Debbie Guzzi Poet Quatrain

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Love Beyond the Pale

You lay upon the warm wet earth
now ripped from limb to limb.
Your present shape denies the girth
of your form in its prime.

A life cut short and denied its worth
about you ivy climbs,
my love for you evokes the hearth
a bonfire which knows no end time.

Now fallen, slain, cast for rebirth,
the core of you sublime,
an earthly stump, at forest skirt
reminds me of grand times.

Soon, I too will go beyond the earth
recalling passion's prime,
through the veil of life unearthed
my heart returned to thine.


*ballad

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Darlene De Beaulieu February 26, 2020 at 1:27 PM Hello Debbie Guzzi, All i cn say is God Bless you. Have a nice day my friend.

Ann Foster July 19, 2019 at 8:32 AM Where our hope comes from... What a wonderfully written story, to never give up. I thought the imagery exceptional. Ann

Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:35 PM THAT is us, Mom Debie ... us while blossom and us while we depreciate out of proportion ... and all the earth is like that ... and nature decrees it ... of course, it is timed, decomposition is the beauty of earth-life that begins the regeneration of that life!!! Love from my niger! Canny Amah April 21, 2017 at 12:02 AM ... Oh, Debie, my Debie, our Debie!!! this earth, my Debie ... son is waiting almost ... Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:55 PM ... Mother, son is constant ... in this dazzling and shining decomposition ... 'tis a passage ... Debie!!! Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:50 PM ... and thrice we call'd out from the deep ... hope could ... hope could not ... Debie, Mother of the Amazons ... Mother of the clan's warriors! Debie!!! Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:46 PM ... deep down ... deep in the sea ... a gross gasp for the essence ... and could be ... Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:43 PM ... a son prepares to go ... be gone? she says! clear the way before a loud 'bye'! Canny Amah April 20, 2017 at 11:40 PM Give up on Canny ... else, renew the face towards Canny! Between today and six moons, show the light: the path to the new land ...

Anil Deo March 29, 2017 at 2:55 PM Hi Debbie; I found this when trying to submit my first quatrain. This one is helpful, and somewhat sad, uplifting finally because you know where your hope comes from, Amen! Congrats, Anil Deo

Byron Magbee June 27, 2016 at 9:45 AM Debbie:fine poem. Words and phrases flow & read effortlessly, carrying readers' thoughts likewise. Secondly, your oft-told theme - comfort knowing death is merely glorious rebirth - builds beautifully from first stanza to last. Like music starting loud then gradually whispering, your poem changes from appreciation of the life & death of the tree into the narrator's gradually comparing it to our own lives, finishing with the narrator's own comforting self-reflection. Nicely written.

Jai Bankson March 16, 2016 at 3:10 AM Beautifully wrote

Balveen Cheema September 30, 2015 at 3:40 PM A very symbolic write Debbie! Love Balveen

Lycia Harding July 25, 2015 at 12:35 PM Love this one, Debbie. So classic and true to form. Good job! Xoxo

Poet Destroyer A July 29, 2014 at 2:01 PM Debbie, A nice winning Quatrain. I don't know the form, however --Well done... Always ~LINDA

Robert Lindley July 28, 2014 at 8:28 PM A beautiful and deer write.. Big congrats on your win!!!

Arlene Smith July 28, 2014 at 11:14 AM So romantic, sweet Debbie. I do love this beautiful write.. Congrats on a great win my friend.. Hugs.. Arlene

Richard Lamoureux July 28, 2014 at 10:39 AM You have a way with words Debbie, for me this was one of the best. Congratulations on a fine win.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma July 28, 2014 at 8:52 AM Powerful deep write Debbie ! Congrats on big win !

Dr.Ram Mehta July 28, 2014 at 1:20 AM Lovely metaphoric write, Deb. Light and love. congrats

Joyce Johnson July 28, 2014 at 12:11 AM Fall of the mighty. congratulations Debbie. Love, Joyce

Kelly Deschler July 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM This was beautiful, and so expressive! I loved the metaphors in this, as well! Congrats on your win, Debbie!

P.S.Remesh Chandran. Trivandrum. January 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was fascinated by this particular theme, especially after his beloved wife died, and he turned to researching on the life after death and the ways to communicate with the beloved dead. He altogether stopped writing crime fiction and came up with a classic novel which described the other world beyond the curtain. Like dear Debbie Guzzi points out here in this poem of hers, people love to wait beyond the pale, for their return some day.

Poet Destroyer A April 24, 2013 at 7:23 PM Hello Debbie, congratulations with your poem on Andrea's, favorite list. always~ Linda

Tim Ryerson April 23, 2013 at 7:36 AM Wow cher, beautiful stuff here...The first verse sounded like you were describing a human...One of these days I would like to visit Methuselah, a Bristlecone Pine almost 5,000 yrs old in California...That would be awesome! - Tim

Painted Hunter April 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM Debbie, this is going to my fave list too. Congrats!

Modupe Sefunmi April 23, 2013 at 2:53 AM Congrats on your win!

Tahera Mannan April 22, 2013 at 10:43 PM It had to be a winner. Many congrats dear friend.

Joseph May April 22, 2013 at 9:14 PM congrats on a great win

Elaine George August 2, 2011 at 3:58 AM Superb writing Deb. Congratulations on making it through the first round and best wishes on making it to the Finals. Lainie

Daniel Cwiak November 26, 2010 at 6:16 AM Beautifully written, Deborah. Congrats on a well deserved 1st place win. Dan C

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