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He was a new poet with the dew of youth on his cheeks and childishness in his words. He spoke of his God, of love, and of truth, with a pony-tailed naïveté which implored. Bicycles pedal through his posies chords. He smiled, when he spoke of A. Ginsberg, man ... nicotine stained the fingers on his hand. Thinking of the beat poets, Rexroth he'd read, tales in smoke-rings round his brow like a garland. Dean was resurrected in the cock of his head. This new rooster was just twenty-four, one earring, bow lips and shy of pretense; he wrote in a leather-bound book of war. Yet, he was all about peace, and innocence; for the world, the world, held troubles immense. A rebel of peace, so like Siddhartha to war he'd not go, not follow father. A poet primed a new man with a calling trying once again to call each man brother; scrying with blood to stop mankind's falling. *Double Dizain

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Date: 6/16/2016 2:37:00 PM
had a dear girl friend whose sisters stayed at an ashram. Sure the sisters, but my girl friend was pretty beat herself. The peace rubbed off on her, but not much else. Heard from her the other day - quite the uncool citizen these days. Congrats on the selection. daver
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Date: 6/14/2016 7:50:00 AM
Hi Debbie. Congrats for having your brilliant piece featured in the Poetry Soup homepage!! ;-)
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Date: 3/21/2012 6:49:00 AM
So well crafted! The mood, the word selection, the cadence and the rhyming are all superb. Well done indeed! Best wishes, Keith
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Date: 3/18/2012 5:57:00 AM
I really love this form Dizain and Debbie you did it so well, a true inspiration and I want to thank you for my placement in your Et Cetra Contest. I am overwhelmed with pride. I worked on this poem for days, changing and editing it and then I noticed your contest was almost fill so yesterday, I finally let it be what it was to be. Thank you for liking it.
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Date: 3/17/2012 5:27:00 PM
what a cool way to do DIzain, Debs. Is this any one person or just a study of all the beat poets in general? Is it for any contest?
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Date: 3/17/2012 5:19:00 PM
One comes to a Debbie Guzzi poem always with a sense of inevitability ... to learn from broad wealth of wisdom the details of the subject matter, and know she is well read. One must be careful saying "well read" though, unless one means rounded exposure, or deep experience. Every poem she writes is like a biography, matters not how impersonal, it tells where she has been
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Date: 3/17/2012 8:54:00 AM
Debbie it is wery good written...Have a lovely weekend. - oxox love Anne-Lise
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Date: 3/17/2012 8:18:00 AM
I like this D.G., one should never give up..enjoyed,."HAPPY ST PATRICK DAY TO YOU , GOD BLESS~ ALWAYS PD ;-)
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Date: 3/17/2012 7:30:00 AM
i ask you please, may i share this write. its like you dug a whole in my chest and saw everything i wanted to say for years. may i please share this write?
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