<?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, 12 May 2026 03:56:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@steemwriter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Arrangement - Part 1 (Dystopian Fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The window had been left open the night prior, allowing the morning mist to seep through the screen. As he rose, RJ could feel the dewiness of the early hour stick to skin his like a blade of grass. Usually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@steemwriter/the-arrangement-part-1-dystopian-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@steemwriter/the-arrangement-part-1-dystopian-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:19:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU4b7LiL9kW3tGGBFQ5tpFkjBZANWBgYVm2omn68PcbT8XmJzFsUARnqeYGzDF8gXciVouVhj1tLxftAWLCnzjkoxgP9EmC6f2MzettGj6B34aEAA2s4eqyw2MkuVyx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acrostic "AUTUMN" Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adumbrated back in May Under August’s green array The hidden hues are kept at bay Unmasked in full in fall’s decay Maroon and crimson, yellow-bellied, leaves all rusting in display November’s fleeting,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/acrostic-autumn-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/acrostic-autumn-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYqjsL8mR3WdyHeMt4C8MiuWtBHFWsi1JFDZ5ZLxQcgwQdYzdoNzRhriRMJtc8bkJp6RcYRP2vr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a person "good"? What is "goodness"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goodness isn’t simply a genetically composed, hereditary feature like a crooked nose or big blues. Goodness, though definitely in part influenced by nature and nurture, is an individual’s own decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@steemwriter/what-makes-a-person-good-what-is-goodness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@steemwriter/what-makes-a-person-good-what-is-goodness</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqhTkLau3wphChDJrnbR66iCAnLeRFczTykvSjy3N2AxYhx72wUVyQc6sjhDdRLJ2XxQaHwXZxqDJXXKVa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The TV Star (Original Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.” – G.K. Chesterton Rhymed verse poem inspired by "Richard Cory" ![] ( Play before and after reading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/the-tv-star-original-poem-poetry-slam-challenge-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/the-tv-star-original-poem-poetry-slam-challenge-6</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe47WB7rQ8paKJ15WuDgUCtwSH29PuupMuVXB4acNsj6sPo9SbZGN9mE9RuKkTGQ2uEm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM: Sharp Melodies (Scary/Halloween Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[That aged upright Once of ivory white Dyed a crimson red With black keys that invite Unaware of what lies From deeper within Players sit down And their pieces begin For if only they knew That one painful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/original-poem-sharp-melodies-scary-halloween-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/original-poem-sharp-melodies-scary-halloween-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 05:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNcexr7CN6oLFxdYPTk9EAY9hdGJZM5wxLb8Jbjf8UczwEQ5npGKVEwMN7gqPjiBA4bGA6vQn71G3MEm514m6EbAjYnvVRHQcdcQ6LmToquKLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Twenties and Thirties: Human Nature in Times of Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dickens once, so simply, stated, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This perfectly encapsulates the era of the twenties and thirties. It was an era of multifarious metamorphosis, socially,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/the-twenties-and-thirties-human-nature-in-times-of-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/the-twenties-and-thirties-human-nature-in-times-of-change</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 02:37:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD1RnhoSMtwfTHvmX95edas2gQ2De9CUUFtHN3dTMBnvLG9WbRWm5wASkzYXpctHMddagBL14MLEfvBMNfkfmMm4bqXpwWhZynBF229rq3pWkRctEVgA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Slam Challenge 5: Cauldron Fondue (Halloween Limerick)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cauldron Fondue The witch was concocting a magical brew Using a recipe with five-star reviews Muenster-mashed cheese One black cat’s fleas She mistakenly made Werewolf Puck’s cauldron fondue Art by @u-violet,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/poetry-slam-challenge-5-cauldron-fondue-halloween-limerick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/poetry-slam-challenge-5-cauldron-fondue-halloween-limerick</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpsy1KH4dK2rvKcuA1XL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Slam Challenge #3: Mental Manufactory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Screaming whistles and cognitive cogs Thoughts all factory run Electric currents, bloated brass tanks, and turbines quickly spun Engineers keep working and winding Mechanical pistons of steel Wires, sprockets,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/poetry-slam-challenge-3-mental-manufactory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/poetry-slam-challenge-3-mental-manufactory</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpt8hukuGVmbPhUo68uU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IS FAST FOOD SLOWING DOWN?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Has fast food really slowed down in the last decade?? In the last fifteen years, the fast food industry’s revenues have actually risen twenty percent. However, there is a worthy competitor rising from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@steemwriter/is-fast-food-slowing-down</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@steemwriter/is-fast-food-slowing-down</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVeteBEJzNeKAJeKcWTDY5x7Lbsy5kXnwm8LVCCwoKsWBEMuKdvmLuSRkCTCyZt7Mp3GJoVrP3FvDRVy8VQd38mvBBq9f7ZWKdogxhc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NUCLEAR CLOUDS (original poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I like to lie on the ground And find shapes in the nuclear clouds A mushroom A flower A great leaning tower A mass of white, burial shrouds Sometimes I sit and piece together Burnt verses from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/nuclear-clouds-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/nuclear-clouds-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsVmJ9vo9TVrFV7aCqTrTuqcDvubxrsbekYJ9fEVc2SxHc4JNcdSiCRqjzKoMaaVvKHKdeAgBy35ASFf38TAogNsLgqv5B99MQZbGQG6csTKTkXatd2iYcDvZqiW9636xwiZPihkkHt6pPN5wmjcZCMA1MfzqL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is Edna Pontellier?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman struggling with opposing thought; torn between her outward and inward self. In the novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin challenges the sexism apparent in the Victorian era and introduces the main]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/who-is-edna-pontellier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@steemwriter/who-is-edna-pontellier</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Kz4AvSQQCx1YVp6PYsoiTnnyo1iTR4tpPxUWpBGGwZrAenbzE8VFVHi7SAyS1brDejYDXWFmV8a7aJHhtAuGCFJw79MU6GoQY3GoQjCmkXnKXmAkc2WMyyZbR7ScqYyQLqFqhbsyHz2bzUcrfQpjyF4usULcqvFLhtvLwwfwe9WhHUB4Xcbr1AXrTZ3vqBpzyvd24jaar3pmDSFxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM: The Melting Mass]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mass in the attic ..........It’s melting once more ....................Slowly reducing ..............................To it’s congealed core Oozing through doors ..........Permeating the floors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/original-poem-the-melting-mass</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/original-poem-the-melting-mass</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 03:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxYjhmfF37Wz3k3LvyUyD5WFGZi448Y84MLXrSRhuV5PThnvaq7BLxBRS34gUq8Mrpbuo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Luther King's FOUR STEPS TO NONVIOLENT PROTEST (still applicable in the present and future)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Birmingham, Alabama, the Police Commissioner for Public Safety, Eugene “Bull” Connor, forbade any future nonviolent protests regarding desegregation. His reasoning was apparently the fear that it would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/taad8-martin-luther-king-s-four-steps-to-nonviolent-protest-still-applicable-in-the-present-and-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/taad8-martin-luther-king-s-four-steps-to-nonviolent-protest-still-applicable-in-the-present-and-future</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:24:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNoWz1VWVd9yPtY3X8j8G3MrCM3ok3Y1joTYQbg6EyyDV85Ku4SaJP1RriP7krsH3UZhUR92iFdH1SFqDFqqh1rd2aqfdxefHx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM: Concrete Wall]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found myself on a dirt trail Walking gracefully like a bride behind a white veil Mesmerized by the gorgeous growths rooted in dull ground Winding and wrapping around large pillars within the dirt, bound]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/martin-luther-king-s-four-steps-to-nonviolent-protest-still-applicable-in-the-present-and-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/martin-luther-king-s-four-steps-to-nonviolent-protest-still-applicable-in-the-present-and-future</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5cZUEw6DD9wPuacWXS8fCWaRZcXjNih11cG8QQRtNsvk7qRQ9QJYKmabQDvfQC8MUPii4FQqns8woa558XQs4p1j18sQTZbLG78n3CChL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM: Runaways]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getaway money wrapped up in worn-out rubber bands And stockpiled in old cigar boxes Silent slumber broken by five alarm clocks scattered across town Ringing in sync Stuffed backpacks and duffle bags Thrown]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/original-poem-runaways</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@steemwriter/original-poem-runaways</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rJF8BjUdai2M4xwQhfJPqjHYvP7uAYKhqB5UQfL4AF6yoRHohGiixZA5m6tbLY8wHJ84rU7kSkqe99D7ro4pvrixeQP3AbvGq7PXfwggUFdKfxXen2vNbSLH8ADt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube Demonetization: A Step Towards Censorship?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As an American citizen, you are taught, from an early age, about your right to free speech protected under the first amendment of the constitution. However, the new technological phenomenon known as the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/new/@steemwriter/youtube-demonetization-a-step-towards-censorship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/new/@steemwriter/youtube-demonetization-a-step-towards-censorship</guid><category><![CDATA[new]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGguko3kKK6VW25TbGZJvgEvhixYA9iD3SviQvfgjAhF8eVg9g6ueyKvngjqLiPivb6Pv6TjJY31LnCabqV4S2haGP53DozWjjVWuDzaZDWoASBe6oUVo9PxtRBe78T?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently heard about Steemit and after making an account, I quickly fell in love with the site! I plan to submit original fiction and poetry along with political articles and social commentaries. I can't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/martin-luther-king-jr-s-four-steps-to-a-nonviolent-campaign</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@steemwriter/martin-luther-king-jr-s-four-steps-to-a-nonviolent-campaign</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemwriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVeteBDLSDieyBEHdMUCGAELGNX551yUKdWcKVf9LbhGYGVi3oGw5bBVovZDE3BoLjwRfVmo5J9QUnWjbYDZZK2B4VZdG8Ao5BQKARt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>