<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:58:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@kuroiwa/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[To write a book???]]></title><description><![CDATA[I once told myself that I'd labor to the ends of the earth for truth, freedom, happiness, wealth, comfort and love. I also told myself; swore on it even, that I'd never stop trying to get them till I died.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@kuroiwa/to-write-a-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@kuroiwa/to-write-a-book</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rRMhV7k5PFYR1S5VKamSfXTAdFov26ugwSYLNt89Dh5sNXiEXrVKeLkyYU1A8nH9FM2sFBwFLg8Na1bMfVz6bSKnTtyc33hm9xJt5sBdzk9JxBY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay of the land]]></title><description><![CDATA[A high vantage point and different shades of the same.....]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@kuroiwa/lay-of-the-land</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@kuroiwa/lay-of-the-land</guid><category><![CDATA[landscapephotography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 09:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7yWnNDCzzB6jHPdZCTtbWNJezHicE6uWRSj9P6tYdAm25ggKXqKNQoWvPox3wbowvRfSF65Q5mKeuRugoDY5gx4U93pt3G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touching the stars]]></title><description><![CDATA["If you only do what you can do then you'll never become more than you are" Sound familiar??? I think so. I've always had to deal with the belief that I'm not enough and while the psychologists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/touching-the-stars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/touching-the-stars</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 20:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpmUdBmm7LhkQKnjWqbEn6C21qVwSCCy9gk9y3cmVLTaZHjFKxbmWpDpDUsut7Psme8Cr6EkLTtecBajsfFcu1TGnAEiQmu3PyjAbgu4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is your soul missing?? I found one drowned in a puddle of whiskey just outside Where the rain meets the door Did you try your best??? It seems there's nothing left for you And the mistakes of years past]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/going-down</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/going-down</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 22:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9Dm3xBbPHL1AecG3pgigBbBvC5TVrVqWdSpUUJPTpLT8xZxfGXVtvM7oTQWRT3tdjZdCYFsWXW5X4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's the code to remake you...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 7-5-3 Code is a philosophy developed by the Valente Brothers in the tradition of providing warriors with values by which to live their lives. It is largely inspired by the samurai principles of Bushido,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/here-s-the-code-to-remake-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/here-s-the-code-to-remake-you</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 17:51:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7WcA1LPtrkaX9nXK8H22QbGQqtVZRU2g6mQ7oepGwsfXmk5DpsmYWteboiionwUwo2p1xzb3ewz7jM7MTH3y7x3X9JwqdLYUJz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rules....]]></title><description><![CDATA[!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-rules</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 17:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs789HwADryYKimXqxFjz4ij8SSsKoe9LnpWDCNe88o2csrvgzX7McpeE4WzfmVb3q5cNufCNFpt4uuyfYLa7CqZA7uJjVFk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hand in Hand]]></title><description><![CDATA[_ I have watched you live in mystery Searching the pages of our rotten history For truth that fails to exist I've seen you wander down dark lanes Matching the decor with your mind's slate In hopes that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/hand-in-hand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/hand-in-hand</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 07:08:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiSk1apzumDKE2AGMzPVNNZadSwK1CSekNfhQX5g7CmBfP3daYQfmAUvTrVqEpNg3ewYAPDPR7KZqFEsHVb2tXDsnZD64aq4RCYTsc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Universe is basically an animal. It grazes on the ordinary. It creates infinite idiots just to eat them. Smart people get a chance to climb on top, take reality for a ride, but it will never stop trying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-universe</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 19:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiRe7UabZzC5HV1idAdzVnPCqqgRjXi3YwmJAjFxboi8kErn4BZVmt3RDtuVdHgxQ5jzi1SrMWo3uVyvAy4DkPSjjtRpiv1qdtcdd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where art lies...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The makings of art lie in the mind of the curious, if you're willing you can and should make an art of everything. From random picture of a dying tree I took while walking home to my favourite self-edited]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@kuroiwa/where-art-lies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@kuroiwa/where-art-lies</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 09:44:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs781SiuAJCJpzkeL1saKtR5DVUayPGAkyWNyty6FweEn9QQKsSUX3w1z1oxncxqVzLEsN2qD9CPjitADvKvNmeAfiExoXhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disingenuous pt.3]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sun rose slowly, somehow managing to look reluctant as it shed unwanted luminescence of dawn on the "Projects". The projects was the bottom feeder part of town where the government cunningly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/disingenuous-pt-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/disingenuous-pt-3</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2018 09:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrKePd6GmgNCjYujq8KFAR3TuSYqXXnU6m4JqgasaJanPb9kap3QN2ZjRsZ7CXHfbr9ftaVe1Sdv8Hx55ProRxWpdVrbG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love food???]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a few food memes to laugh at, hopefully you love food too... ![When-I-Am-Mad-At-Someone-Funny-Food-Meme-Picture.jpg]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memes/@kuroiwa/do-you-love-food</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memes/@kuroiwa/do-you-love-food</guid><category><![CDATA[memes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/f85of4KXmvsYFWs3hGZA6iEgiS2gakFCuyuCgQrVjtvPJpfY7Rp6c1xiVippbBhUJRVs1H12aPVzCXnctq7EANd45FMk3rnKvWqeyRmeYvFxa2qLdfEYsiNsNEDvk3sDpUdUUyc224JMRqZa4VXrwtcgnzxtw2W3YiFKjhv2r7vvZ9dKoxpDjFThi3ahsVApYqhMENHRvN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be concerned.....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let us think deep for a bit..... I could you draw you map, lines and swirls of thought unfolding in intricate depictions of human nature and failings, slipped through the unseeming cracks of loose morals]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/be-concerned</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/be-concerned</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTk6rdfu1gUssdH9zap6jRY8CN9bvc2rJLQiUcmRqH5wmjjArRVA3KBHthVchhL4amXs9kw4qqLoudwajtCxST88Xua1XssfbKDrr9gYfu3h7utvz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terminal twilight.....]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are nights when I can almost feel my mind slipping through my fingers one intangible bit at a time Where the dust seems to swirl in patterns vague with predictions of failure Where the wind whispers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/terminal-twilight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/terminal-twilight</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkCazKyHvfjxz3J75ankzowecDBAEtr5jLNw51uEPQgEdHiLAjMiWZEsaJFxda1xkeLYapVro3adbhdK2YBGud2nc9PgnWMYtydEGrWvw2gosWEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No perspective.....]]></title><description><![CDATA[I could tell you sweet lies Please let me I could speak of the widower whose tears never dry Of the orphan boy with dreams he'll never see Maybe if you let me I could cry about the men who died Seeking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/no-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/no-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxt1WtV18a9oju8hULT4vv7P3GTAn9gkCNkCg6YWUzqfDKosDuAKCnnE66Nru4pM5EAzsofBAkZ4yDZzNovVo1vs4fFQyRn7B31G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched you go....]]></title><description><![CDATA[I saw a dead man yesterday Shoulders slumped under the weight of his worries He wasn't dead then but neither was he alive. He tried to smile Failing miserably on every attempt His confusion was such that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/i-watched-you-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@kuroiwa/i-watched-you-go</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:41:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25rSPwFpCDzkgnyPobdD6sZ6v5JMDDEBNgKx3ZSffCn1qL1DRQGGvhuwA41K2XHhMJMdHigrdeixi8Jd9GPioNXhFW3qU8BVxBvhdota?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless my unbelief.....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Religion really offers little more than the unpleasant news that the veritable majority of us are doomed to eternal damnation because we refuse a life of servility.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@kuroiwa/bless-my-unbelief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@kuroiwa/bless-my-unbelief</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:50:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyy9F1ZjeiNRuBxBTBUyEucaymGYaNq5b333GxXp435yezLHw8pXJ3VV4ctWUrDyGjr2gXvnFXLv9r544zK3UGhLN7akLfoMnpAzJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disingenuous pt. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[As far as Segun knew it was only the idealists and unredeemable idiots that talked about desperate times like it was a bad joke. The only thing of value he'd learnt from living on the the streets, enduring]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@kuroiwa/3yytzb-disingenuous-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@kuroiwa/3yytzb-disingenuous-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:42:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25sYWAyrPNYAWmf7ZGy5pc6efSJArprN9ghvm617FfJgrz1b6A7jAu2ouSFgSM7EgcMjpbyKrbJzeCRPPbW5fcTXPXvLjY6Bvd7BaCNJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homosexuality vs. Pedophilia in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homosexuality in Africa is considered by most to be a taboo of the highest order, for many there is logic or rationality behind it and for that sole reason same sex lovers are subject to various unpleasant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/homosexuality-vs-pedophilia-in-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@kuroiwa/homosexuality-vs-pedophilia-in-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:48:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLS7EhjmU3VVqJQJsLWXdiM4ZQr9EJQwtpqpL2J8xpN34i4QYzE9nSPqpBs7LVVnHtvhYD3am5yMqVEmpAnp2kfn6cZB9YBEtHnB4Nj4Ag7shvKhkchpu5qCTSfJwhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making it easy on steemit???]]></title><description><![CDATA[So over the past couple of weeks since I joined steemit I've laboured away on posts, comments, lamented about the lack of upvotes and generally hated my beginnings here. But things have changed somewhat.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kuroiwa/making-it-easy-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kuroiwa/making-it-easy-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:27:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy268mKFWctLZAZqNikPUB8gbhaTVDeyB3vpNVs5m6urQRM13Mbsj6CokmRCtU7aMwjaVkZt6j4teYYEF792JYVqev7iXuhUE8py2xykvA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The calls of sacrifice???]]></title><description><![CDATA[And i found this in an old book of mine, enjoy. Who or what will I kill for? Who or what will I die for? Somehow the answers to these questions are impossibly difficult for me to ascertain, I like to believe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-calls-of-sacrifice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@kuroiwa/the-calls-of-sacrifice</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kuroiwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:43:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy268sM7M3PBW3V748cL8DxqB17gVzwdDfyQDhEXfRvEUQ5mmsARWAN2ezN6h3WkewrToXhX6iGqu8UTgXZC5wnmZyeGpMVACfgKXQUUAi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>