<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:54:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gbengaremi/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginning and End -- Deserving Prerogatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE OPENING As a writer you’ve probably heard it said a gazillion times that the opening lines of a story/novel/book are the most important. Well, I hold a different view. For commercial purposes; for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/the-beginning-and-end-deserving-prerogatives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/the-beginning-and-end-deserving-prerogatives</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 09:41:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChP8Mz8kN4mkdehNzuqpeXjYyPRspgXVgfu1xS85ut7Sg8n1GAWDLrFT7SoQST3joQ6QRBPrjiRqrUKEe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A WALK...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ll walk and I’ll work, And I still won’t get there, For I’ll walk in a sinking sand Where the sun will smile, Like a snake in the valley Of the shadow of death, And evaporate my sweat to ethereal vapor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/a-walk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/a-walk</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 09:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8n2fCAUqHYCojWjtH9cHMEvhPsGVVVuiNup9M4JdDoGLVnk1srqYCorKAKy38wG3YEeYn5G6PKa1NgJGu5c7YRXM15VzrMau1ZTKiRE3pvemzmdShuZAHBaSSWrH2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOU IN EVERY WAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[They kept describing you, in every way they could: the girl with the locks, crooked teeth, big ass mouth, I kept acting oblivious – not me rather, my brain, it kept acting as if it didn’t know, But it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/you-in-every-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/you-in-every-way</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:36:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6KincH1mMRDEm5gxEju9woTAYvYao2ieSLtWy1JNf7CQiNsEomGuiq4hgQhJRmfHuo52N2oSUZUEVnUxs54FwQKzVe2MeNKztc4h1rt54RSNp1SyZ1WTknvNqVDn5WHWSgH1a6U75z24Y5k53gqTyQjZ733XEuE1vqiDA5kPs1qX25wFmsgSCn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A FACTORY WHERE DEATH IS]]></title><description><![CDATA[My mind is a factory where death is made, mouth is an ancient sepulchral tomb, my ear a wooden coffin. I make these beautiful corpses with them; some call them dreams, dreams, at any rate, whose death]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/a-factory-where-death-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gbengaremi/a-factory-where-death-is</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjagwibdXCLMYNxrPY6YRrJip9MJrz7bM6JgvtPqKeKBM1Fk1GojieetgpCSh4zVMawixArXREBVcBoyQW6ZC9Faw18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AND THE WORLD MUST GO ON]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a post I wrote upon hearing of the death of an athelete's daughter's death on twitter. And the world must go on. I, for one, must open my Twitter Feed, and Bernie Sanders, he must tweet about Universal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/and-the-world-must-go-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/and-the-world-must-go-on</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWLWCTS3myPQqpyxUrF9oo8qAu7d95RWRd7gY5WGDV6p9gXXhdMtNkgxjd7c1qq8FTVPhUSCUmcQfb9RWPrmPycjbaDnceR5JQuihpDzu6QyvFyjwSjy1MbsPQeGWELp3xMBTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LONG AGO I]]></title><description><![CDATA[At any rate I anchored my happiness on a tempestuous ocean – but it was you who made me do it, I swear. Now I am a leaf on the ebb, later a leaf on the flow. I want to be happy, I swear that’s all I want.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/long-ago-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/long-ago-i</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTu16DcVHUEktepadZyxGGpQgRn4gVdTtnWfTR9whXPDnJvGuauDKfSc5UtC3B4YRHCEZiyYtBmsRf7Uknp9rgY3HQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE RICH ARE NEVER HUNGRY]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rich are never hungry Not because they have food, But because they have hope. Hunger is not the villain, Hopelessness is. END. THANKS FOR READING!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/the-rich-are-never-hungry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/the-rich-are-never-hungry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 14:58:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2SaoDsVHPc8fkrZrQgUkQCzXASwEEZhyagPcKWyKcwGiRiapC2AspU8ttSMV2tib7YsAozn1LQ2zPMiU4vv7QvjxFzLDTQqjPBDMePNqZQTBd2MDs71nRTyL4owaM8pvoYsjWaQLaCJgP5qcvmU77sF1heTYWmEA4hb3BDgGM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANTI-CLOCKWISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[( The Key to her Heart Shiny Unknown to touch Turned in, Forward, Like A Wise Clock – But Love should make the clock unwise – Forever locked.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/anti-clockwise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/anti-clockwise</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 14:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVev3ernwfcu8QfGqSifGQaEKQc5hPqX6zvMbMF36D37dd3Xu1P22V7rQ75C95zwb27inDake7cXZfBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIME STILL FLIES]]></title><description><![CDATA[source You won’t believe that Time still flies smoothly even in this tempestuous passage. Of course it wasn’t that you sold your soul to the devil, it was that you left her hanging while you did, dangling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/time-still-flies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/time-still-flies</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9X7i7162gRQ2qfgW8ta7XMVC3ock6Es5KLrs4iq2UJXkk6w3gwThbB9jnFEz54FSgMrENr9Bs8DQBJ82qnXQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I WILL NOT SAY YOU | A pOEM]]></title><description><![CDATA[source I will not say you are an angel. I do not know what those are. I will say, instead, that should you be less than one, less is more to me; and should you be more than one, more is perfect for me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/i-will-not-say-you-or-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gbengaremi/i-will-not-say-you-or-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjagwibdXCLMYNxrPY6YRrJip9MJs19sDxYvgxTgH2ZWnptZ8G6N89ibrjVmsTmb5LZ6vSMjGaK6ihrBD1qYcwEwpei?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[deleted]]></title><description><![CDATA[deleted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gbengaremi/acquaintances-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gbengaremi/acquaintances-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 08:44:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MY ENTRY FOR SWC]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my entry for Jerry Banfield’s Supernatural Writing Contest, judged by Michel Gerard. The Beginning First of all I’ll like to start by mentioning the fact that I’ve had a lot of supernatural occurrences]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jerrybanfield/@gbengaremi/my-entry-for-swc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jerrybanfield/@gbengaremi/my-entry-for-swc</guid><category><![CDATA[jerrybanfield]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgDiNxQgiZs3gn2DikUrjitqmz1p1WpZTApgsfRQU9KUC2YwMPTvDUqjEUezgqmmr8HyzuSPGQR4Pvv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Heart of Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[After seeing @czechglobalhosts's post about travels into Africa, I found myself with fresh impulse to share my photos about this beautiful continent. Hope you enjoy it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gbengaremi/the-heart-of-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gbengaremi/the-heart-of-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gbengaremi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:19:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2JBTu6gGkqmKYccKYNPfHH7PRw92DYA16q3wt892rdrgnoszK9P88eBNRxhKT1zpYwpiaTDDrWuMyzh2dqev9Uz2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>