<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:51:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@abaz/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[COURAGE TO DIE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source:Source1 Man seeks courage to live But not one to die 'Cos it's life he knows And has the urge to keep. Death imports unknown To one that wants to live The thought of it he dreads But what's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/courage-to-die</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/courage-to-die</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9VZYbEg6J6ecpp86r3pSB4onBf6h6fHmHuvzXkTubWUgevAXcaq1ZjvTjk8pfzYvnfi4tFMj7JXK93hGHPkfpTAkEQN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHEN I CRY]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I remember at my birth How I lay naked by my mum I cried aloud to the Lord And asked why I came to the world Then I saw a breast in my mouth I stopped my cry and sucked the breast Then mummy slapped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/untalentedmama/@abaz/when-i-cry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/untalentedmama/@abaz/when-i-cry</guid><category><![CDATA[untalentedmama]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpz2PTLR8X3PQfakZ3VrZHNfazE7KaJuBfRigjVMZ1NsMWP6PiWRVrvUrfXCx52SRLXCHr7LWZgps1Wec8kX59kBsMKiH2cXaJsrR8CW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE VAMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catch that damsel She is a vampire Sucking from those victims Tormeted by vagaries of emotions. She trots around the streets The devil on sandals Clothed in gorgeous apparels You may be devoured by lust!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/the-vamp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/the-vamp</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcaHGhxFDkTFcEB6FpPaFJRhVtoSCLT1tswHGPHwWVjteYH4xeAz6NLhkF1EpwEmy49GiJ8hPhdvmFHXk41qBVP4ujsrN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemjet Uniuyo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spending my Saturday with @steemjet-uniuyo crew was really worthwhile. Introduction Well my name is Abasifreke Emmanuel but most guys know me as abaz. I heard about steemit in 2016 from a friend who is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemjet/@abaz/steemjet-uniuyo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemjet/@abaz/steemjet-uniuyo</guid><category><![CDATA[steemjet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:57:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81BZkBTGujbaYhrcBK6j8PsoNycoQptXTopZwkmpLbD7uDsxedQp6af1wMtrr6Xt7AgQVUCAkr5twwEEbiHwtGLtHfD14z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life......]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life is a Story Of Joy and Sorrow Like a clay It has a beginning And an end Life is a great treasure Everyone loves to keep But yet no one Has control over it The hope from God Today it is green like a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/life</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 18:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9Zr86DeRYncRyodxjgHs34V43C23QorRwVbmXxwo8En132Lb6eJN8xm4LGG7cg27szgykyQX4XqWGuikxJYnMBH5wLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Robinson Crusoe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The island of Mas-a-tierra is one of a group of three called Juan Fernandez after the Spanish navigator―Juan Fernandez―who discovered them in 1570. Rocky and wooded (12 miles long and nearly four across]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@abaz/the-real-robinson-crusoe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@abaz/the-real-robinson-crusoe</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 01:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovZKHS2zBjBUpj5sr8rGmAJx7jFRHJExhTQjYXj5XYx5LcSs5ha7bsUfNce7cTynRo3RdeMbCrZLhpvLCMRWkQFzW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE POET'S NIGHTMARES]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nightmares are dreams that enact horror and fear. These elements are obvious in this poem in the images of mountains of thick dust, machines meant to cut the antennae, kangaroos and the jackals taking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/the-poet-s-nightmares</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/the-poet-s-nightmares</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:19:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9wdrX52FnP3GRqzLr1B8XBM9U5QL8yqoPV37Ych6WC4dHVcmsGZoSh6weMvRbsznPmqpjXFnByaGH3j9DR4ab2E12bYn9yY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEGAL ROBBERY]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a sight! Black owls with red brows Stooping greedily at U-turns And city corners, Filling out gallons of particulars, Just to get notes with Their counterparts' portrait— Pool tax in disguise They]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/legal-robbery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/legal-robbery</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 08:44:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9TJkyCgpeWvdu9cLDy37jCjymgnW7r4HVqzuMb1WUYDJVr6LiCLHcdsyZw89etqVQMwKRvVxNEYPBKWyDh6D9uYAUHc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLEEING THE NEMESIS]]></title><description><![CDATA[He hops swiftly as his legs can carry Sweating profusely—instrospecting to Find subtler details, evidence for his Sorrow. Then do all his fingers point at Him, for the cub he overlooked is the Lion about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stach/@abaz/fleeing-the-nemesis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stach/@abaz/fleeing-the-nemesis</guid><category><![CDATA[stach]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 14:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovYDQm88DZd7ZwAcjsz66xx9VJJJwxwpcX1enhePB5p8ZuF4WGFzEkeqf3864pdPG6H7Bw6y7ipaUR4hwLFiPNpea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[U-TURN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Approach the brook of truth Come to the home of honesty My rampaging youth And learn from history Shun your obdurate strife after wind And your ostracized chase of frivolity. Discard your recalcitrant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/u-turn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/u-turn</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 07:13:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7yWfp1dg997vTM7G9C12JX8zeVAJz4yGkv6PJX1EPiJZCGwMeeaX3Hdso3ijSsLW1bss4MiVykbwe66wLrvNVG3TbMMCSJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Heart of a Stranger]]></title><description><![CDATA[The place was in Takayama, in northern Japan ―a village by the cool, blue sea It was 1936 when Mary and her seven year old daughter, Janet went on holidays there. There was no doctor in Takayama, and it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@abaz/from-the-heart-of-a-stranger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@abaz/from-the-heart-of-a-stranger</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 12:18:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs769VHvBREdMMTo1BmTwnUqH2hTrzXdthF8eaSmLyRN1LgqEXcN1mPKYWjFhYij3yst6MzYneYCdKVMgA7bfBgr2AARjJer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the COCK]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am obliged to appreciate That flap flightlessly To abate your points O time keeper to nature. It comes to surface That your throat is a microphone And an onyx crown have you For a comb. Your pupils see]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/to-the-cock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/to-the-cock</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 10:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVNCt6x99pDbHwQmx45Xz4fY49imqr73Vm9khnKf1aLSzoayEPsRSL8R4eFmg3DYSt2rZodDwyHLqbJN85kW9tmbCaS2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TOMORROW'S TASK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slowly and slowly, You heap up tasks. Tomorrow I will, tomorrow I will. Then one day It comes crashing Like a mighty wall With no base. Today is right for those tasks, For tomorrow is ambiguously dim.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/tomorrow-s-task</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/tomorrow-s-task</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 16:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrHoyodPep18djYhF6aMoSpPzw5sX7qcbVA6rsx732xUTbvb6h1tGWWmrfgtVrv6vURHP1YvcmK5qUjcQ5MRBMowTfb4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIVE RULES FOR BETTER DRIVING 🚘]]></title><description><![CDATA[Car accident has been a major reoccurring event in today's world. These occurrences may sometimes be due to mistakes made by some road users and these mistakes may keep on reoccurring unless road users]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@abaz/five-rules-for-better-driving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@abaz/five-rules-for-better-driving</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 12:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn8YEVnY7rJk7z5oDUQftwxfwtSW587ip8m3uAbrHhs6Vg1pbwd7YrvLm88Ce3RaZatY7sVogx1wePCSs5iQuo5a6DoFZJb2dTFWfRdssBa4GE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GENDER COCK CROW 🐓]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source:click here We envisage no future But a dim foggy time after When hens desire to crow And control the affairs of time: Feminism! Can we jerk a natural order? If it be so, let hens grow Combs,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/gender-cock-crow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@abaz/gender-cock-crow</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 08:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs77tJPff7988vsUQ2WjA8WQno6krcYAHe7akq97Tk8t6eBQS6KwkS4v9VLKku4cxN4LuP7nDURpa6KRCWRhMvcRTqzLz7yg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MESSAGES FROM THE SEA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should you find a bottle 🍾 on the seashore, look inside for a letter. It may come from a pen pal on the other side of the world, or from someone needing help In 1956 a young sailor at the sea was feeling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@abaz/messages-from-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@abaz/messages-from-the-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2SaoC4ZRzyPFS6GjuPkpgZWRpnz35x1qNaGzghEqGeb8eswCuXfS3MNbD1BGVytgB4MfNh5kr4gyoSCjfLpWUYigtgRcqYxm2dJbjErCT4kco1tZ64oHDLzNamBxKt5bxvk2TezeDJi5XridFMyBhg9rmjaV5CLNX5b4GA88W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOVE, SEX and MARRIAGE]]></title><description><![CDATA["WE FEEL that it's all right," explained Ruth. "We love each other; and after all we are going to get married in 18 months." "We'd get married now if we had the money," added]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@abaz/love-sex-and-marriage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@abaz/love-sex-and-marriage</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:40:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9sJFVbNJi2VMm2myTE7Pw26gnH9vEdbEm6tpvazAVFYRkvctfsfPjN2QSZHPGRtc7ehy4FB2bq3UaZe4WJU44rDEdE5wcKQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birthdays are days of great memories. First of all I acknowledge My creator and I return all the glory to him for keeping me through the tides of the years past. It wasn't an easy journey but God saw me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@abaz/happy-birthday-to-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@abaz/happy-birthday-to-me</guid><category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 06:42:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAeuFvtQV17AfsUWCjooU233JRcDMQBoo22XMZNa4DCyunepjnppLfMGPdfVGrfJaKUoTvjxx68hT2r6PLRzEMJnPWj4JT2ht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TULIPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source:pixabay.com It came like the flogging of a thousand lashes and the infestation of a million bees on my back - the lashes of the rain Yet the squealing call of a delicate tulip fortified my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/tulips</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abaz/tulips</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr7kZ9GAm2q7ang57q4VtMnGHLJBEVNXDqJDZ45Lte21yBRC82oh8R766nVfX878BkvEdKMJbjn4mmwo3j9BccLKvR8kW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLOOD BANK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source:pixabay.com They are the first I've seen Singing blood bank Gyrating over every motionless Lagoon, humming the song Of disease. They carry Sacks filled with your haemoglobin. They are the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@abaz/blood-bank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@abaz/blood-bank</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7WcA1JqwZ8Np9ZbKx1JcDnkkzUL4AWVJ9NcSUvd5mJaom6Hwm6GSMvwZhRNsXmYjRL94Hh7t5XspZA4Pj77pH5puo6CFR6E4f8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>