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
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Most Recent Blog Post
Epiphanies
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Blog Posted:1/7/2013 7:24:00 AM
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Last Sunday was the last day the 12 day of Christmas, the feast of the Epiphany in the Catholic church.
Since my church honors all faith our sermon was about EPIPHANIES. Truly a necessary subject for poets in particular to understand. Most of us HAVE epiphanies "ah HA" moments almost constantly and that is HOW and why we write. haiku is ALL about the epiphany! The grammatically unconnected line in a haiku is meant to SHOW the reader the poets epiphany with further sensory input thus drawing the reader into the poets moment, the beauty of God in nature..ahhhhhhhhhhhh...
There are many interesting traditions involved with this day, we have all experienced the gift giving. In some traditions no gifts are given until this day. The Wisemen [the Magi, or the Three Kings] brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. These men are symbols of all man's search for a savior and for me the search for the savior within myself.
Here is a fav Epiphany of mine by a fav poet of ours.
A Dream in the Mist by Carrie Richards The mountain peaks in colored sugar coat
Of pinks and blues and lilac violet hues
The sky, just before sunrise, all windless and clear
The day is misty, bitter cold, and crystal sheen
But I am warmed by one small ray of golden morning light From high upon a perch of snow top crest
A lone stag with graceful legs that fly
Carving out a quiet trail, like fleeting wind
The sound so soft, the hush of whispered steps He halts, and looks at me with logic's eyes
And seems to smile in recognition,
His golden crown of antlers, gleam in morning sun
Just when I thought my crystal world would splinter
He tilts his head, and bids me to come
And like an eagle's wing, remote and sure
He darts away, just like a bird
Without a sound Beauty of the wind....beauty of pure grace
I run after him, panting and breathless,
Through the glimmering, in search of answers
But, I cannot keep up, as he disappears without a trace
And still not wringing the answers from the slightest sound
Yet, I am left alone, and feel at peace What is one of your favorite poetic Epiphanies??
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/24/2013 | palm court | Senryu | passion, |
| 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, |
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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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