tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post8643528778878725723..comments2024-03-29T07:11:54.743-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Dumb BeastsFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26959129352244023102015-04-26T12:59:58.079-04:002015-04-26T12:59:58.079-04:00oh! this is too sad! too vivid! too close to reali...oh! this is too sad! too vivid! too close to reality!<br /><br />♥my heart's love songshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629303520695044479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-58647086725245939942015-04-15T16:22:47.476-04:002015-04-15T16:22:47.476-04:00Whoa Nelly...this one packs a punch. The descripti...Whoa Nelly...this one packs a punch. The description is so vivid! I love how you create images in my mind with your words and then take them someplace entirely different, while offering up a knock-out message.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-26410907193954413422015-04-11T14:30:16.207-04:002015-04-11T14:30:16.207-04:00The last stanza hits hard. Incredible writing!
G...The last stanza hits hard. Incredible writing! <br /><br />God bless the dumb beasts, indeed.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29766609395932691072015-04-11T04:55:10.490-04:002015-04-11T04:55:10.490-04:00Puts me in mind if the movie, War Horse. Devastati...Puts me in mind if the movie, War Horse. Devastating whether reality or metaphor ... or both.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76669252771498092182015-04-11T02:46:50.749-04:002015-04-11T02:46:50.749-04:00'we've always done it this way'.
damn...'we've always done it this way'.<br /><br />damn. ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-76560841292176802272015-04-11T00:44:40.595-04:002015-04-11T00:44:40.595-04:00This spirited poem haunts, as it should~This spirited poem haunts, as it should~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-89175666092187131062015-04-10T23:51:46.705-04:002015-04-10T23:51:46.705-04:00Yes, I'm" with Mama Zen, this piece made ...Yes, I'm" with Mama Zen, this piece made me cry. So here I am, standing in front of the house I grew up in--<br />I left bloody wads of myself caught on the twists of love and hate" Your words brought me back to the last time I stood on the land I grew up in. It was one of the most devastatingly emotional times I have ever had. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-85985989890416490322015-04-10T19:47:58.009-04:002015-04-10T19:47:58.009-04:00Powerful powerful poem leading to "the worst ...Powerful powerful poem leading to "the worst of it." Powerfully. Have I said that? Mud, blood: <br />"So here I am, standing in front of the house I grew up in--<br />I left bloody wads of myself caught on the twists of love and hate,<br />hope and despair that existed here,<br />but that is not the worst of it, either."<br /><br />I've long loved the song. Thank you for putting them together.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29978273201131227882015-04-10T19:40:29.992-04:002015-04-10T19:40:29.992-04:00AMEN! Bless the beasts!
ALOHA from Honolulu,
Co...AMEN! Bless the beasts!<br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu,<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> =^..^=<br /><br /><br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57025580546627726122015-04-10T14:58:55.820-04:002015-04-10T14:58:55.820-04:00I got chills with that last stanza. That's it...I got chills with that last stanza. That's it, isn't it? The fear that we perpetuate our own suffered pain and dysfunction onto our children. Dang, Shay.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18472223708016518832015-04-10T13:08:41.023-04:002015-04-10T13:08:41.023-04:00The stupidity of the past that we thoughtlessly pa...The stupidity of the past that we thoughtlessly pass on to our children and then weep when we fill understand what it is we have done. This feels like a prayer for understanding from our young ones that they may be wiser than we are.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14894867786415253762015-04-10T12:45:11.922-04:002015-04-10T12:45:11.922-04:00Yes, this is a fearless poem, about the horse and ...Yes, this is a fearless poem, about the horse and about oneself. I can see the horse struggling in the wire. "Horses, like men, find themselves where they find themselves." Yes. And the closing lines about what we pass on to our children, in our pain - that hits home. But we also passed on the spirit of surviving and, eventually, rising above. A wonderful poem to read this morning. Everyone is just SMOKIN' this month. Wow.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40472329036651072092015-04-10T12:40:55.684-04:002015-04-10T12:40:55.684-04:00Shay--This made the tears well up. Thanks for the ...Shay--This made the tears well up. Thanks for the heartbreak this morning.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42252250154405236252015-04-10T11:30:16.880-04:002015-04-10T11:30:16.880-04:00Ah Shay--you never take the easy way out. This sco...Ah Shay--you never take the easy way out. This scours the heart and soul with our heritage, and instead of addressing only your own blood, you address humanity's, harming the innocent, scalding and flowing too freely for nothing, then bring it all back to where it begins--how much we can make our own the burdens of what others put on our backs. A very fated, bardic and immortal sort of feel to this that wrings out the heart.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-63478407591296426602015-04-10T11:12:22.275-04:002015-04-10T11:12:22.275-04:00I am unable to read anything with graphic descript...I am unable to read anything with graphic descriptions of animals in distress, but I commend you on your fearless approach to the subject.<br />I have always felt the term 'dumb animals' to be an oxymoron in any sense of the words, so your title heightens the pathos.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13543481614753077652015-04-10T10:18:27.575-04:002015-04-10T10:18:27.575-04:00This made me cry. Damn.This made me cry. Damn.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-24023771440539359022015-04-10T09:52:02.400-04:002015-04-10T09:52:02.400-04:00Such a beautifully energetic poem...!!
Love the fl...Such a beautifully energetic poem...!!<br />Love the flow of the lines :D<br />Agreed with Gillena...it is truly supreme! :D<br />xoxoSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-34824556482801792812015-04-10T09:26:46.636-04:002015-04-10T09:26:46.636-04:00there is a freedom, energy and spirit coursing thr...there is a freedom, energy and spirit coursing through this poem which gives it its magnificence<br /><br />have a creative month<br /><br />much love...<br /><br />Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com