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I am Robert James Liguori. I have authored several technical books including The Java Pocket Guide. I have spent twenty years in the aviation community doing software development and testing. Currently, I'm spending my time writing poetry trying to make a small, yet positive difference in this world... one word at a time.

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Blog Posted:10/7/2024 5:09:00 AM

So I'm running a Glenn Hughes song inspiration contest. The rules are simple, write and submit a poem inspired by a Glenn Hughes song. So, can someone please tell me why I have 21 entries that have absolutely nothing to do with Glenn Hughes? ... or is it a common practice not to read the rules when submitting? Are any other contest sponsors having the same issue? Or am I the only one? If anyone can shed light on this, please do!!! Sincerely, Robert

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Constance
La France

Date: 10/7/2024 5:36:00 PM

Robert, I always get a few but 15 is extreme, how frustrating, don't get discouraged just NA them and go with the poems that got it right, Constance

Robert James Liguori
Date: 10/9/2024 1:14:00 PM

It’s 22 spam now.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 10/7/2024 4:21:00 PM

there is always one in every contest that goes WAY astray!

Suzette Richards
Date: 10/7/2024 8:42:00 PM

I had 10 in my last contest - no wonder it filled up so quickly! Grrrr

Joseph May
Date: 10/7/2024 5:29:00 PM

Or in Robert's case 15!!

Joseph
May

Date: 10/7/2024 8:56:00 AM

It's a common thing, so far in my contest I have about 3 poems that have nothing to do with my contest. I am not sure if the same people are doing it across multiple contests, but admin needs to do something about it

Joseph May
Date: 10/7/2024 11:10:00 AM

The "Report Poem" button is a good idea Suzette, because this has been going on for too long, sponsors should be able to boot these poems from their contests

Suzette Richards
Date: 10/7/2024 9:20:00 AM

That is why I wait for the contests results and not bother about new poems posted.

Suzette Richards
Date: 10/7/2024 9:17:00 AM

That is why I suggested to TPS under my blog comments at my latest blog that sponsors are also given a "Reports Poem" button ... Spam is annoying and often the contest prompt (the title of the poem, the poetic forms, etc) is used to drive readers to their poem. It waters down the credibility of the poem - read a few like these under new poems posted and you close the site ...

Di11y
Da11y

Date: 10/7/2024 5:51:00 AM

It is sometimes quite an issue, random people submit off topic old poems. I usually check the date written when reviewing when deciding (particularly if asking for a new poem). You may have exhausted the lure for the perpetual Glenn Hughes contest but I doubt that's the reason for the entries. The site has recently had a significant number of increased AI poetry and I presume the lack of engagement with writing the poem mirrors their lack of engagement in reading contest rules.

Ink
Empress

Date: 10/7/2024 5:22:00 AM

Can we get an evanescence contest or blackbriar? Sincerely, Ink

Tom Woody
Date: 10/7/2024 5:36:00 AM

Dylan, Beatles, heck, even the Stones or Bowie would be a nice change

Ink Empress
Date: 10/7/2024 5:26:00 AM

Haha 8 is a nice number to end with, you’re welcome

Robert James Liguori
Date: 10/7/2024 5:24:00 AM

And not go for 9?!! We will see… Thanks for the suggestions.

Tom
Woody

Date: 10/7/2024 5:13:00 AM

Have you considered that people might be tired of Glenn Hughes contests Robert? You've done like, what, 4 or 5?

Rob Carmack
Date: 10/7/2024 6:51:00 PM

Tired of Gleen Hughes? That is like saying one can have enough Cow Bell. *mic drop*

Ink Empress
Date: 10/7/2024 5:23:00 AM

Gosh!

Robert James Liguori
Date: 10/7/2024 5:15:00 AM

My Past Blog Posts


Tears of a Clown Poetry Contest Date Posted: 4/22/2025 12:21:00 PM
Thank you for POTD comments Date Posted: 4/7/2025 12:50:00 PM
The Book of Souls Poetry Contest Date Posted: 4/3/2025 4:24:00 PM
Iron Maiden poetry contest results finalized Date Posted: 4/1/2025 4:52:00 AM
Dance of Death Poetry Contest Date Posted: 3/21/2025 9:38:00 AM
When Iron Maiden took Poetry by Storm Date Posted: 3/19/2025 12:41:00 PM
A Matter of Life and Death Date Posted: 3/9/2025 9:35:00 PM
Iron Maiden Poetry Contest Date Posted: 3/7/2025 6:46:00 PM
Goodbye Glenn Date Posted: 3/5/2025 4:16:00 AM
War Songs sung by Glenn Hughes Date Posted: 3/1/2025 4:35:00 PM
First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (FUNK) Poetry Contest Date Posted: 2/22/2025 10:15:00 AM
Hughes Turner Project Poetry Contest Date Posted: 1/5/2025 8:53:00 AM
Auld Lang Syne Date Posted: 1/1/2025 5:01:00 PM
Glenn Hughes - A Soulful Christmas Date Posted: 12/24/2024 1:56:00 PM
11th Glenn Hughes Contest Date Posted: 12/5/2024 7:10:00 AM
Two slots left for Glenn Hughes contest Date Posted: 12/4/2024 12:30:00 PM
Tenth Glenn Hughes Contest Date Posted: 11/10/2024 1:33:00 AM
Gratitude Blog Date Posted: 10/20/2024 10:57:00 AM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 10/10/2024 6:31:00 PM
A Poet’s Return Date Posted: 10/7/2024 5:09:00 AM
Music is the Healer Date Posted: 9/16/2024 5:24:00 PM
Glenn Hughes Appreciation Date Posted: 8/24/2024 8:15:00 PM
The seventh Glenn Hughes poetry contest Date Posted: 8/18/2024 5:50:00 AM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 8/13/2024 7:35:00 PM
Glenn Hughes (Sixth) Poetry Contest Date Posted: 7/16/2024 11:56:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/30/2025	hiku	Haiku	appreciation,nature,
4/28/2025	Leaf	Verse	appreciation,
4/27/2025	Forever	Free verse	appreciation,
4/20/2025	The Chaos in my Heart	Free verse	angst,anxiety,
4/10/2025	Spring Animals	Etheree	appreciation,
4/6/2025	The Butterfly	Rhyme	appreciation,
4/5/2025	To Die yet to Live Again	Free verse	anxiety,
4/5/2025	War of Serpents	Free verse	anxiety,appreciation,
3/31/2025	super sunset	Haiku	appreciation,
3/21/2025	Swimming In Grief	Rhyme	appreciation,
3/17/2025	Ring that Bell	Free verse	appreciation,
3/15/2025	Memories Lost Within A Frozen Mist	Free verse	appreciation,
3/10/2025	if I could I would fetch you the moon on a spoon	Free verse	appreciation,
3/7/2025	Angels and Demons	Rhyme	appreciation,
3/7/2025	bubbles	Haiku	angst,
3/7/2025	Echoes Of The Silent Shore	Free verse	anxiety,
3/1/2025	icing the rainbow	Haiku	nature,
2/28/2025	As The Last Petal Falls	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,appreciatio
2/27/2025	King Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
2/25/2025	Soul Kisser	Free verse	appreciation,
2/21/2025	Mirrors	Free verse	appreciation,
2/19/2025	Ghost Rider	Free verse	appreciation,
2/19/2025	Words	Rhyme	appreciation,
2/18/2025	I dived into the cauldron of magic potion and	Free verse	appreciation,
2/16/2025	The Dark Escape	Free verse	anxiety,
2/12/2025	wounded crab	Haiku	anxiety,
2/12/2025	Sea of Roses	Rhyme	appreciation,
2/12/2025	Render me Mercy	Kyrielle	appreciation,
2/7/2025	Bloody Valentine	Free verse	angst,anxiety,appreciatio
2/6/2025	World War III	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,
2/3/2025	True Lovers and the Star	Free verse	appreciation,
2/2/2025	Glenn Hughes	Cinquain	appreciation,music,
2/2/2025	Constructor of My Own Chaos	Free verse	appreciation,
1/27/2025	In An Instant	Free verse	appreciation,
1/27/2025	winter jasmine	Senryu	appreciation,nature,
1/27/2025	War Pigs	Free verse	angst,anxiety,
1/26/2025	The Voice of Rock	Triolet	appreciation,
1/24/2025	Glenn Hughes 4x4x4	Free verse	appreciation,
1/21/2025	The Purple Bass	Free verse	angel,appreciation,
1/21/2025	In my deepest fantasies	Free verse	appreciation,
1/15/2025	The Onyx Stone	Free verse	appreciation,
1/14/2025	Glenn Hughes on ABC	ABC	appreciation,
1/7/2025	Cosmically Aligned Forever	Free verse	appreciation,
1/1/2025	How Glenn Hughes saved my Life	Free verse	anxiety,appreciation,
12/29/2024	Thank you Glenn	Rhyme	appreciation,
12/26/2024	The Embrace that only Glenn Hughes could Orchestrate	Free verse	appreciation,
12/24/2024	Glenn Hughes in Six Lines	Monorhyme	appreciation,
12/24/2024	Owl	Pleiades	anxiety,
12/22/2024	Ten for Glenn	Free verse	appreciation,
12/19/2024	One Goal about Glenn	Free verse	appreciation,
12/18/2024	Strayed Sheep	Free verse	angst,
12/18/2024	Light that lights all lights	Rhyme	appreciation,
12/17/2024	Glenn Hughes Wordplay	Rhyme	appreciation,
12/10/2024	Glenn Hughes sings to Heaven or Hell	Haibun	anxiety,appreciation,
12/10/2024	She Saved Me	Free verse	appreciation,
12/10/2024	Glenn Hughes goes Solo	List	appreciation,
12/10/2024	Chicken	Pleiades	appreciation,
12/9/2024	the first rose	Tanka	appreciation,
12/2/2024	volcanoes	Haiku	anxiety,
11/30/2024	My Mom never knew Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
11/30/2024	A Squirrel and his Nuts	Free verse	anxiety,appreciation,
11/23/2024	When Glenn Hughes Contests Reigned	Free verse	appreciation,
11/21/2024	Forever and a Day	Free verse	love,
11/14/2024	Thanksgiving with Glenn Limerick	Limerick	appreciation,
11/13/2024	The Essence of Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
11/11/2024	Starman meets Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
11/8/2024	Glenn Writes for Us	Free verse	appreciation,
11/7/2024	The Lady in Black	Free verse	appreciation,
11/3/2024	happy elephant haiku	Haiku	appreciation,
11/1/2024	The Bay	Rhyme	anxiety,
10/26/2024	The Dwelling of Medusa	Free verse	anxiety,
10/20/2024	To love Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
10/18/2024	Chocolate Bars with Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
10/18/2024	Glenn Hughes Reprise	Free verse	appreciation,
10/13/2024	The 1996 DEP Sessions	Free verse	appreciation,
10/11/2024	So Much Love from Glenn Hughes	Free verse	appreciation,
10/10/2024	The Next Line	Free verse	appreciation,
10/9/2024	Her Lips	Free verse	appreciation,
10/1/2024	Raspberry Roses	Free verse	appreciation,
9/25/2024	The Ticklish Dragon	Free verse	appreciation,
9/22/2024	Satan and Me	Free verse	appreciation,
9/22/2024	Unsent Letters	Free verse	appreciation,
9/18/2024	Forgotten Sunrise	Free verse	anxiety,
9/14/2024	The Feathers of Pegasus	Free verse	analogy,animal,appreciati
9/12/2024	The Happiness Factory	Free verse	appreciation,
9/12/2024	The Dragon Queen	Rhyme	anxiety,
9/6/2024	Catch My Soul	Free verse	appreciation,
8/29/2024	In a World Where I Do Not Exist	Free verse	appreciation,
8/28/2024	Glenn Hughes Limerick	Limerick	appreciation,
8/28/2024	Golden Gorilla	Free verse	appreciation,
8/26/2024	The Honey Rose	Rhyme	appreciation,
8/24/2024	Glenn Hughes Appreciation	Free verse	appreciation,
8/18/2024	In the land of Ink	Free verse	appreciation,
7/26/2024	I Miss My Love	Free verse	appreciation,
7/22/2024	The Spider Ride	Free verse	animal,
7/14/2024	The Spell	Free verse	appreciation,
4/11/2024	Who I am	Free verse	appreciation,
1/27/2024	I Still Love You	Free verse	appreciation,
1/8/2024	Fly Away	Free verse	anxiety,
12/25/2023	Eye of the Mind	Free verse	anxiety,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Requiem	Rhyme	bird,caregiving,death,ear
Wonderstruck	Rhyme	tribute,
Broken and Risen	Lyric	adventure,betrayal,break
A Cheap Watch and a Cake	Rhyme	anger,angst,business,fare
My Thanksgiving Prayer	Quatrain	thanksgiving,
- Haiku X 218 - Moss Green -	Haiku	nature,tree,
National Stand	Political Verse	america,immigration,poems
Appreciation	Tanka	appreciation,blessing,tha
When Doves Cry	Rhyme	bird,grief,
Flower Clouds, Odilon Redon 1903	Ekphrasis	anxiety,hope,
Casualty of your Cruelty	Free verse	angst,dark,
The Look In Your Eye	Free verse	deep,love,
Paranoid	Dramatic Verse	angst,anxiety,heartbreak,
Hellspawn	Rhyme	heaven,hero,
rhapsody of a moon tulip	Verse	desire,feelings,
Dandelion Dreams	Free verse	dream,gothic,imagery,
White Moments In Time	ABC	desire,feelings,lost love
Halcyon Heartbeats	Haibun	emotions,missing,
So much Love to give	Free verse	break up,fantasy,heartbro
Embodying the Light	Rhyme	light,
Sky of Fireflies	Haibun	war,
Desolate Dynasty	Free verse	dark,fantasy,heartbroken,
the love of my life	Tanka	love,magic,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Natasha L Scragg	United Kingdom	Read
Sotto Poet	United States	Read
Heidi Sands	United States	Read
Kim Rodrigues	United States	Read
Kelly Besaw Gallo	United States	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Paula Goldsmith	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Robert James Liguori	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Julie Little	United States	Read
Arianna Ware	United States	Read
Brigitte Pace	Malta	Read
Christopher Grieves	United Kingdom	Read
Andrew John	United Kingdom	Read
Ann Foster	United States	Read
Christuraj Alex	India	Read
The Aura Rhymes	Maldives	Read
Ink Empress	Maldives	Read
Sara Jama	United Kingdom	Read
Hilda Greenhough	United States	Read
Hiya Sharma	India	Read
Quoth Theraven	United States	Read
Dr. Padmashree R P	India	Read