.509-05:002012-02-04T00:44:05.509-05:00This is a similar story to mine...in a sense. I&#...This is a similar story to mine...in a sense. I'm glad you found your more comfortable self...leaving my marriage did that for me.<br />Gayle ~Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-22610740286038024402012-02-03T18:47:08.693-05:002012-02-03T18:47:08.693-05:00This is awesome...nothing like a freedom song. You...This is awesome...nothing like a freedom song. You hit the prompt on the head and took it hostage! I want to write for this prompt...today just wasn't a good day for it.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27117348334393021342012-02-03T17:33:14.052-05:002012-02-03T17:33:14.052-05:00whew...way to bring the holy heat shay...love that...whew...way to bring the holy heat shay...love that first stanza where you break in with irish woman and then wrap back to it in the end...great piece..Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33452887967923995502012-02-03T16:27:47.272-05:002012-02-03T16:27:47.272-05:00WOW. This one is such a powerful read. It's a ...WOW. This one is such a powerful read. It's a bill of rights in poetry:~)<br /><br />What's this about Fireblossom Friday? I'll check it out.<br /><br />Ya'll have a good weekend, now:~)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-3195229027664483212012-02-03T14:14:54.642-05:002012-02-03T14:14:54.642-05:00I am so glad you gave up trying to be something th...I am so glad you gave up trying to be something that you clearly couldn't be and became who you were meant to become. <br />What a lovely read. Thanks for such a great prompt. :)Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139175719967937843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-59396005432960426182012-02-03T14:13:18.998-05:002012-02-03T14:13:18.998-05:00Such a wonderful read...so many kinds of bonds to ...Such a wonderful read...so many kinds of bonds to break and be free of. Love this!Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33382769794426369692012-02-03T14:05:12.523-05:002012-02-03T14:05:12.523-05:00You are an inspiration to every women who seeks to...You are an inspiration to every women who seeks to break the bonds that keep her tied to any kind of unfulfilling servitude or relationship going nowhere.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51400922152182296712012-02-03T14:05:05.779-05:002012-02-03T14:05:05.779-05:00Love the metaphor running through this... to be st...Love the metaphor running through this... to be stuck in a marriage and then discover who you really are... enjoyed this!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77617627612666508262012-02-03T13:54:21.488-05:002012-02-03T13:54:21.488-05:00I had to come back and read it again. I so relate ...I had to come back and read it again. I so relate to "an earnest well-meaning trickle for thirteen years". Been there! LOVE the unbinding of the hair (and the fetters!)Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64288761430539542652012-02-03T13:44:44.386-05:002012-02-03T13:44:44.386-05:00This was beautiful to read but I am confused yet a...This was beautiful to read but I am confused yet again...Hannah Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241656929267868673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-11150871683129428042012-02-03T13:21:43.770-05:002012-02-03T13:21:43.770-05:00Shay, this is fabulous. I used to know so many wom...Shay, this is fabulous. I used to know so many women who did that nun/wife thing, really.<br />And I know about big-time temptation, more recently than I care to admit. So I'm going to write about small-time temptation. Funny thing is, the "small-time" one is more apt to be the death of me. Weird, that.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-30659572897606311772012-02-03T13:04:04.534-05:002012-02-03T13:04:04.534-05:00happy to read it.happy to read it.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-85341859212083146062012-02-03T12:48:12.444-05:002012-02-03T12:48:12.444-05:00Wow! I read this one eagerly, wondering where it w...Wow! I read this one eagerly, wondering where it was going to go. Wasn't disappointed.<br /><br />You do know that those "Just Say No" programs don't really work, don't you? Big waste of money and time...Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-64701838073868577992012-02-03T12:44:40.731-05:002012-02-03T12:44:40.731-05:00Yes, perfection was the word on my lips too. Wow. ...Yes, perfection was the word on my lips too. Wow. Being an Irish woman not unfamiliar with magick, and one who also had to liberate myself, as do we all, this poem speaks to me so beautifully. I LOVE your final two lines which simply could not be any more perfect.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14642298055127265262012-02-03T12:41:53.473-05:002012-02-03T12:41:53.473-05:00Lord Shay--you know how to ace a prompt. This is a...Lord Shay--you know how to ace a prompt. This is a lovely poem by word mood and feel, but also a narrative that can't be put down, a prayer book impossible not to read, even for an atheist like me. Last two stanzas wind up the spell to perfection.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25947473292576265612012-02-03T11:15:06.816-05:002012-02-03T11:15:06.816-05:00I could read this over and over, Shay.I could read this over and over, Shay.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.com