<?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 15:18:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ajpage/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dueling Fates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I can see how it will all pan out how everything connects to the present and past The simplest things mean so much to me I wish I could show people my wonder I can see two fates A duo of destinies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/dueling-fates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/dueling-fates</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeLdHgNzV5DXF6rUbA4FRDuMtGFuTboCQk3AagMHVqeDAA7bdYSrcEenS4m9obLq7bCn241ZLs7zUAi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitterness and Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ice cold eyes with nothing behind Blank and blue Fluttering at me but I see your soul aching From all of your self-imposed expectations Not met throughout the years You had a golden dream once A young]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/bitterness-and-dreams</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/bitterness-and-dreams</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kx7QT41LAwhqyf31SMRnykocDG1b8vS7MDV2AHeKUV3A6CbQ1gbYMYid4w488X3kKbH4hUoxY8qDgkae9c2ACCp9UNgAU2i7TuEabGJoFy6gM4SgnvatkJqvwhydK5EvQLGeESJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abscence & Gratitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last few days I have discovered a few truths about myself and the way that I view the world. I was pretty ill with a fever so I was bed-bound for a few days, struggling to sleep and generally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/abscence-and-gratitude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/abscence-and-gratitude</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:14:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfok3VDeZdAbAdGALAj7ZQNBDDkvBJU6FQHBw7ZHvgAX2EjKVZHoDFhi9mzBt5n2NvEFtEzqK19uGcz9KRZjJEkKsjvQZre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moment to remember lost memories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today as I walked to work it was absolutely pissing it down, as the English would say, it was raining so hard that I was seriously questioning how on earth that amount of water manages to levitate in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/a-moment-to-remember-lost-memories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/a-moment-to-remember-lost-memories</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:38:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2QhhddTGwaJhHFVbSmG1GWYLTXimpZGG1SbzmMeiJKts4qnTwPE1u4eNyH1c7NCsfc2qaKXpiwqbM3Qa5HMG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guardian - Poetry Dice Entry Week 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see you, moon shining into my room as you so often do.. waking me with gentle white light for I was in shallow sleep tonight. So I lay and admire the beautiful way the moonlit curtains ripple and sway.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetrydice/@ajpage/guardian-my-poetry-dice-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetrydice/@ajpage/guardian-my-poetry-dice-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetrydice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTrhRZpcVM1ieu3o4PUN3XPsdH6Gr42rpp1NtcrDr8UFDHn7pXqbNNVsdDyDbZh5yQoRtQmSbBLGSTRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short reverie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Such a short and simple word but such a sublime meaning, it's one of my favourites. It perfectly encapsulates those moments when you're lost deep in thought, lost in a sweet daydream. Accidental escapism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ajpage/a-short-reverie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ajpage/a-short-reverie</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU4b7LinP78aEJqcodSWGvC2evppaTHQEVpsrf5MRZBttxEVUKi8pUqqsRvfR5PJ27VuQHhvG8eRMoF4MDYuEMzewxktXGageqFbSLsZK3KDYMybXKr2tGnHzaZWSBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self medication]]></title><description><![CDATA[Within us all lies a void unfilled wounds unhealed In our minds and outside unsatisfied and broken, at times At these times we latch on to pleasure fragmented peace within our chaos of life To escape]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/self-medication</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/self-medication</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxe2wxEkHktgYaSAHn4tx12cZW1YXnKiFFd4vGigydpNdJCuJv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drifting circus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unleashed upon land never before seen as the hills sway amongst themselves Experiencing each moment , each instance new as the trees lightly brush the canvas of blue The disconnected drifting circus of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/drifting-circus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/drifting-circus</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7fJquSjGAL7vBt9v5briBPSqz7LKZ4vXzyQTeHqRwBnnTbD2ucNEVuxodP85RLbZuYW6hZfMTSKFo5t7NfyEjTPuVePGBEStzE13MLgbPFf2c4dfKtt65PWpNzm3SXeaHegAiLZYBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scribbles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo taken in 2015.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ajpage/scribbles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ajpage/scribbles</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVepLLpZBUpfRvN3W6f1or8egsiTPL2nQJ3dSBxvWGnmGuCBE2hZNzKeVq3yBfwQpZSmCf2BfAUGQENA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permanent change]]></title><description><![CDATA[At different stages of our life we are faced with different obstacles, moments that shape us into the people we want to be, or in hindsight, the people we don't. This depends on how we deal with the challenge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ajpage/change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ajpage/change</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj99Ky2Uh4WcRWW5KTXizM5nEcMrVdEq2RBLcxdD741wM5BUPfHYijMS8SiCTxL1kv9eHZkzyb5ygwVrf4Gw9je1r35X5u5azafAyWGhNygzUaes4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your long hair sometimes blows violently when it's windy, getting in your eyes. I like the way you screw your face up. 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To fight, it's too much it seems as you see your fears every night in dreams repetition of failure and defeat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/soldier-of-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/soldier-of-the-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:28:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLftyMt16niyDgRrHWxRXTXaicjPaa8AjPUK6Tvd1tnHbbnYLvYPMKK8rMAMa9gbMhphRFUNF5jwgFmBQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Routine]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I wash Cold water dripping on my skin Shivering in silence. Too early for this as I see my breath in the air- My hairs stand to attention. Goosebumps Slowly I dry Standing naked in light of the sunrise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/routine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/routine</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:01:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8nHuc6pfr1Jr3aAjYji5duAtEaHDWvMLjWBuErvcfgpfwsJbqaDvEqrTnL4w2K72ti5F38nsUue16VTqYCbvEZtkeMWoF2bRrYPMV66RYTLWk2CPU7BXvfidXRs4sQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intentions]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we enter another cloud-filled weekday in England, I am lucky enough to have the morning to myself. I enjoy these solitary mornings where you can be as productive or as unproductive as you like, as long]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@ajpage/intentions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@ajpage/intentions</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:42:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you actually sit back and think about everything that has lead to your existence, every little variable that has culminated in you being here, with blood pumping through your veins, reading these words.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ajpage/life</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:13:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVegomD6o3uG89ZCJmzvuu4681LNtYowbMe3jfD31yHwCkFeVh4uBAdTJMysUf7ArDsJ4yM2zv1mjnNa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is this real?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where are the weavers of the world, those that decided on this blundering, bittersweet existence. relative to everything, we share the same time, what's ours is to share but what's mine is mine. Send your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/is-this-real</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/is-this-real</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2fpFz6V9ozH5YWxopzCARQxCctRc1wfqtJpC9kv4pMbY6LnqDLgoh6KWPLM2DHFaMbytczLjiXKu4uuCwjRLxoVBK8CgWcw6nsnw6FozpzrczYbS7w?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flash]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say at the end we see our lives flash by moments of time, memory played for the minds eye will we see all of our choices, the paths we took? or fragments of past arranged for one last look? All the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/flash</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ajpage/flash</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajpage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeKVMbWPiePMA3cWN5D71CwFBmVdaZpTtUxMwyFgpV7R4u46r7MXVMzht97mmyJQoJbwczFoVAj4aDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[So here we are at the beginning. 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