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Deborah Guzzi writes full time. Her third book, The Hurricane is available through Prolific Press. https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/prolific-books-c-12/the-hurricane-by-deborah-guzzi-p-151.html Her poetry appears in Allegro, Artificium, Shooter, & The Foxglove Journal in the UK, Subterranean Blue, Existere, The Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada - Tincture, Australia - mgv2>publishing, France Cha: Asian Review, China - Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Australia - The Scarlet Leaf Review - Greece, Ribbons, pioneertown, Sounding Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman Review, Page & Spine & others in the USA.

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Wonderful, Wonderful Verses in the Retourne Contest

Blog Posted:11/21/2015 7:33:00 PM

I am so glad so many TRIED and did SO WELL in this last Contest of mine 32 out of 35 people DID DO THE FORM and DID IT CORRECTLY!!!

So wonderfull!

While we are eating more than we need, and using up more resources than is our fair share, let us pray that we are forgiven.

It is always best to remember where we came from, to learn from our mistakes as well as our victories

and to CHERISH DIVERSITY!

Happy Thanksgiving All

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Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2015 3:50:00 PM

Happy Happy Little Ma! & baby cutie& hubby! Welcome Andie!

Charmaine
Chircop

Date: 11/22/2015 3:36:00 PM

Happy Thanksgiving sweet ma

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 11/22/2015 3:18:00 PM

thanks for the placement, Debs. Congrats to all the winners.

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2015 12:40:00 PM

So nice to hear from you Kim & Andrew please do enter my new contest in support of the french people with another French form.

Kp
Nunez

Date: 11/22/2015 12:00:00 PM

Hi Debbie. Thank you so much for the challenge and inspiration and the wonderful placement in your contest. Congratulations to all the other winners! Happy Thanksgiving, Deb!

Andrew
Crisci

Date: 11/22/2015 11:55:00 AM

I am very happy and honored to be a winner in your contest, Debbie. Thank you for my placement. Congratulations to all the deserving winners. The Holidays should be a time for cheer, especially for children. I pray for peace and safety around the world, but threats from Isis are increasing daily here and aboard. I hope the Befana won't be intimidated by them and continue to bring gifts to the Italian children. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and may God bless you. Hugs, Andrew.

Andrew
Crisci

Date: 11/22/2015 11:47:00 AM

I am very happy and honored to be a winner in your contest, Debbie. Thank you for my placement. Congratulations to all the winners. The Holidays should a time for cheer, especially for children. I pray for peace and safety around the world, but threats from Isis are increasing here and board. I hope the Befana won't be intimidated by them and continue to bring her gifts to all the Italian childen. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and may God bless you. Hugs, Andrew.

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2015 11:15:00 AM

Hugs to you too nette

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 11/22/2015 10:57:00 AM

thanks for allowing me to share the glee of Christmas from my side of the world, debbie... congrtas to all!..happy holydays and huggs

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2015 10:21:00 AM

Always a joy to get a message from you CarrieTHANK - blessing to you and yours as well.

Carrie
Richards

Date: 11/22/2015 10:03:00 AM

Thank you Deb, for the contest honors, and here's wishing you a Thanksgiving filled with many blessings and reasons to be thankful ! Hugs !!

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2015 8:58:00 AM

Thank you Constance, Eve & Linda!

Constance
La France

Date: 11/22/2015 8:14:00 AM

Debbie, what a lovely blog and thanks so much for that great contest, I loved the form. Thanks for my placement, I am totally honored and congratulations to all your winners ~

Eve
Roper

Date: 11/21/2015 11:29:00 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, Debbie!

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 11/21/2015 10:30:00 PM

Luv you too... :) L I N D AAAAA

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 11/21/2015 9:44:00 PM

Luv you too craig!

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
10/25/2018	Nine-Pins and Tipple	Rhyme	fantasy,sky,
10/2/2018	Pipe Dreams	Free verse	analogy,symbolism,travel,
2/5/2018	In Flagrante Delicto	Free verse	love,
1/2/2018	Less Than Perfect	Haibun	introspection,
7/30/2017	War and Peace	Free verse	age,betrayal,truth,
7/27/2017	Mein Kampf My Struggle	Haibun	anxiety,racism,,atheist,
7/24/2017	Displaced In Kathmandu	Haibun	anxiety,fear,war,,western
6/8/2017	Haiku 1a	Haiku	life,
4/24/2017	Swingin On a Star	Free verse	allusion,art,beauty,
4/9/2017	A Lost Kind Returns	Sonnet	freedom,heartbroken,loss,
3/28/2017	Behind the Architects Crystal Lens	Verse	art,travel,
3/3/2017	Shadow Puppets	Sonnet	humor,
2/14/2017	Daughter of Oak and Ash	Pantoum	caregiving,love,racism,
1/26/2017	The Moons Yellow Eyes	Haibun	evil,farewell,
1/10/2017	High Noon At Karnak	Free verse	history,
9/21/2016	Cairns Edge	Lyric	age,autumn,ocean,
9/10/2016	Prickly Heat	Haibun	lost love,
7/19/2016	Repeter Depuis Le Debut	Free verse	art,marriage,
7/19/2016	It Is a Rose Sprung	Free verse	abuse,meaningful,race,rel
7/8/2016	The Sparrows of Dom St Peter	Verse	children,faith,music,
5/13/2016	Golden Disks and Whale Clicks	Free verse	earth,eulogy,
5/1/2016	Cathedrale St Sauveur Aix En Provence, France	Verse	art,faith,
4/12/2016	Neap Tide	Blank verse	age,beauty,love,
4/2/2016	Red Sky Over Cairo	Free verse	anxiety,fear,travel,
3/31/2016	Monet's Garden	Villanelle	art,travel,vacation,
1/31/2016	A Hail Mary Pass To the Twenty-First Century	Free verse	anger,angst,bullying,fear
1/31/2016	Breathless	Prose Poetry	hope,
1/29/2016	The Guardian At the Gate	Ekphrasis	myth,
1/16/2016	You Gotta Have Heart	Ekphrasis	art,
1/6/2016	Spectors of Doom	Shape	angst,war,
1/5/2016	Blood Masks the Lea	Rondeau	death,war,
1/4/2016	A Swallows Tears	Sonnet	addiction,suicide,
12/14/2015	A Blooded, Virgin, Night	Free verse	pain,
12/5/2015	Madelaine's Chalice	Verse	devotion,love,
11/29/2015	Blessed Be	Verse	nature,
11/29/2015	Ho-Ho-Ho	Haibun	holiday,
11/17/2015	Golden Disks and Whale Clicks	Free verse	space,
11/9/2015	Spare Change	Couplet	seasons,
10/29/2015	Cymbals of Winter	Free verse	urban,wind,winter,
10/28/2015	Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860	Sestina	memory,
10/27/2015	A Kneaded Life	Haibun	age,dream,love,
10/23/2015	The Sowing	Free verse	irony,violence,women,
10/21/2015	When Madness Rides On Moonlight	Sestina	anxiety,art,depression,su
10/19/2015	St Brigids Well	Sonnet	children,spiritual,women,
10/12/2015	Gobsmacked Gams	Terzanelle	allegory,art,childhood,
10/12/2015	To Dumb To Lay Down	Free verse	allegory,
9/20/2015	Verbous and Obscure	Blitz	allusion,
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8/23/2015	The Melting Pot	Prose	childhood,
8/8/2015	Howl Beyond Reason	Blitz	analogy,crazy,word play,
8/7/2015	Under and Over	Blitz	fear,universe,
8/5/2015	Vive La Liberte	Free verse	violence,visionary,war,
8/3/2015	Underground Art Montmartre	Free verse	art,
7/23/2015	Maudlin Mary	Ekphrasis	allusion,symbolism,woman,
7/20/2015	Fire-Crackers	Acrostic	death,war,
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5/14/2015	The Mirage	Free verse	beauty,family,
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
God	Free verse	life,mystery,
Hard Times	Cowboy Poetry	cowboy-western,family,fun
For Things Once Counted	Rhyme	introspection,loss,uplift
Petal	Verse	love,
Defender of the Wastes	Free verse	art,life,parody,world,
Birth	Imagism	childhood,life
This Is Why I Woo Words	Verse	art,inspirational,philoso
Forbear	Free verse	sad,
Belongings	Rhyme	loss,love,me,mother,
Gold Fever	Free verse	faithfaith,political,pers
Splattered	I do not know?	life
Echo	Quatrain	lost lovewords,love,
Bells (After Poe)	Lyric	passion
Respectfully, Emily Dickinson	Lyric	introspection,
Give the End Back To the Beginning	Free verse	dedication,faithme,
The Bruised and Rotting Pear	Couplet	faith,hope
Fly	Free verse	animals
Abc's For a Young Captain	ABC	life
Not Entirely About Living In New York	Free verse	lifeworld,light,light,
Woodcutter	I do not know?	warold,old,
Dreams	Free verse	faith,forgiveness
A Feed of Chips	Narrative	funny
Weep O Willows	Verse	death
Harlem Blues	Free verse	black-african amerchildre
Summers Everlasting	Free verse	nostalgia
Easter Ivy	Narrative	friendshipeaster,cousin,
End of Days	Rhyme	inspirational,lifeme,war,
Past-Life Nightmare	Narrative	autumn,mystery,
I Dream of You (To Jew)	Free verse	imagination,lovenight,swe
Jellyfish Back Strophe	Imagism	allegory,nature,on writin
Disposable Wisdom	Rhyme	age,cat,endurance,life,wi
Loneliness	Rhyme	introspection,life
Remission (In Memory of William Watt).	Elegy	brother,death,nostalgiawo
The Day That Died Forever	Free verse	adventure,angst,art,confu
Heritage	Quatrain	adventure,cowboy-western,
Summer Matinee	Narrative	brother,me,
The Moon and I	I do not know?	hope,life,love,nature,pea
Seeking, Searching	Free verse	imaginationlove,universe,
Before Spring Came	Narrative	adventure,animals,childho
Pledge	Sonnet	devotion
Wild Cherries	Free verse	devotion,nature,nostalgia
Words From the Oracle	Lay	allegory,philosophy
Science	Free verse
Mona Lisa Resembles	Choka	art
And With Merriest Spirit	Quintain (English)	faith,father,holiday,insp
Cotton-Pickin' Paradise	Verse	childhood,life,nostalgia,
Where the Sycamore Grew	Narrative	autumn,family,house,life,
Larks	Free verse	death,devotion,imaginatio
Big Bang	Limerick	funny,science,
Winter (Do Not Forget Among the Loss of Flowers) Me	Free verse
Let	I do not know?	loveme,me,
He Was Smoking Hot	I do not know?	funny
Alabaster Night	Free verse	nature,planet,sea,
Haunted Orb	Haiku	fantasy,nature
This Night	Sonnet
Tombstones & Teacups	Rhyme	allegory,childhood,death,
Today Not Tomorrow	Free verse	dedication,depression,gir
Years of the Rose	Free verse	lost love,loveday,
The Joy That Sweetly Stays	Free verse
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Biography (Thesis Statement)	Verse	history,life,philosophyli
Figure Fusion	Verse	art,sports
Dancing Bird - With Video Link	Free verse	animals,introspection,nat
Poem For a Sensuous Poet	Free verse	fantasy,on writing and wo
The Road Walked Down Through the Years	Rhyme	life,on writing and words
The Iceman Cometh!	Rhyme	nostalgia
He Says/ She Says	Narrative	life
I'Ve Seen So Many	Sonnet	introspectionnight,night,
Searching For Michelangelo	Free verse	art,hope,life,people,imag
Indifference	Free verse
Realisation of Self (War Child)	Free verse	me,me,
Reporting Live On the Soup (Colorado)	Rhyme	funnyme,me,,western,
Late At Night	Lyric	imaginationme,fear,me,
Reverencing Nature	Ballad	faith,naturenature,heart,
Dreams	Couplet	imagination
I Exist	Pantoum	introspectionlife,me,
Madrid: Circa 1974	Blank verse	nostalgia,travel,
Magnolia Song	Free verse	love,romance,
Yellow Bus Roars Through	Haiku	allegory,nature,places
Ethel's Remedies	Rhyme	funny,people
A Dream In the Mist	Narrative	fantasy,imagination,natur
Volga 1 - 3	Prose Poetry	fantasy
Mama's Cleaning	Quatrain	introspection,life,mother
Waking Heart's Veins	Free verse	angst,hope,
Revelation	Free verse	imagination,lifesong,long
Sports Limerick	Limerick	funny
The Snowflake	Italian Sonnet	romance,
Jack	Lyric	introspectionlife,
The Ghost That Travels Far	Personification	nature,
Kite Flying - Test	Free verse	allegory,art,imagination,
Dining With Crow	Rhyme	animals
Beauty, Yes	Sijo	hope,imagination,philosop
Smart and Final Prose	Prose Poetry	peoplepeople,red,city,peo
Tiger In the Sea	Rispetto	adventure,animals,seame,t
A Song of Michael's Rose	Narrative	me,
Where My True Love Lives - a Ballade	Ballade	death,love,ocean,
Into Morning	Free verse	life
Play Me a Teardrop	Rhyme	lost loveme,me,
Tickle Trout	Narrative	adventure,food,
The Sweetest Song	Sonnet

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