Doris to register nine
Friends | Posted by Jannie on 19 November 2008 @ 10:05 PM 39 Comments
What if I told you there was a world where “leaves the color of toffee lipstick settle on the surface of small bodies of water like recaptured kisses,
where you wrap the morning around you like a robe of silken mist,
where poems wash up in drifts on the furniture,
where depressed demons drown their sorrows in chocolate cake at Denny’s,
robots fall in love with curling irons,
and even the Marlboro Man eventually trades in his old black skillet for a dream kitchen and a yard in the ‘burbs?”
Wouldn’t you want to get lost in that world?
And often?
I do! And I more than highly recommend it.
Update: those lines above within the quotes are all from Shay’s poems, just so y’all don’t get to thinking I’m suddenly brilliant. 
Even “Doris to register nine,” is hers, which I think is a freaking wonderful line, maybe even a title for a song.
On 20 November 2008 at 1:39 am Shay said,
I am grinning from ear to ear here, Jannie. THANK YOU for the endorsememnt from the Texas Bra-Flinging And Musical Toy Company!
I laughed that of all the lines in all of my poems, you should choose “Doris To Register Nine” for the title of this piece. And to mention the Robot In Love as well! Whiirrr, beeeeeep!
Mwah. You’re an ace, woman!
Shay’s last blog post..My Window
On 20 November 2008 at 1:42 am SnaggleTooth said,
Intriguing plug. The first line with the photo to match the description is great. Ya, n prob will check it out!
On 20 November 2008 at 8:02 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Incredible poem, Jannie; real nice wordsmithing. You are beginning to hit your stride and now you go, girl. Sounds like there is “more to the story” RE the title and Shay’s comment, and yet to have a title that rings like a non-sequitor is cool too./leaves the color of toffee lipstick settle on the surface of small bodies
or water like recaptured kisses/….wow, great simile and depth. Toffee lipstick certainly does sound kissable. to/wrap the morning around you like a robe of silken mist/ brings tears to my eyes as it resonates and vibrates; terrific alliteration in /depressed demons drown their sorrows/; and to have /robots fall in love with curling irons/ is both kinky and wild and semi-Philip K. Dick; one of your tag words is “fireblossom” which would have been a servicable title as well, unless of course it was already used by Shay over on that site. Keep the imagery coming, lady, for you are prying open a can of words that will never close, never heal, never be satiated.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Doris To Register Nine
On 20 November 2008 at 9:30 am Shay said,
Uh, Glenn…lol, I’m really pleased you like the lines, since I wrote them. Ha!
–Shay/Fireblossom
Shay’s last blog post..Thieving Varmint
On 20 November 2008 at 10:40 am Carla said,
I love those lines…especially the recaptured kisses. What a delightful image.
Carla’s last blog post..Halbtraum
On 20 November 2008 at 11:02 am Talon said,
Thanks for the link, Jannie. I will definitely be visiting Shay’s world. All the lines strike a chord and whet my poetic appetite.
Talon
On 20 November 2008 at 12:12 pm TheWeyrd1 said,
Dang…and here I was ready to start quoting YOU…heh. Nice combining though!
TheWeyrd1’s last blog post..Sunday Surf – What Veggie Are You?
On 20 November 2008 at 12:18 pm Jannie said,
Shay: But of course my little fireblossom. Oh, and I find I do need to take a break from 1,000,000 poems after about 47 in a row. Then sleep. Then read again. Without the break I cannot appreciate each one as I should. Even good poems in moderation, eh?
Snag: Being a fine writer yourself, you will no doubt appreciate hers and she yours.
Glenn: But I will disappoint you on days I tell about my laundry stain woes and comparison shopping on shoes. Then you will realize I too am mortal and will leave me for more promising shores. And I won’t blame you. I might have called this “Like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud’s.” But I didn’t.
Shay: Yeah, I just put that update in there even tho I already had the quote marks, due to those couple of comments where poeple thought I had actually written those gems, heh, heh. I hope you get lots of new readers for your wonderful stuff.
Carla: Yes recaptured kisses. Still a bit enigmatic to me in how it could be interpreted but a very original train of thought indeed.
Talon: Takes a good poet to know one, or at least a poet’s heart, eh?
Weyrd1: She is a true poet whereas I play around at it sometimes.
On 20 November 2008 at 1:29 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
Shay: My apologies, Ms. Jannie pulled a fast one. Yes, it is wonderful, and I hope you don’t mind if I reposted it over at my blog. I will put the proper author on it, mentioning I bumped into it over here. I bend my knee, sir, and swirl my plumed hat in the air like a sad Cyrano, for I have erred, and will try and do better.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Glenn Ford’s Western Roles
On 20 November 2008 at 2:14 pm Heff said,
…I would think you’ve been dropping Acid.
Heff’s last blog post..Handy Heff !
On 20 November 2008 at 2:23 pm Shay said,
Dear Glenn Buttkus,
First of all, don’t call me “sir.” Secondly,I DO mind you using my work! It says right at the top of my blog not to use any of my words without permission. Please remove them, NOW.
grrrrrrrrrrr
Shay’s last blog post..Thieving Varmint
On 20 November 2008 at 2:25 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
Ms. Fireblossom; based on the intensity of your comment over on my site, of course I removed the poem. Sorry, again, to step on your creative toes. Interesting reaction though; quite strident and vitreolic. Perhaps some day you will “give me permission” to share some of your fine poetry with others. Until then the fireblossom garden is nicht verboten.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Glenn Ford’s Western Roles
On 20 November 2008 at 2:52 pm Shay said,
Thank you.
Shay’s last blog post..Thieving Varmint
On 20 November 2008 at 3:17 pm debbie said,
Mercy. Seems like I walked in on a little spat. Maybe I’ll just say “hi” and leave it at that!
debbie’s last blog post..Let’s see how many we can cram in here
On 20 November 2008 at 3:25 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
My face is red, my migraine is thumping, my knuckles are rapped and dragging, my head is hung low, and I love the Word Garden–and you are welcome. Gosh, Jannie, my enthusiasm for the word has put my butt in a sling. Shoulda’ listened to Dot, enit?
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Neither Spirit Nor Bird
On 20 November 2008 at 3:29 pm Jannie said,
3:23 p.m. Central time, Nov. 2oth. (WILL have the time and date in these comments SOON.)
It is my understanding no blog content may be “lifted” from one blog or site to another without the permission of said content author. And in lieu of permission I understand a link over to said content is allowed.
Although I can understand the enthusiasm to want to share writing that moves us but please, do it by the rules.
Thanks
Jannie
On 20 November 2008 at 3:47 pm Jannie said,
Glenn: Yes, you should’ve listened to Dot the other day about “borrowing” other peoples’ content. I didn’t mind but most people do. Also, I feel that you were rude to Shay here. Please only come over here if you can be nice.
Shay: I am sorry things took a little downward turn here.
Now, to the best of my ability, I will try get back to my regularly scheduled programming here.
On 20 November 2008 at 3:50 pm Mama Zen said,
Whoa! I recognized every line. Does that make me a stalker?
Mama Zen’s last blog post..Review: SHOP.COM
On 20 November 2008 at 4:04 pm Jannie said,
Heff: Times like these I wish I had. (Just kidding everybody, just kidding!)
Debbie:
Mama: I believe it was over at Shay’s I met you the first time? I think it was. And of course you are not a stalker, you know great poems when you see them too.
On 20 November 2008 at 4:54 pm Shay said,
LOL, Mama Zen, you’re no stalker, your presence is requested and appreciated.
Jannie, is there any bra flinging involved in the regular programming? ((((((((((Jannie)))))))))
Shay’s last blog post..Thieving Varmint
On 20 November 2008 at 5:25 pm Caity said,
What a great find!
Caity’s last blog post..NY Road Rage.
On 20 November 2008 at 5:51 pm Dr. Cason said,
It’s the positioning of familiar icons in bizarrely common places that make you stop and think. It’s cool
Dr. Cason’s last blog post..One Day, I’m Going to Miss the Banana Trees
On 20 November 2008 at 6:18 pm Sheila said,
That’s funny – Doris to register nine.
My husband and I will be talking and say something weird and we’re both like: WoW! That would be a great name for a band!
Sheila’s last blog post..This always makes me smile
On 20 November 2008 at 6:38 pm Jannie said,
Shay: Always bra flinging involved, everywhere I go.
Caity: I thught so! (And thought)
Sheila: I know “Doris to register nine,” isn’t that like, the coolest thing you’ve heard lately! Right up there with poems washing up in drifts.
On 20 November 2008 at 7:42 pm Vered - MomGrind said,
Hmm. Ignoring everything else to say the poem is BEAUTIFUL.
On 20 November 2008 at 8:03 pm Evelyn Lim said,
I thought that you wrote it until I came to the bottom of the post. The poem is Lovely!
Evelyn Lim’s last blog post..My Vision Board Tops Amazon’s Bestseller List?
On 20 November 2008 at 10:28 pm Cath Lawson said,
Jannie – this is absolutely fab. Every time I read things like this – I feel like I totally suck at writing.
On 21 November 2008 at 7:17 am Jae said,
Shay: You are a Muse Incarnate. Your beautiful poetry is jaw-droppingly moving. (New fan here.)
Glenn: You have my sympathy for your good intentions, which you surely regretted as they spiralled so awry. For your well-meant but nonetheless brazen deed, I hereby nominate you Honorary Pinata of the Week.
Jannie (my dear Jannie): You are to be commended for directing the spotlight hither and yon upon your fellow gifted writers (much as Glenn was attempting to do); you are a treasure, you know. (And please forgive…my MadLibs stand poised once the snifflies have abated. xoxoxo)
On 21 November 2008 at 7:41 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Thank-you Jae, and I accept the nomination as “Pinata of the Week”. And as I review my stupid remarks I realize that good intentions were never enough to keep one out of the pit of negative vibes. I really was naive and thought the poem was Jannie’s, and suffered under the misunderstanding that A)it was a wonderful poem (Shay, you are a very talented poet and I now love reading your other stuff, and all the gushing I did in my response to the poem I still believe in; just transfer the kudos) and needed to be “shared” immediately. And B) that Jannie had given permission for me to share her stuff. My apology was sincere, and I learned a valuable lesson here. I am a bit of a neophyte to blogging, and did not fully understand or appreciate the parameters and ground rules. Things certainly did “spiral awry”, as Jae put it. I felt like a stupid thief and fool. I was also still hovering in the land of levity, and making smart ass comments midst my apology, and should have had the good sense not to do so. This is blood under the bridge; all mine. I promise to behave myself in future, and hope that Shay will forgive an old man’s folly. Sharing the spotlight is what Blogging is all about, but I will pull in my horns now that there is a knot tied in my tail.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Neither Spirit Nor Bird
On 21 November 2008 at 9:35 am Lance said,
Hi Jannie (and Shay)!
Wonderful words, I’m off to check out more – thanks for pointing in a direction!
Lance’s last blog post..Don’t Worry, Be Happy
On 21 November 2008 at 10:57 am Jannie said,
Cath: Since my niche is actually quite niche-less, I can post all kinds of things. But what YOU are writing is helping so so many of us bloggers and buniness owners. Each and every one of your posts is informative, inspiring and heartfelt. And lucky me to still have all your archives to glean from. Your comment makes me think you are perhaps a closet poet?
Jae: I must direct the “treasure” description right back at you of course. I may well not be even blogging today if it wasn’t for you who inspired and saw me through all those years in the blogging dark. Thank you for your upliftingness, now and always. Appreciate your spirit and your charm. And your sense of fashion in footwear.
Glenn: When you called Shay “sir,” I thought you meant it as a slight. If I did not get your sense of humor and in turn offended you by calling you rude, I do apologize. It sounds like you are as much as a nut for fabulous poetry as I am. And you are sure right about Shay’s poetry – she’s got the gift.
AND EVERYONE: If I knew then what I know now, before I published this post I most certainly would’ve started it with “Here are some lines by a poet-friend of mine…” And even tho I had the quote marks in there, I think I could’ve dispelled some confusion right from the start had I right off the bat attributed the lines to Shay. Living and learning…
Now, back to flinging those bras!!
Lance: You little ray of sunshine, do you love poetry too?
Jannie’s last blog post..Doris to register nine
On 21 November 2008 at 6:21 pm Tammy said,
Jannie after surfing through your comments here looks like you have cornered the market on that bra flinging thing.
If you have surfed through my blogs you know I love poetry. Lot of deep stuff there.
On 21 November 2008 at 7:48 pm Shay said,
Jae, thank you for your kind words. I’ve been to visit your myspace, and your singing reminds me of Tish Hinojosa.
Shay’s last blog post..Snow On Branches
On 21 November 2008 at 8:02 pm Jannie said,
Tammy: Yes, I enjoy your blog and poetry very much adn look forward to reading more of you. Good lluck with your studies.
Shay: Jae always reminds me of Aimee Mann, a very deep honesty and pleading to her tone.
On 21 November 2008 at 11:28 pm June said,
“Doris To Register Nine” IS a fabulous line and I PROMISE not to steal it. (Publicly . . . ) June
June’s last blog post..Autumn Gold Beside the Feather River
On 21 November 2008 at 11:36 pm Matt-Man said,
I just wanted to thank you for the comment and the smile. Cheers Jannie!!
Matt-Man’s last blog post..Hurt
On 22 November 2008 at 8:41 pm Jannie said,
June: Isn’t it The Best line! And thanks for letting me stumble onto your blog!
Matt-Man: I’ll be back to your wacky bagwine site, it made me smile too.
On 24 November 2008 at 7:30 am Jae said,
Shucks, you guys. (Jannie, that pleading you hear is my effort to occasionally hit the right notes.) (And please excuse me leaving a comment for Shay on your site…I don’t have the proper credentials to leave one on hers, which I would love to do, because “Peace” is magnificent. Who wouldn’t want to love like that? Be loved like that?)
Okay, I just clicked on “The Bra Club.” Did I earn you a whopping, righteous four cents? Love, love, love,
Jae
On 24 November 2008 at 11:00 pm Jannie said,
Jae-Bo-Bae: Shay would no doubt love to have you comment on her poems. Credentials?? CREDENTIALS??? You haz them! A computer, a kind heart and a wise and blatantly poetic mind. (As if I have credentials?? I’m just some bra-wielding nut with a blog.) You my sweet, are a true beauteous commenting godessss. xo
Jannie’s last blog post..Why do you blog?