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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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A Matter of Life and Death

Blog Posted:3/9/2025 9:35:00 PM

Are you ready to get blown away... then go ahead and listen to the A Matter of Life and Death album by Iron Maiden! It has heavy war and religion undertones and is really a great source to be inspired to write some awesome poetry. Also, it's good to know that I'm currently sponsoring an Iron Maiden poetry contest... so go ahead and listen and write. As many know, I've been afflicted with the inability to sleep so I listen to Iron Maiden now day and night. It used to be Glenn Hughes I was obsessed with but now I find Iron Maiden my home... and they can be your home too! So whether it's watching on YouTube or by buying their A Matter of Life and Death vinyl album or CD... listening is a sure way to soothe your soul. I look forward to reading and judging your poetry inspired by Iron Maiden... and remember, we all love Bruce Dickinson and Iron Maiden!!!

A man who casts no shadow has no soul -- Out of the Shadows

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My Past Blog Posts


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
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 6/16/2024 1:26:00 PM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 5/16/2024 12:57:00 AM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 4/14/2024 11:04:00 AM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 3/27/2024 10:41:00 AM
Deep Purple Poetry Contest Date Posted: 2/24/2024 3:11:00 PM
Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest Date Posted: 1/24/2024 4:07:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
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,
12/25/2023	Boogie Woogie with Joe	Free verse	appreciation,
12/25/2023	Mercy of the Angels	Free verse	anxiety,
12/25/2023	Wild Train	Free verse	appreciation,
12/1/2023	Evergreen	Free verse	appreciation,
11/27/2023	Monster Isle	Free verse	anxiety,
11/11/2023	Doom	Free verse	appreciation,
10/9/2023	Love	Haiku	love,
10/8/2023	Two Stars	Rhyme	love,
10/6/2023	Oceans	Rhyme	love,
10/1/2023	Faces	Rhyme	appreciation,
9/23/2023	Rain Outside Heavy Rain	Free verse	appreciation,
9/15/2023	Lord Baltimore	Free verse	appreciation,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Wonderstruck	Rhyme	tribute,
Requiem	Rhyme	bird,caregiving,death,ear
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,
The Look In Your Eye	Free verse	deep,love,
Flower Clouds, Odilon Redon 1903	Ekphrasis	anxiety,hope,
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,
Embodying the Light	Rhyme	light,
So much Love to give	Free verse	break up,fantasy,heartbro
Sky of Fireflies	Haibun	war,
Desolate Dynasty	Free verse	dark,fantasy,heartbroken,

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