<?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>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:58:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@abrigella/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Apollo’s Call (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey Steemians! I’ve been on a posting break due to my schedule just having no free time. But hopefully it’s calmed down a bit. So it’s no secret that I’m pagan, but my pantheon doesn’t really contain any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/apollo-s-call-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/apollo-s-call-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 13:21:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdDAjNbSLPuQ4nLWxoP4didCbXQUabqG76fB2DikyL41fN8keNAEZYoLAPgZMToA8ndzD6pcQfoJZscZosACp8Pa2Mc7R1qFUEj3JFV8YzDQknqdCCJMdp5c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black-eyed Peas and Mustard Greens (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey Steemians, Before I moved to the borderlands, I grew up in North Georgia (cue dueling banjos). I don’t hold a lot of things from that period of my life dear, just the trees, and the things my grandmother]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/black-eyed-peas-and-mustard-greens-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/black-eyed-peas-and-mustard-greens-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 14:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD6Nx4Q5WFeGFERESKHUT4VuhuH1iMkZi9mKsHTN3Bn1BBKFeeB14pkTPaVyJDLkbi8NMwggaw4pLe5yTFwJpWF8CDyApvLdRid7GhS2kieXj9uQH3ctAFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Stop (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been writing full time lately and so not too much posting or participation going on here from me, but I promise to make more of an effort! Thanks for staying tuned in, Steemians! Time Stop I’ll be steady]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/time-stop-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/time-stop-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 02:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD6bpR3EE8ZajCSaZ6E92M6Zp7Vf71hRvLeVFwX9tqAWmejG5GWwTPvyKNsmo9fXKvjT9s9eKAJxGMYQGxd3FoYHFTwXJYD4W6koDChABEmKWa6SrjhQfTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Lost (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there Steemians! So a lot of my poetry is obviously love poetry or about dealing with my mental illnesses (I’m alphabet soup, I deal with it just fine with the help of medication, therapy, and writing).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/get-lost-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/get-lost-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:23:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCji7YBMKRnouyN4vt2GFQ8U7DfVcKYzU4p9qtQbPtkyCGcgqi8ieUJb4t282qa8CdWDvzojKX1Y3J9NvRL8KdRZS95x4RnWYoYpDaqpWVCC5YZwqfBHGLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spaces in Our Hearts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Steemians, Today, I’m bringing you another poem from my long felt heartbreak and recovery. A story of what we built together and what we chose to give up. I’m happy he and I are still friends. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-spaces-in-our-hearts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-spaces-in-our-hearts</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:33:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCvv2oWi7oMvouTk2V8hjc618fyAuJiXPejoZTruw8XnvxPSuFGZT3wroBbR7J7DQBRBUVbNJYNX2YPVAGsedLAGgSbqgbZhZAafs7cWD8MWFuHosJEHxFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Way of Apology (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello! I don’t generally do introductions to my poetry, but I’m noticing most do here. I’m always up for trying something new. There is a story behind this poem. When I was very young (20), I was very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/by-way-of-apology-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/by-way-of-apology-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:37:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the Darkness (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let the Darkness Make me into one of the voices in your head Let your darkness warp everything Then you won’t have to believe What we had was real. I’m just a figment of you, Imagination gone too far,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/let-the-darkness-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/let-the-darkness-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCq9sY8tLCTEqjLcm1gMDqYEt6RLDtrqjnqLmfvKjMFeWZ7JCvNQDBMPGnRSPs4QsVtbMmjPhEP2kxdagJC5GKW2oz5rqFKTiZTuNLFyZhppqPWCT9rqF9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sailing (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sailing There are things better left unsaid, But my skull splits at the seam, And all the words spill out of my head. Fragmented half thoughts that I hardly understand. They all make sense to you. Sometimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/sailing-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/sailing-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:47:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCgyXrrMYGUwVVPSQpRf21U7ocUj4XyMz5QQ9LH5c1jXtr3F4JBr6PwPzQwL66QAfp1GS5pyvEG7ZtkjkUem3YUsaaprrAB1LcpCFUxLxhSq7L8WiP8KUXG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Is It That I Miss You? (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Is It That I Miss You I woke in a colored stream of light A rainbow shining through the window And that space beside me, Empty I always hope to wake beside you Though I never have. At night, I dream]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/how-is-it-that-i-miss-you-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/how-is-it-that-i-miss-you-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD7zAKgjoZgmBpwjaVqzRTJBuNTZcikFKWoSe3pufZns26WZVv1RAi5qizkSQe1w9V2Xi42ik14yC9Qz7bZvn2FeZFuNG6Vsa8FKZAv9VdjsBBhaw4CznCW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother, Do You Love Me? (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mother, Do You Love Me? You slipped the knife between my ribs And twisted it, Then you told me, This is what love is. No wonder I've got a fucked of vision Of what a family should be This is how you create]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/mother-do-you-love-me-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/mother-do-you-love-me-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCso7dWKLxr9c6VWoU2vGLM1eKcy7uYGAxmUXJJ3BWrjYFCMXbcgYBczH8KTubaJeSB4AnXM1v8v9WniqFeuehFHvpYTMcDpuEPY5rfhB454ncTwq81MSFx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I Said Unconditionally, I Meant It (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I Said Unconditionally, I Meant It I won’t cry again, These tears are golden. I’m going to hold this space . It’s pointless to try to drag me back in, I never left. And if you think I ever would...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/when-i-said-unconditionally-i-meant-it-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/when-i-said-unconditionally-i-meant-it-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:53:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCnP3ScVnixdbxrJZfV7r28cf8EWrC7SdMGCfHfKsfWK4PeMTXngov8D9b3oiQN131kxtE1Bb4cooz9cLKJdbrMVLL62HqLFqtBLeFimyKu4jWSB4zSfyRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPU Poetry Contest #7: Look To The Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look To The Future We are all one But we are not all the same We all connected But the conduits change We are a constant production Always striving to improve We are the future We are the change the earth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetsunited/@abrigella/spu-poetry-contest-7-look-to-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetsunited/@abrigella/spu-poetry-contest-7-look-to-the-future</guid><category><![CDATA[poetsunited]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 06:51:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kryptonite Addicted Doll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kryptonite Addicted Doll I was a broken toy collecting dust in the furthest corner of the room. You put me there and promised to fix me. But I just sat there watching you play with everyone else. Every]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/kryptonite-addicted-doll</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/kryptonite-addicted-doll</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:50:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Failure I can't look in the mirror, It hurts too much today. I hate everything I see, I hate everything I say. I want to peel back my face, And see who is really underneath, Because that person staring]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/a-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/a-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 19:27:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning To Be A Cactus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to be a Cactus I remember the day I cut off my roots, How much it ached. Now I'll never be a tree. When that's all I ever wanted to be. I no longer hear the calls of the whipper wills, The Katydids]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/learning-to-be-a-cactus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/learning-to-be-a-cactus</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:28:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Only Cost Tupence]]></title><description><![CDATA[It Only Cost Tupence Loving you has been quite the fix I sold my heart down the river Styx I'll wait for you I'll wait, it's true. I made my bed Now I shall lie in it Tell stories that never happened About]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/it-only-cost-tupence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/it-only-cost-tupence</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:19:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Let Go (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Let Go Oh I love those things you do To mess with my head Because I don’t want to let go of you But I don’t want you back again I love being free And without even meaning to You took that away from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-let-go-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-let-go-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:02:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am A Pill (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am that pill you take When you can't get to sleep When your skin crawls and itches And you start to scratch until you bleed. I am that person With a need to fix your everything Despite what it takes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/i-am-a-pill-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/i-am-a-pill-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Light After the Storm (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Light After the Storm See me flourish and bloom Not because of you, Not in spite of you, But because I grew. I grew, budded, And now I bloom. See me stretch towards the sun See me drink in the rain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-light-after-the-storm-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@abrigella/the-light-after-the-storm-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideal First Date (short erotic fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[First date: Scene 1, coffee shop parking lot. Coffee was nice, even if he drank water. The conversation was good, lightly flirty, funny; my face got that slight pain from smiling too much. Always a good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@abrigella/ideal-first-date-short-erotic-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@abrigella/ideal-first-date-short-erotic-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[nsfw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrigella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCmCfh7Vsc7D7967jybobtvKmRRveaA4PZMQxhtzohhzk5f927X4RKwoSX4XFazNhPAD2DfDvwGaAWnJsWxAWUzg4snojPYRdScCzvw4WhTsFAFZPU4TprJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>