Debbie Guzzi's Blog
 Biography Deborah R. Guzzi was born in Maine, U.S.A. Currently living in Connecticut. Raised in an interfaith family with Christian and Jewish roots. She has spent many years examining the foundations of belief in higher power. Her insights come from study and travel in the U.S., the European Union and Asia. Her credentials range from B.F.A. in Fine Arts, with a Minor in Shakespear to Master’s Degrees in both Tae Kwon Do, and Usi Reiki. First published at the age of sixteen, now 64, she has been published in the 2000 & 2001 literary journals of Western Connecticut University’s Helix. In the early 2000's, she self published two book available at empathic-touch.com. The first book is titled “The Healing Heart” and is a sampler of three distinct styles of her writing. The second book “Heaven and Hell in a Nutshell” focuses on love, when it’s Heaven, when it’s Hell, and when it’s undeniably present as a gift of God. She owns and operates Empathic Touch an alternative healing site. Empathic-touch.com http://empathic-touch.com
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Help Me Celebrate
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Blog Posted:11/30/2012 6:53:00 PM
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Hey. you know what?? This new contest will the the 101 st contest I have run for YOU, wowser! It has been and continues to be a privilege to read the works of so many fine poets.
The New contest is 6 lines ...anything about LIGHT>>>>>>stretch... bloom.. burst... explode, anything...as long as I can discern something in it to do with light! This will be an early Hannukah present from you to me! Sat. Dec 8th is the first night of Hannukah.

BUT you don't have to write about that..you can if you want to!
Old or new any form which can be done in 6 lines... even combined forms are ok [a hakiu & a triplet!]
Questions??
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/21/2013 | Fruitless Cycles | ABC | conflict,confusion,sad, |
| 5/15/2013 | Hot Mixtures | Senryu | love, |
| 5/9/2013 | Child Abuse | Verse | child, |
| 5/3/2013 | Bacchus The God Who Loved His Grapes | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/25/2013 | Typewriter | Prose Poetry | nostalgia,writing, |
| 4/23/2013 | Shield Mate | Free verse (vers libre) | courage,life,love,men, |
| 4/21/2013 | UFO's Believe It or Not | Acrostic | mythology, |
| 4/21/2013 | Ragnar Two Ax | Free verse (vers libre) | men, |
| 4/16/2013 | haiku 39 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/13/2013 | haiku 38 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/11/2013 | Sweet Dreams | Quintain (English) | adventure,fantasy,prayer, |
| 4/11/2013 | haiku 37 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/11/2013 | Life Is Just a Bag of Onions | Free verse (vers libre) | life,woman, |
| 4/9/2013 | Hunger Reins | Rondeau | introspection, |
| 4/8/2013 | haiku 36 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/7/2013 | Petals Fall | Rhyme royal | nature, |
| 4/4/2013 | Click, Click, Huh | Verse | loss, |
| 3/30/2013 | Spring Showers | Free verse (vers libre) | nature,rain,rain, |
| 3/28/2013 | Bubba's Club | Limerick | humorous, |
| 3/25/2013 | Tweedle's Dum and Dee | Rhyme | for kids, |
| 3/25/2013 | What Lurks Within - Cornered | Villanelle | dark,for her,for her,life |
| 3/25/2013 | Clap Trap | Grook | allegory, |
| 3/23/2013 | The Blowhard | Verse | write, |
| 3/22/2013 | Carrie On | Verse | caregiving, |
| 3/20/2013 | The Windmiller's Guest | Ballad | adventure,love, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| God | Free verse (vers libre) | life,mystery, |
| Hard Times | Cowboy | cowboy-western,family,fun |
| For Things Once Counted | Rhyme | introspection,loss,uplift |
| Petal | Verse | love, |
| 3 Masks | List | people,sad,beauty,beauty, |
| Defender of the Wastes | Free verse (vers libre) | art,life,parody,world, |
| Birth | Imagism | childhood,life |
| this is why i woo words | Verse | art,inspirational,philoso |
| Forbear | Free verse (vers libre) | sad, |
| Belongings | Rhyme | loss,love,mother,peacewor |
| Gold Fever | Free verse (vers libre) | faithfaith,political, |
| 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 (vers libre) | dedication,faithme, |
| The Bruised and Rotting Pear | Couplet | faith,hope |
| fly | Free verse (vers libre) | animals |
| ABC's for a Young Captain | ABC | life |
| Not Entirely About Living In New York | Free verse (vers libre) | lifeworld,light,light, |
| Woodcutter | I do not know? | warold,old, |
| Dreams | Free verse (vers libre) | faith,forgiveness |
| A Feed of Chips | Narrative | funny |
| Weep O Willows | Verse | death |
| Harlem Blues | Free verse (vers libre) | black-african amerchildre |
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