<?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, 01 May 2026 21:04:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@katoonspeaks/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[*HOW TO GRIEF*]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always knew a day would come that I'd have to write about this. For years growing up, born to a father in his early fifties, I spent each passing moment, every unexpected knock, every late night or early]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@katoonspeaks/how-to-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@katoonspeaks/how-to-grief</guid><category><![CDATA[ulog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 12:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGcjzjEcADr33AqGTGoCPhcMsRuerGAKMLEzSeQbof3qM9rFxEARWpe4FLoP9UxQZmFo1YHqqRfukGNPtKYLVtdWPwuhmwGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bag of lemons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life sometimes gives you a bag of lemons just to test how you handle the sourness. Just know it could have been worse. @autofreak @surpasinggoogle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@katoonspeaks/a-bag-of-lemons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@katoonspeaks/a-bag-of-lemons</guid><category><![CDATA[ulog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 07:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixvTvNLXYcMPe7s6Yh1mSP9VPhtSxRWixUADpAWSAiHFPDsLdmqPRX2kgousdHrsGG7Hrx9KoSWcpqYQFQuRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# THE COST OF WAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those who are forced to leave their homes in a jiffy don't laugh - Airlift -It's an easy death when you are on the attack but it's always hard to carry the survivor's guilt- Wolf Warrior -All the gods,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/the-cost-of-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/the-cost-of-war</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:32:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvZCt5aA6RtWT3L9DNWnjzSC4DmWFPE59AwMcmoJ7raPkTvC5nhg8BEnaiaTY3hs3cSFtv6vwDpLwipZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# THE COLORS AND SOUND OF LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[-OF LOVE Colors A man is dubbed blind only when his heart becomes a blank vacuum Not when his pupils do not dilate, nor his retina holds no shade Though he staggers and falls and in the shadows of darkness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/the-colors-and-sound-of-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/the-colors-and-sound-of-love</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:53:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1AreaDn1D7Jp7ZEvgLC9TvJctofX1ChMgSZoBN9zBdpNFV8XCdX7tzX6V8QJLDRJKqZfDjFNet8ody2deJca74TkhxAS38afNSS2ihyzpypywZtZTf7o8JJsccd1teaBk6SMe7pNCJAM3TSe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opinions Today in transit, I saw an agile, youthful guy, clad in a top, branded _"own your destiny". He bore it alongside a bowl with which he begged alms by the roadside. My inner man yelled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/opinions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/opinions</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 20:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpmJo4qSrcRyGqiBfvqsxN2inQd7XtSGJ8rhT7eUY8Wg95ewhaakhqQ53Sxb8gp23s89DPzPibKpoKFUdpBkz3BApCXGvr843M5fS7Hg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[## THE SPLEEN (Healthy spleen, healthy living; a nutritionist’s perspective)]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE SPLEEN (Healthy spleen, healthy living; a nutritionist’s perspective) The organ spleen can be dubbed pancreas by virtue of its functions in the body of man. Different studies conducted on the functions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@katoonspeaks/the-spleen-healthy-spleen-healthy-living-a-nutritionist-s-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@katoonspeaks/the-spleen-healthy-spleen-healthy-living-a-nutritionist-s-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt4X7NwmhSx5QbeLsruCnFVUc2e2zWrdtR5MQM1jnR2BpB4WSqzHiyESZgVZFyLvbUkhkYw5SspcEjF8DViW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# MUSIC AND POETRY]]></title><description><![CDATA[MUSIC IN POETRY Every song is not poem, who dares contest? Today you'd hear no voice at the concert Do you not feel the pith and rhythm of the poet's poem? That you'd say every poem is a song less of drum]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/music-and-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/music-and-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYh2CRSoqvFLTTvJczDsukJNvLo8Q3LjzuCdpUMzuKEBd4WsGcj5eXNevQDCvJUnviRjBWDzF5qNaS52BNoERc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# HOW TO WRITE A COUPLET]]></title><description><![CDATA[HOW TO WRITE A COUPLET THE RHYMING COUPLET CONCEPT Over the months, there has been an increasing stirring in my spirit to put pen to paper and make an attempt to address the persistent failure of many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/howtodo/@katoonspeaks/how-to-write-a-couplet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/howtodo/@katoonspeaks/how-to-write-a-couplet</guid><category><![CDATA[howtodo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:36:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt4X7NLrLCCWRZGenvUqzb5ViAAiJBWpuJM6AjJeTyy4rCDCm7eyAiCq2VgSuoBpAAjykcUXcu365s7c6CH4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# _SWEAT DEFEAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[SWEET DEFEAT (A PATRIOT'S SALUTE TO THE EAGLES) Sweet is the feat of the feet that marched, through the parch of time to the archway of glory Whose grapes were ripened in the scorch of the sun, and juice,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/sweat-defeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/sweat-defeat</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYpMjcvwAR1LjL4ojzUsahdKy4F4Qhg9JNE1z86XS7Yc5X3xQ6saHLzheJuw7kWWL7bvqVsNFf5VQw3PwEjbcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#AFRICA IN ONE STANZA]]></title><description><![CDATA[AFRICA IN ONE STANZA Hear! The wah-wah, rah-rah, the choo-choo and the roos The nuance in the ambiance of the black shores Through the Sphinx and falls, craters and canyons Through the creeks; the music]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/africa-in-one-stanza</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@katoonspeaks/africa-in-one-stanza</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:49:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnztkp3cr4RpH4u5mkXA33YvRRWDpTTWQJ6pzFiJY1WLG6U9KSFHQjm3K2tWc38AFmWSRG32o6CXLqjErYN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#WHEN A MAN LOVES BY TAIWO OLADELE @katoonspeaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[#WHEN A MAN LOVES Somewhere on the face of the earth Roses are cut, wars are fought Gold is mined, banks are robbed Somewhere in the wide wild world The grip and grit of a mans' teeth carves almonds out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@katoonspeaks/when-a-man-loves-by-taiwo-oladele-katoonspeaks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@katoonspeaks/when-a-man-loves-by-taiwo-oladele-katoonspeaks</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 22:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9VXw6rmETXjvKkz5ihRT7SEHN2vsHvHPZFa3QLU9uvB8SsivqeEHZLbCxQQNy2SB74jkpJJVtn98z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IN PUBLIC PLACES (THE GENTLEMAN SHOULD KNOW)]]></title><description><![CDATA[IN PUBLIC PLACES The daily routine of the average man; safe the monks and the nuns who live their lives in seclusion, demands on him the need to leave the perimeters of his private space where he is privileged]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@katoonspeaks/in-public-places-the-gentleman-should-know</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@katoonspeaks/in-public-places-the-gentleman-should-know</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:50:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzaM5957DXcwm19rKYtbwkEGMxBYw6vsHXF9jrAfJ8vz42KMwPfg78i4NctknoGxXKuTiYLpqXWXbfLoQa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# SNUFFS AND STARS AND THE REAPER]]></title><description><![CDATA[A symbolic flash of the agonies of a loss He snuffed the finest from his snuff box, sniff snuff and tap tap tap, he tapped his head and brrrrrh bruuuu he shook his head. It took years for me to understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/snuffs-and-stars-and-the-reaper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@katoonspeaks/snuffs-and-stars-and-the-reaper</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzrq1wng1rKZ8dmuPXPwXCtB5vf64ztTcDvGuHS6srVeD3KcXZ6he7heEU61QEAfk9Ekh58BrdXAreoyPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[# ESTEEMED-STEEMIANS MEET *TAIWO OLADELE KATOONSPEAKS*]]></title><description><![CDATA[This rare privilege, yes rare, was made possible by @autofreak and @gadgetaddict, thank you guys. Let me quickly introduce myself to you. ABOUT MYSELF I am Taiwo Oladele, dubbed, Katoonspeaks. I am an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@katoonspeaks/esteemed-steemians-meet-taiwo-oladele-katoonspeaks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@katoonspeaks/esteemed-steemians-meet-taiwo-oladele-katoonspeaks</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katoonspeaks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 23:58:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxZg8iLBkwqErwSej8WLakkpjpHBxMfXst5a418TonvtpdLxJoCgEd23ssEiCnzVCXi9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>