tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post8746120207134484117..comments2024-03-29T03:09:23.361-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): The Ghost of The MidwayFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31605561179814621242015-01-05T00:22:33.555-05:002015-01-05T00:22:33.555-05:00hope you're feeling better, Shay.
you have th...hope you're feeling better, Shay.<br /><br />you have that view into the middle world, between this hardened stone and the aether of past and future, and I'm glad you added your voice using the list as a launching point. happy new year ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-84858232232141714132015-01-03T06:59:58.621-05:002015-01-03T06:59:58.621-05:00she should've known better than to get on a Fe...she should've known better than to get on a Ferris wheel ~ they're evil... the devil's own work, they are! no good never comes from riding a Ferris wheel. and if you're ever foolish enough to go on one yourself, be sure to have your umbrella open for when the kid in the seat above yours pukes.<br /><br />♥<br /><br />my heart's love songshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629303520695044479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-21034469217371995512015-01-02T13:01:42.705-05:002015-01-02T13:01:42.705-05:00This is hauntingly mysterious, love it.This is hauntingly mysterious, love it.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80111065083491292322015-01-01T21:31:26.787-05:002015-01-01T21:31:26.787-05:00I really like this, Shay!I really like this, Shay!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-50468692923646834432015-01-01T13:47:01.381-05:002015-01-01T13:47:01.381-05:00watching it waft away.... go!watching it waft away.... go!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-20785901320621938502015-01-01T10:54:38.127-05:002015-01-01T10:54:38.127-05:00pouf .. gone like last year .. happy new year dear...pouf .. gone like last year .. happy new year dear Ms Shay Caroline! xoDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-32128938919180582222015-01-01T05:49:07.723-05:002015-01-01T05:49:07.723-05:00I am touched and haunted by the details, the way i...I am touched and haunted by the details, the way in which you have wrapped a known experience around such vivid yet mysterious and magical images. You are a word artist extraordinaire.Carol Steel https://www.blogger.com/profile/01331628292567383426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-1062434001704219532014-12-31T21:45:01.559-05:002014-12-31T21:45:01.559-05:00A wonderfully cool poem, Shay--very clever and mys...A wonderfully cool poem, Shay--very clever and mysterious, vivid and haunting--I also like the corn dog wrapper lines especially--but the beginning too with the weighted like a milk bottle, all the carnival attributes and the colloquialisms of the end--very human and original. Thanks. k. (Http://manicddaily.wordpress.com) Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-29412380188605429032014-12-31T19:41:50.466-05:002014-12-31T19:41:50.466-05:00I love this:
"cannot tuck little useless glov...I love this:<br />"cannot tuck little useless gloves<br />in her sash as irony or accent.<br />You could trust her, <br />you could tell her--<br />knock her over <br />with a feather--<br />but she is gray and gone to embers"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-3874054425801467232014-12-31T19:41:43.699-05:002014-12-31T19:41:43.699-05:00I love the scene you did with the faire because it...I love the scene you did with the faire because it painted a picture for me that I haven't seen for so long. I've had loose ends before that never seemed to reattach to anything, and this poem has solidified the idea that I created: take chances if someone else is willing to show they are risky as you are. Nice poem you have written here! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-78164875588793891852014-12-31T14:48:15.116-05:002014-12-31T14:48:15.116-05:00Love this... so impressed.Love this... so impressed.Debi Swimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255928985823418669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-14456901089651244702014-12-31T14:30:48.342-05:002014-12-31T14:30:48.342-05:00Yikes! What fate worse than being a ghost in the ...Yikes! What fate worse than being a ghost in the Midway--all those rides, all tht food, all those flirts--and no way to join in? Sigh. Tragedy, and great story material. Happy New year to you!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-9467941412570046202014-12-31T14:25:56.126-05:002014-12-31T14:25:56.126-05:00the old year... and new... creative piece... Happy...the old year... and new... creative piece... Happy New Year in colorWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-42808822983273288502014-12-31T13:50:25.876-05:002014-12-31T13:50:25.876-05:00As always, Shay, you use the incongruous mix of dr...As always, Shay, you use the incongruous mix of dream, fantasy and detailed reality to push this one over the edge, where it floats like a snowflake and stings like a midwestern blizzard. How hard it is to keep from reaching for the thing that will never be there.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-38485147477177662462014-12-31T13:07:24.640-05:002014-12-31T13:07:24.640-05:00What Sioux said. You do totally slay me.What Sioux said. You do totally slay me.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19376184879489882952014-12-31T12:26:27.376-05:002014-12-31T12:26:27.376-05:00I always think of myself as a kind of midway girl,...I always think of myself as a kind of midway girl, being born on June 15 - halfway through the 6th month of the year, but I believe the actual halfway mark is a bit later. Nevertheless, I like this poem so much as to read some personal significance into it.<br /><br />...might only have been sleeping--<br />dreaming--<br />except that her body, <br />like a corn dog wrapper,<br />blew away <br />while the rest of her stayed....Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-5596810003132957432014-12-31T11:39:11.656-05:002014-12-31T11:39:11.656-05:00beautifully done!beautifully done!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-61743080072051587582014-12-31T11:08:39.646-05:002014-12-31T11:08:39.646-05:00The whole poem is gorgeous (is Shay capable of any...The whole poem is gorgeous (is Shay capable of anything less ;) but the last stanza especially slays me...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66011648622801680832014-12-31T10:58:40.257-05:002014-12-31T10:58:40.257-05:00This is a perfect poem for today... to me the midw...This is a perfect poem for today... to me the midway is what's always lost in a land of black and white.. only contrasts matters, while we need the midway that always save the world in the end.. In Swedish there is a world that tell of moderation that used to be viewed as a good thing but have lost it's meaning to what's flashy. (Lagom is that word)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com