tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post6667006065660127404..comments2024-03-28T21:52:15.546-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): The School Of The AncientsFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62326007355780882032012-03-31T15:34:02.263-04:002012-03-31T15:34:02.263-04:00Jaded or wise..perhaps both. Oh and what maturity ...Jaded or wise..perhaps both. Oh and what maturity comes when we can recognize bullshit from its first scent...great piece!!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57641052844453131772012-03-30T21:36:10.458-04:002012-03-30T21:36:10.458-04:00Speaking of a fabulous line of bullshit . . .
Thi...Speaking of a fabulous line of bullshit . . .<br /><br />This be some classic Shay!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40152990560112837342012-03-29T21:06:35.385-04:002012-03-29T21:06:35.385-04:00Turnip truck! I love this poem, all of it but you ...Turnip truck! I love this poem, all of it but you really had me at those two words. Well done as well!Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-6193043452649792842012-03-29T14:38:55.797-04:002012-03-29T14:38:55.797-04:00Enjoyed this, Shay (as always)... the third stanza...Enjoyed this, Shay (as always)... the third stanza cracked me up.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-28458717055889863062012-03-29T14:31:14.316-04:002012-03-29T14:31:14.316-04:00Gorgeous write, my favorite line:she broke her fal...Gorgeous write, my favorite line:she broke her fall on the turnips from the truck I had lately fallen out of...nice.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433262472050607402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-21867207663603890692012-03-29T14:12:33.642-04:002012-03-29T14:12:33.642-04:00Yes, make me pull out that last hair. Of course, m...Yes, make me pull out that last hair. Of course, my baldness is quite fashionable, but the bill for exotic head rags is getting quite steep.<br /><br />You describe our movement from innocence to wisdom in all it's bitter glory, and yet also make it quite clear that what's fake can only be mourned for so long unless you're fake yourself. Loved it, Shay--especially 'Shibboleth from Shinola." (!)Yeesh!hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42032176099136702102012-03-29T14:11:46.358-04:002012-03-29T14:11:46.358-04:00I loved the path this little poem took, the swoopi...I loved the path this little poem took, the swooping in, the indiscriminate eating, the time flash forward.<br /><br />Wonderful, magical, enviable. I love you(r writing), MoskBuddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61503636251929634672012-03-29T13:11:30.030-04:002012-03-29T13:11:30.030-04:00"I made her pancakes,
The good kind, with spi..."I made her pancakes,<br />The good kind, with spiced plums"<br /><br />Okay, maybe I will wear your jacket after all.<br /><br />rosemarymint.wordpress.com✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31202718290020753352012-03-29T13:10:23.343-04:002012-03-29T13:10:23.343-04:00OMG! I had to google kolaches and now I want to tr...OMG! I had to google kolaches and now I want to try one! I love your banner. I want to steal "black as a Bicycle Ace."Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70914497563043154172012-03-29T12:16:38.641-04:002012-03-29T12:16:38.641-04:00I said "pancakes" for clarity's sake...I said "pancakes" for clarity's sake, but what I had in mind was kolaches.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-74936323133306735072012-03-29T12:13:49.520-04:002012-03-29T12:13:49.520-04:00Love the black magick feeling of this...loved the ...Love the black magick feeling of this...loved the crow , of course......and now I can only think about pancakes! Beautiful, as always, kiddo. I love the flashing way cool Danny's sign you have up top.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87459586161443151052012-03-29T12:09:16.136-04:002012-03-29T12:09:16.136-04:00I love how she ready to try again!
I love owls, so...I love how she ready to try again!<br />I love owls, so happy your included this. It has a black spell magic cast feel...love it~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40254016484272581712012-03-29T11:02:09.585-04:002012-03-29T11:02:09.585-04:00I love how some readers see her as ready for for a...I love how some readers see her as ready for for a new love, which is how I wrote it, but I also knew it could be seen as her having become predatory herself. I think it works either way.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72585610543543057252012-03-29T10:53:08.504-04:002012-03-29T10:53:08.504-04:00I do love the ending with being able to see the bu...I do love the ending with being able to see the bullshit from the bathwater and being ready for fresh love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47457288216867058042012-03-29T10:14:18.844-04:002012-03-29T10:14:18.844-04:00That's the sort of stuff that I called joy,
Wh...That's the sort of stuff that I called joy,<br />When I was younger,<br />Before I knew any better--<br /><br />....just love that. I have to ponder if she really knows joy, though! She seems a bit jaded ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81199663784086135392012-03-29T09:46:23.298-04:002012-03-29T09:46:23.298-04:00'the faker birds' ..
Home of Danny's...'the faker birds' .. <br /><br />Home of Danny's Coffee Shop .. I love it and I think I have found the perfect prototype for Danny's .. I am going to get some pix this weekend!Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-56813375458760406422012-03-29T06:00:03.856-04:002012-03-29T06:00:03.856-04:00Good job on incorporating those words - I'm in...Good job on incorporating those words - I'm in awe.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27088028064605344972012-03-29T03:13:47.411-04:002012-03-29T03:13:47.411-04:00Well, I'm smiling to myself after reading this...Well, I'm smiling to myself after reading this, but I admit to the bitterest kind of envy at the "Black as a Bicycle ace" bird. Sheesh woman!Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-91359943142208766942012-03-29T01:17:09.834-04:002012-03-29T01:17:09.834-04:00"I am ready for you, my fresh love, the way A..."I am ready for you, my fresh love, the way Athena was ready,<br />Setting her owl after the faker birds" a hunting we will go. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10928897300364376102012-03-29T00:38:44.700-04:002012-03-29T00:38:44.700-04:00like a brilliant quilt of memories!
Warm Aloha f...like a brilliant quilt of memories!<br /><br /><br />Warm Aloha from Honolulu<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-2627736473809818142012-03-28T23:44:11.098-04:002012-03-28T23:44:11.098-04:00These are my two favorite lines: "I know bull...These are my two favorite lines: "I know bullshit from bath water,Shibboleth from Shinola."<br /><br />However, the spiced plum pancakes sound intriguing.<br /><br />(Shay, did you like Adrienne Rich's poetry? Her poem, "Autumunal Equinox," was one of my favorites. I was saddened to read of her death today.)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-33853264567833604832012-03-28T23:26:25.119-04:002012-03-28T23:26:25.119-04:00You see, turnips *are* good for you...
...or at l...You see, turnips *are* good for you...<br /><br />...or at least good for something.HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.com