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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Most Recent Blog Post
New Contest
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Blog Posted:12/5/2012 11:47:00 AM
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Hi everyone I had so many good entries to the 6 line contest! We are moving on to seven lines now and I would like it if some of you TRIED the Rodelet...
The significance of the number seven. Nachmanides (12th century Spain) explains a beautiful kabbalistic concept: Seven is the number of the natural world. There are 7 days in the week, 7 notes on the musical scale and 7 directions (left, right, up, down, forward, back and center). “Seven” -
represented by the 7 days of Sukkot, is the world of nature. SO...it would be nice if you did a nature verse BUT no required! 
The Rondelet is a French poetry form meaning "round." It is made up of
two rhymes with a seven line stanza. The lines have 8 syllables and the refrain
has 4 syllables with a pattern of 4/8/4/8/8/8/4. The repeated lines may be
varied with punctuation but with the exact same words. The rhyme scheme with a refrain is A/b/A/a/b/b/A. An example follows each line in parentheses.
An example, with pattern:
A Outside the gate, (refrain)
b Away, the notice is sending -
A Outside the gate, (refrain)
a Come clopping hooves in dusty state,
b Long-planned journey thus is ending,
b Here arrives an old befriending,
A Outside the gate. (refrain)
Leaves in the wood
(Ever young, ever old) -
Leaves in the wood,
A haven where a promise stood.
She keeps their colors; silver, gold
The sun and moon here both enfold
Leaves in the wood.
**YOU MAY GIVE ME ANY VERSE IN 7 LINES 1 FORM OR A COMBINATION OF FORMS, PERFERANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE TRYING THE RONDELET** Please feel free to ask questions here or in soup mail Light & Love
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 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, |
| 3/19/2013 | Kick the Can Hard-Bucket List | Free verse (vers libre) | journey,life,prayer, |
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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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