<?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>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:17:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@king-wenceslaus/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What is Jesus Christ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Munkacy's Christ Before Pilate For much of my youth I had an understanding of the Incarnation that I now consider badly flawed. This is not, of course, to say that I now consider my understanding to be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@king-wenceslaus/what-is-jesus-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@king-wenceslaus/what-is-jesus-christ</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5Ssiar4DmuNxbCMcPg78PRGLWF3N3352Yta9kXbv1xMFPb1npTwxLxnwTbPXXT63qY81TYwJG1mxGYYBb6mJxqFZktVtUuEajzshF77fTs2ETzvt2tGvEtn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Slumbering Beast (Original Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some have smelt his cholered breath, or sensed his talons keen Some have felt his rising strength, but few his face have seen Some forget him, deep interred, his menace never bared Some have set him on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@king-wenceslaus/the-slumbering-beast-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@king-wenceslaus/the-slumbering-beast-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgA677YFTocmQSFCx8wmDkByvGrJuaENrjJpfRVU3NjT8AphgVbXmP4iUyF3pc6nDgJVmwvEKHVYXd2qVhsZJzDLTpGzwEDeTY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ndlela: A Tragic Figure of Zululand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ndlela kaSompisi was a warrior-general of the Zulu at the time of the Voortrekker migration into Zululand. His cautious approach to politics, combined with his ultimate defiance of tyranny, would shape]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/southafrica/@king-wenceslaus/ndlela-a-tragic-figure-of-zululand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/southafrica/@king-wenceslaus/ndlela-a-tragic-figure-of-zululand</guid><category><![CDATA[southafrica]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:05:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtyNTT2pnUnixLhpv8D4BjoCcnPt2VJBLuHUwTFEnvN8FdyG8PKXnc6dqUSjHywiRUNBtLY9eK4MLD7EMtwURtwG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalist: A Brief Definition]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a great deal of talk about capitalism of late, most especially in the political theatre of the United States. Considering how many have been flinging the word about, it is surprising that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@king-wenceslaus/capitalist-a-brief-definition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@king-wenceslaus/capitalist-a-brief-definition</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkHSGbRxjqFPFf4825WLUCo77BZSi1RHbiFZBnewHsEMs5RT6UD7PxZ9cwrfrfnDEuJNq7oTtMoMguX6zsUjn94Y1YmaWJiE94T7TZpFDTA4orqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metric Riddle #4 Match Your Wits to This]]></title><description><![CDATA[For countless years I worked the land The unrequited farming-hand They scarce gave thanks for all my toil Replacing sea-side sand with soil So I destroyed them, every thief A king became, though of reign,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-4-match-your-wits-to-this</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-4-match-your-wits-to-this</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:40:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkC98MZiq4Da4LFuG9RvJgEnzKwSn24wpBRZdBRLxf7cpDYyB5FTjk2AvCEZfLGL4iEzGqc62VFbZ35kbtmUYYFjuXcXhLmVPFakZFV5RwHcdBpA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metric Riddle #3 Can You Solve It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been a quarry and a fort I've been a church, I've come to naught But ere my weary bones decayed I witnessed death and accolade I drank the blood of many slaves I bore the warships on my waves Accursed,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-3-can-you-solve-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-3-can-you-solve-it</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTm1w5pefE2QKoPZ9xyDRqDZZUfpS1vXrPrBd9hfo5UincG7w4KwH4M3vpopFP5Yef5xyLWBUZt8HPifLh36RHf6fd3maVRkhh1Uie7TaESKyBV2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metric Riddle #2 Can You Guess?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fool he saith, the words are his: "A bigger fish, there always is" For though the mighty think me small I can cause a titan's fall And where I go, no giant follows until with death I fill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-2-can-you-guess</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-2-can-you-guess</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:06:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkCFTVfcWPJcsyQ2dtfsiv6n4m7FBA1SwgU4qQ8BN96QsxmrAs2vMnzkWVZFnPTXN7gSatBQdHq682Dd7HALrGXopzqmRKKQ2Lwss9ADhYvjeD2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scope of This Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[To whom it may concern. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the opinions expressed in this blog (not including those of characters in creative writing or other productions) are those of the author. They]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@king-wenceslaus/scope-of-this-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@king-wenceslaus/scope-of-this-blog</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metric Riddle #1 What Am I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half-man half-beast I seem to be A thousand years is naught to me For I watch kings and kingdoms die Gods in life now lower lie In plundered graves they rest no more Yet still I stand, through plague and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-1-what-am-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@king-wenceslaus/metric-riddle-1-what-am-i</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkXwSmcBLhQa87tyW3zAUXYARaQuCD4HLzJoLZHsE4xs9nkyFXHfneXTgFYEXWuZsLJgaScbxPtzGfDgzQbhxKzF7NMqmDj2qfuHZWPp78x9md4i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick Note on Copyright]]></title><description><![CDATA[To whom it may concern, the content produced in this blog, written or otherwise, is protected by the copyright laws of South Africa. This protection extends to all state signatories of the Berne Convention.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/copyright/@king-wenceslaus/a-quick-note-on-copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/copyright/@king-wenceslaus/a-quick-note-on-copyright</guid><category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkJ4Huq8FdFXh66N3Y7e53EubvzMrvrs3EWEoXz5F21grLffSwu3xwLPjrF9wYzoEdCmJhhynpXvpKiKBxqtJHJxM1SnRVrMk77k5FPf4hwRCbPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[En Garde Steemers!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings, fellow Steemit users from around the world! I wish I could tell you my real name and where exactly I come from, but somehow I just don’t trust the internet with that sort of information anymore]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@king-wenceslaus/en-garde-steemers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@king-wenceslaus/en-garde-steemers</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[king-wenceslaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vr9nEjv6fVda2QraTSa3BoJbkkZkwyFe5JXemNSXMxbSGS99UUrtdM7Ra5Q8FAEyPWTjZKdpBrtkknuF8qTw2MSA5RTrjA13CJ5Ev2TuELKzuNboM48ABtcD3ouWKKWFDsNzsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>