Debbie Guzzi Poet Rhyme

Number 9

"You say you want a revolution" screamed the four,
John, Paul, George and Ringo beat down the door.
Melody and harmony and Brit sex appeal gone anti-war
Nine times round the turn table with Yoko, hardcore. 
Fab stereo artists with composite collages for musical scores,
they kicked, whined, smoked and dined in venues top-drawer.
Number 9 was the cut most radical by lore
chaos, poetry, and prose composed with sound effects galore,
a sandwiched montage of "what are you looking for?"

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Andrea Dietrich January 24, 2013 at 4:40 PM Congratulations. Finally getting around to seeing this winners list. I just loved all the entries in this contest.

Bukang Liwayway January 22, 2013 at 3:41 AM Congratulations on your great win friend Debbie :) Good day always! :) Hugs, Maria

Yanny Widjanarko January 21, 2013 at 5:13 AM An amazing piece Debbie :) congrats on your win too :)

Ralph Taylor January 20, 2013 at 5:33 PM Congrats on your win, Deb - Ralph

Christopher Bunton January 20, 2013 at 12:36 PM Congratulations on your win!

Poet Destroyer A January 20, 2013 at 9:59 AM Good morning Debbie , :-) CONGRATULATIONS on a poem well done. Nice nice nine lines in Tracie's :-) " #9 " awesome contest... love always ~PD

Sadaf Syed January 20, 2013 at 5:29 AM Congrats on your win :)!! really well written....sadaf

Victoria Anderson-Throop January 20, 2013 at 3:49 AM "nine times round the turn table with Yokko, hardcore" great line... those of us that remember (not just read about it!) can find and remember the true delight in this work. well done!

Len Gasun January 19, 2013 at 6:54 PM Congratulations on your big win my dear Deb! love/hugs, Leonora

Joe Maverick January 18, 2013 at 3:51 PM Very good piece Debbie; I can see you have put A lot into this.." Here you have raised a lens I have looked at these guys through in the past; I raises many thoughts for me to consider..! pleased I stopped here Indeed.."

Carrie Richards January 15, 2013 at 4:28 PM You have taken my thoughts back in time, to the activists led by those who rocked the world against the tide! Loved this! (Thanks so much Deb, for my placement in your contest...I am late seeing results...but I'm glad you liked it!! It is always a privilege to write for your challenges!! :)

Sara Kendrick January 13, 2013 at 2:02 PM Reads like a winner for the nine contest or was that your contest and this is an example??Silly me can't remember ..Thanks for stopping by..My work "Evidence Of Rain" is not for the contest..I was just trying to write one in Kipling Style to see if I could do it..I may go for a contest entry maybe early tomorrow morning..Sara

Kash Poet January 13, 2013 at 11:03 AM Great job here by you Debi!Enjoyed,And thanks for introducing Haibun here in soup.

K K Iloduba Jnr January 12, 2013 at 3:18 PM Hmmm!same old Debbie.

Joann Grisetti January 12, 2013 at 2:45 PM I was thinking Love Potion #9, but this is also a familiar reference. I remember playing an album backwards for the hidden messages. Best of luck inthe contest.

Cyndi Macmillan January 12, 2013 at 5:49 AM I love it when someone explores art and/or music with poetry. Great tribute to the White Album you have here. While my Guitar Gently Weeps is one of my all time fave songs. Revolution 9... ahead of its time. Great piece, Sis. :) Still no postcard, but I am enjoying the anticipation. Today it is so "right now, 24/7" What happened to the gift of waiting? Like waiting for the next album, next novel, next date :) Hugs Cyndi

Connie Gildersleeve January 11, 2013 at 11:20 PM Great Deb bring forth the Beatles. What memories, well written my friend. Warm Smiles, Connie

Charles Henderson January 11, 2013 at 2:50 PM It is a very good poem, but I am so far out of the context, i guess I just cant appreciate more than the technical aspects. Never was one for having intelligent conversation about contemporary artistry, their theatre or venue.

Jeffry Cohan January 11, 2013 at 12:15 PM super poem...great qustion at end....yesterday some chick bought me a beat up old denim jacket and on the back i drew a peace symbol, and a bunch of innocuous words i.e. to you know a thousand babies probably died today?...and a few others..then i wrote #9 #9 #9 #9 and everyone wondered why...first of all John's #9 ran rampant through his life...if you don't know this he died in NY at 8:00 but in England it was already 9P.M. great poem YOUR PAL PHREEPOETREE ~free cee!~

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl January 11, 2013 at 7:14 AM Excellent one Debbie, xx

David Williams January 11, 2013 at 5:14 AM Debbie very well crafted, saw the fab four when I was knee high to a grasshopper...card arrived today you quite obviously had a wonderful time I must put it on my list...David

Andrea Dietrich January 10, 2013 at 8:21 PM I think you were really into the fab four, Deb. I was just a teeny bopper and didn't know all this stuff about them. A very intelligent and well crafted poem for the 9 contest!

Debra Squyres January 10, 2013 at 5:32 PM Wow Debbie, you sure have outdone yourself with this take on "9". A winner for sure and little history to boot woven in. Love !!