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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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Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest

Blog Posted:10/10/2024 6:31:00 PM

Well it's time! Time for the ninth consecutive Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest! Why Glenn Hughes again... you see he saved my life, on more than one occasion. And the best way I can repay him is to sponsor inspirational poetry contests in his name. You see, I don't sleep... I haven't slept in nearly six years, ever since I received a mystery shot at the psychiatric intervention program. So strange, yet so true. So I listen to Glenn Hughes music all day and all night. And when my troubles get me most, he is there to comfort me and to protect me. In turn, I feel that his contests have yielded some of the best poetry seen on soup. The submitted prose is simply quite amazing. I would personally like to challenge everyone to enter this next Glenn Hughes contest. He has over 50 years of music to choose from. You can pick songs from bands he was in or even songs he has covered. I know you can find something great to inspire you. Please love Glenn... and maybe when you are down, he'll save you too. Sincerely, Robert

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Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 10/11/2024 9:48:00 AM

Just read what you said to Tommy. Have you tried Temazapan? It was only one that worked for me.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 10/11/2024 9:43:00 AM

I don't understand your taste in music but I respect your freedom to sponsor the kind of contest you want. Also I am always able to get inspired to write my own lyrics by viewing lyrics of his songs. Most are kind of dark or sad but maybe I will find some happy ones sometime. Sorry that a stupid mystery shot messed up your life . I had 4 injections of a shot that messed me up, Robert. Let me ask you. Can you at least take naps? I was getting only 4 to 5 hours of sleep and not feeling tired but I missed my 7 hours of sleep and dreams, so I got sleeping pills that worked . Had to try 5 kinds before finding one strong enough to keep me asleep. Maybe there is one out there for you? Good luck! And thanks for my placement. I really enjoyed writing my Fire song.

Keith D
Trestrail

Date: 10/11/2024 5:38:00 AM

Music can soothe the savage beast. I can recommend one of my favourite albums by Wishbone Ash called Argus for your listening pleasure. That always calms my soul. Cheers and good luck to ya.

thriveni c
mysore

Date: 10/10/2024 10:10:00 PM

I was not aware that you had such sadness on your side dear poet and that Glenn's music means so much to you. I respect you more for that now. I pray for your good health. Blessings & Cheers.

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

Thank you.

Constance
La France

Date: 10/10/2024 7:23:00 PM

Robert, thank you for the contest and my placement. I feel how much you love and respect Glenn, and hope to write you more tributes to his music for you. Sorry for your health issues. Constance

Robert James Liguori
Date: 10/10/2024 8:00:00 PM

Thank you Constance. I enjoy reading your Glenn Hughes inspired poems.

Tom
Woody

Date: 10/10/2024 7:02:00 PM

Sorry about your troubles Robert. My brother suffers a sleep disorder too but Zyprexa has been a miracle for him. In any case, some have found help listening to relaxing music or nature sounds. Have you tried it?

Robert James Liguori
Date: 10/10/2024 7:17:00 PM

Thanks. I’ve tried at least 1/2 dozen sleep medicines nothing works. I don’t think I’ve tried Zyprexa… I’ll tell my psychiatrist about this one thanks. I actually have schizo-affective disorder and I feel the Illuminati personally poisoned my brain. Lol. I’m so screwed up. This is why Glenn Hughes helps me so much. He takes my troubles away.

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
Wonderstruck	Rhyme	tribute,
Broken and Risen	Lyric	adventure,betrayal,break
Requiem	Rhyme	bird,caregiving,death,ear
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,
The Look In Your Eye	Free verse	deep,love,
Casualty of your Cruelty	Free verse	angst,dark,
Paranoid	Dramatic Verse	angst,anxiety,heartbreak,
rhapsody of a moon tulip	Verse	desire,feelings,
Hellspawn	Rhyme	heaven,hero,
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,

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