<?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>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:11:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@horzymandias/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION #3: A Quick Essay on the Horse]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has seldom been so forgotten a love story as that between man and the horse. Emerging from a long evolution stretching back nearly 50 million years, the horse predates the human. For approximately]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-3-a-quick-essay-on-the-horse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-3-a-quick-essay-on-the-horse</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 23:47:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neh9oL5mqQZnZzTQcAKeNZ3s8LhAkALnJZcX5Y66jjiNbAcoyqFbu22hZcRWWWsco8abgbtwRPkYbjAverTS5ivyBkJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #10: Eulogy for the Ones We Left Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eulogy for the Ones We Left Behind I can recall looking inside the yellow-poplar cabinet of my heart. I can recall its rhythm; Knock-knock-knockin’ to the sound of waves stirring in a sleeping sea. Have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-9-eulogy-for-the-ones-we-left-behind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-9-eulogy-for-the-ones-we-left-behind</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 23:01:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5SsoHezsBQWZJigFn2ZFFEerHQCt5TYTZqHLQYZyPcv3xWeNE2vJwMvuVqz2VPYHyhfhJTTfr8kQQryy2DkFs77riRTCWRb2iXBd4Y1VCHPGiDrHrur9QzJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #9: Obroni!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obroni! Nyame Nwu na Mawu God will die before I do. I will not fear this devouring land; We must learn to spare each other. For it is here, That the young must learn to drink wisely and breathe slowly.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-9-obroni</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-9-obroni</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:16:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD9QHhQ4Xqj3Qmgreu7uMXnL7KE5xXRY1218Go7jLgLT8gtxP2hYR6KFehaEXWuC6RBCJk2usr3XUR2yvZTbsx3RRozB9jb5bTtSH6p6cvp7ujJPLvDiTSE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #8: Damnation on Dakota Dock]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damnation on Dakota Dock When I was old, We’d take the stroll and find our reflections in splintered ice. But now that I’m young, Winter is done; I’d see my new complexion and roll the waters’ dice. So]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-8-damnation-on-dakota-dock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-8-damnation-on-dakota-dock</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5Sshgrv8W47i5tezfjGas3LfNXvC9Lb4F4k2kkvDqSssGFMca93c4ofUSajMLjVnozaWW2mmKyNRU32mgPHkRdqkxMVsxE8Ua4EcnHEPwvxdoee3UDAfPZp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #7: Sojourn on Saudade Ridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sojourn on Saudade Ridge And behold, The gift beget of my struggle: Saudade Ridge. I turn, To face the setting sun. Below, I see the stream, Like a carpenter of the Earth, who carves its slow work through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-7-sojourn-on-saudade-ridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-7-sojourn-on-saudade-ridge</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5Ssn2oJXBW2TKuZTi4ny2Mt1vJgHHWHvUrtdriBNLStBxh67JJYqcqmRNC7GAVLdUQ6z7CsMJntFA3ctfgfAZBfBGLHQ4QtuKg8xZXfUGm8xqgT11r7b6ri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TEP Photography Challenge - Round 3: BnW Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[My maternal grandparents breed and raise Morgan horses in Oklahoma for a living; it is from them that my family has caught the horse-fever. This gorgeous buckskin mare is one of my Grandmother’s favorites.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tepchallenge/@horzymandias/tep-photography-challenge-round-3-bnw-animals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tepchallenge/@horzymandias/tep-photography-challenge-round-3-bnw-animals</guid><category><![CDATA[tepchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCuEpR6a8TFVJ8BLVMBvBQZswBNv9gWtCTgGoHFMpxtSsEBJiHK8QQhA6SWr2ff7kh2jgDrWL9iLa2yXkUFxybkvX3Tqa8JykUDXWecSAZn4w1LBdjo9MrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #7: For the Xunaa Mothers]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the Xunaa Mothers Dear mothers in Hoona, Do you hear the Raven’s call? It is carried by the North wind you so desired to escape. You see your husbands, Your sons, They leave on wooden canoes. You worry]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-7-for-the-xunaa-mothers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-7-for-the-xunaa-mothers</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdDAX6kQJvZeT1EETKVQ1naQqEpMzbZNkHN6XP6zWs6joSDZ3kp7nN5cBn1UScfVw4rjYsNJ4wBos14cPFfANEUbXfUA3onS8JCi4PCfLsEaVgiXy9vPLUU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION #2: What is the American Identity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What features define the American mindset? What conglomerate of traits compose the American mind? The American archetype has become a global standard, more or less, for the average accumulation of choices]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-2-what-is-the-american-identity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-2-what-is-the-american-identity</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGxHdTiXWN3uAzhy9FaEQaSD1v2RhUSjVHLceuUZGp7i9AXQPW8MUspFrrhzAXif4W6vrD9bydXKmmGUsiPNE1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #6: Horseman's Ode]]></title><description><![CDATA[Horseman's Ode In the dark, I meet your skin. Your veins run like hidden rivers beneath you, Carrying the spirit of your immutable heart. It pulses, Like the light of the stars above. We run in pace with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-6-horseman-s-ode</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-6-horseman-s-ode</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeDUdb3xngdukyXVCYbCdXjSGPPHsnSU6YJX3g3GugCgoLoprs7NxuCAB1GW6fAka2n7pow5oVKrHwc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #5: Church on Chochmo's Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Church on Chochmo's Hill Have you seen the Church, That sleeps on Chochmo’s Hill? It waits, Unwavering, In the aspen clearing. The grass is brought to lull, Subtly dancing in the wind. The dust within]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-5-church-on-chochmo-s-hill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-5-church-on-chochmo-s-hill</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:45:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgFRBQ3UYjZiwbyAd6QsHsof2Pw73uP3m6c8HVx5wPni3S4Lmnrp7ScHLTazgD1XN8Ds24GFY9Jakri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #4: Ocala Prophets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ocala Prophets Ever slowly, The boat crawls between singing waters. The sun, Sinking below the endless line of longleaf pine and mangrove, Grasps at what little reflections it can still reach. The cat-tails]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-4-ocala-prophets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-4-ocala-prophets</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgaS1Z64q2ni3f5FNiBBc1ZdH2H9XZBbfCKsuwf175X89vVKMMpisJug5uWydgJ4YJbZC1V8f9iozxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #3: New River Gorge had a Kid]]></title><description><![CDATA[New River Gorge had a Kid Like soldiers of winter’s old, We climbed the bluff, Under the authority of none but our own. Far behind us (past the creek one of us fell in, Ice cracking and eyes laughing)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-3-new-river-gorge-had-a-kid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-3-new-river-gorge-had-a-kid</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:30:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzVvYLb1eddKuLeDPDLmxuvvmhmUKe9kjMuH1EVpCUQcLGWoRnWRA6fMKPSUs6kPUDgWBePR6JiPCS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #2: Eulogy for the Watermen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eulogy for the Watermen You watched the birth of day; Dawn casts waves of gold. And only you understand the salt on the breeze, The tears in the valleys, The wind through the trees. I watched you: To catch]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-2-eulogy-for-the-watermen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-2-eulogy-for-the-watermen</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdwue4bnAaFt4hdJXe4mgdRvwesoNVSNXC8QY4QzRy6shLwFdqAhMFewKgYEXgYjwaFpFbR7jFFQrtW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry #1: Oklahoman Evensong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oklahoman Evensong The eyes with which God sees me - I look up and meet His gaze. On a dark summer night, The stars gave me a new home. I soon fall asleep - The tired eyes of the living, And their photos]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-1-oklohoman-evensong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@horzymandias/poetry-1-oklohoman-evensong</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe5a95rkwZSzbvMMLVdpwmz2eciF7VvSFwM9janT9EW3GDfC88bD4c57rHJ1GivBm1CfWDKgYTGDRti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION #1: Where Humanistic Theory Falls Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have just recently finished reading an expertly compiled article by the user @nolnocluap concerning the historical development of Humanistic theory in psychology. Humanistic theory was created as a response]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-1-where-humanistic-theory-falls-short</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@horzymandias/opinion-1-where-humanistic-theory-falls-short</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 02:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVepCHy4QWFfkzBciQLU9D3oiJJVtmLACdfFWH4nr48EGv6G3k3sEmVUSucMQNakEtV2XgCQsXxzi7jt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Self Introduction: A Personal Genesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello My last name is Burns, and this is my #IntroduceYourself (and hence, first) post on SteemIt. As I understand it, trust seems to be something of a commodity here, so I must ask for your forgiveness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@horzymandias/my-self-introduction-a-personal-genesis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@horzymandias/my-self-introduction-a-personal-genesis</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[horzymandias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:42:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq4MQDJ1ZiQMuje2uAUB7TwVnAVaRicn28pVhRMpSPXK8HA6rA1xYUgQvQ94PgrLwsqgqYqYSR9yVhRmZBd1g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>