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Deborah Guzzi writes full time. Her third book, The Hurricane is available through Prolific Press. https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/prolific-books-c-12/the-hurricane-by-deborah-guzzi-p-151.html Her poetry appears in Allegro, Artificium, Shooter, & The Foxglove Journal in the UK, Subterranean Blue, Existere, The Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada - Tincture, Australia - mgv2>publishing, France Cha: Asian Review, China - Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Australia - The Scarlet Leaf Review - Greece, Ribbons, pioneertown, Sounding Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman Review, Page & Spine & others in the USA.

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Pretty Please - haibun contest UPDATE

Blog Posted by Debbie Guzzi: 8/7/2017 7:41:00 PM

The prose in my haibun contest has been excellent! PLEASE make sure

1. you have included at least 1 haiku

2. that what you have presented as a haiku IS a haiku

Please DO check with me, Andrea, or Chris A. to help you with your haiku. It is NOT that you are writing unacceptable verse; it is that what most of you are labeling a haiku is NOT a haiku.

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Andrea Dietrich

August 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM

BTW, congrats on the new book.

Debbie Guzzi

August 8, 2017 at 5:01 PM

Awww, Andy, you are completely misunderstanding me, I was siting you & Chris because I KNOW you understand what I want & CAN write haiku. No I do not want a senryu in the haibun though. I want prose which is subjective & a haiku which is OBJECTIVE - however I do think it is possible to write a haiku about a person.

Andrea Dietrich

August 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM

that was an example. Actually the phrase is heavy heart, which I know because I had it. So I guess I can't use heavy heart even though I knew it to be so? That is my confusion with this form. I have another way to go but can't get it to stick to the confines of even 5/7/5

Debbie Guzzi

August 8, 2017 at 9:39 PM

if you say someone has a sad face you are telling not showing & yes, making a subjective observation - you are not showing us anything - why did you think they looked sad? show us & let us decide what the emotion is ourselves- how seeing it makes us feel -

Andrea Dietrich

August 8, 2017 at 6:19 PM

Also I do not like 5/7/5 but mostly I end up almost with that many syllables despite my best efforts.

Andrea Dietrich

August 8, 2017 at 6:17 PM

Debs, what I meant is that some people think haiku only involves pretty scenery and seasonal things. And ones about people and their reactions is senryu. Mine are not focused on scenery but I feel they are mostly objective. Are phrases like "sad face" considered objective or subjective to you?

Debbie Guzzi

August 8, 2017 at 5:02 PM

Also, I know you & Chris are very helpful to all on the site.

Andrea Dietrich

August 8, 2017 at 3:54 PM

I also do not know why you are specifically naming me and Chris A. here. I think both he and I are able give it our best shot (admittedly I do not always write true Ku, but when I seriously put my mind to it, I feel I can do it).

Andrea Dietrich

August 8, 2017 at 3:51 PM

Deb, I have not even posted anything yet for you. Did you think I had? I actually had written something but lost half of it and now need to start over. Anyway, my haiku are more like senryu. If that is unacceptable , let me know. I feel that when writing a haibun that deals with emotions (not to the scenery of one's trip), a senyru is just as fitting as a haiku, and if there is a rule against that in your opinion, I guess I cannot fare well in your contest! In my opinion, what I have thus far written is proper haiku (senryu).

Debbie Guzzi

August 8, 2017 at 12:15 PM

Hi Catie, I don't mind a 5/7/5 but it is not a requirement for me, under 17 syllables will do Cate & do print out the haiku checklist from Grace guts.

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