<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:31:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@sungbojus/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[DARKNESS FALLS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Darkness falls. It falls On the wise and oblivious Earth weeps again As men weep Darkness falls A heavy cloud hand, Thick, dank, gripping tight, A throat-clawing guillotine Source Darkness falls Upon all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/darkness-falls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/darkness-falls</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THOUGHTS FROM WEST AFRICAN SUNSET – I Have My Space…]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are twins, yes. That’s where the comparison ends. We did not go at the same time - I went before you. We must journey at our own pace our wares to acquire. We prepare into the next space our own time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-i-have-my-space</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-i-have-my-space</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THOUGHTS FROM WEST AFRICAN SUNSET – ‘How is You?’]]></title><description><![CDATA[If ‘How are you?’ is grammatically correct, then why were we told that ‘are’ is plural? Why can’t we simply say ‘How is you?’ .... I must leave tonight, in search of the Professor of English. He has questions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-how-is-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-how-is-you</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHERE ARE MY UNCLE AND AUNTIES GONE?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm in my home, the village. I climb upstairs. I enter the first room - it's empty I'm wondering where Uncle James is gone. Then it dawns on me - Uncle James passed on many, many years ago. Source I go]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/where-are-my-uncle-and-aunties-gone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/where-are-my-uncle-and-aunties-gone</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:26:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE ECONOMY IS NOT THE PROBLEM - YOU ARE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a little but enlightened boy in 1979 during the advent of the Second Republic, I heard how the political class destroyed the Nigerian economy. I heard that the military intervened in governance in 1966,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/the-economy-is-not-the-problem-you-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/the-economy-is-not-the-problem-you-are</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:47:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BEHOLD THE LIGHT ... AND DIE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This community is in darkness Citizens in cave dwelling, pitch darkness. Never see light. Move around by feeling around. Never see colours, shapes, sizes. Only ideas of what things are Never what they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/behold-the-light-and-die</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sungbojus/behold-the-light-and-die</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BE CALM - IT PAYS]]></title><description><![CDATA["Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond." - Buddha. Are you embroiled in some crisis right now? Stay calm, no matter the deluge of problems - you mustn't allow life to break your spirit.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/be-calm-it-pays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/be-calm-it-pays</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADORN YOUR BURDEN WELL]]></title><description><![CDATA["As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/adorn-your-burden-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/adorn-your-burden-well</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:38:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THOUGHTS FROM WEST AFRICAN SUNSET – Control Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s morning: your spouse tells you you’re a no-good, your boss tells you you’re a dunce, your friends tell you you’re a ne’er-do-well! And then your whole day is twisted and bitter and heavy and unhappy.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-control-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-control-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THOUGHTS FROM WEST AFRICAN SUNSET – Trying Your Best]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up, my Dad would say to me, ‘In all things, try your best.’ Then one day I said to him, what happens after trying my best? He answered, ‘Leave the rest for God.’ So, before you go to bed tonight,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-trying-your-best</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/thoughts-from-west-african-sunset-trying-your-best</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:40:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE NAKED PARADE]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE NAKED PARADE I am tired, having worked my farm all day. Slowly but surely I stagger home for the necessary rest. I arrive at Eresha, the stream midway home the place where we wash off our farm dirt,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/the-naked-parade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/the-naked-parade</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:01:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SELF-INTRODUCTION: THE MAKING OF A STAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[One bright summer day a woman went into labour and was delivered of a strong, plump, bouncing baby boy. Something peculiar happened to this boy on the 8th day after birth which I will reveal to you later!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@sungbojus/self-introduction-the-making-of-a-star</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@sungbojus/self-introduction-the-making-of-a-star</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MAMA IN SWITZERLAND]]></title><description><![CDATA[MAMA IN SWITZERLAND I’m rich, very rich…. I decide to give Mama a treat… ma Mama is uneducated, rustic and rural from inside Africa but Mama’s sweet African Mother… I decide to give her a treat – I take]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/mama-in-switzerland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/mama-in-switzerland</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FARE THEE WELL …]]></title><description><![CDATA[FARE THEE WELL … October Fifteenth, Nineteen Sixty Two… Hi. Hi, she responded, her smile warm. I've come,.. you know why. Yes, I know. How are you? I'm very well, as you can see. I'm happy where I am.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/fare-thee-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sungbojus/fare-thee-well</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 03:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeSigrkmVUuEiVNu6aYNuhQckX3UN3cBPydwnUyQc4kMT7Pur1cGhRZDd7KiHjU6BEEkuNH8g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOUR PAST VS YOUR FUTURE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never allow your past ruin your future - the latter is always greater than the former. Your past cannot be redeemed, your future is what you're building. #zappl #life #motivation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/your-past-vs-your-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/your-past-vs-your-future</guid><category><![CDATA[zappl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:25:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TO MY GRANDSON, IN BIRTHDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” - Victor Hugo. Ayo, two years ago today you were born Thereby making me your Grandpa Ecstatic,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/family/@sungbojus/to-my-grandson-in-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/family/@sungbojus/to-my-grandson-in-birthday</guid><category><![CDATA[family]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:12:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNdfzrSHdDiGQmjPmJfQu7yDVrQADZPaCH8TQamFgNeTaKkgzmm9cHmimGMDRJkS19VQvyRi3G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMBRACE STEEMIT EDUCATION -2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spend your first few days reading FAQs, reading posts generally, understanding how the Steemit platform works. #zappl #steemit #steem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/embrace-steemit-education-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/embrace-steemit-education-2</guid><category><![CDATA[zappl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMBRACE STEEMIT EDUCATION -1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embrace Steemit education so you can eliminate your ignorance of how things work on the platform. #zappl #steemit #steem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/embrace-steemit-education-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/embrace-steemit-education-1</guid><category><![CDATA[zappl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:23:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE LAW & YOU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whatever situation u find urself, never take laws into ur hands because laws always abandon those who take laws into their hands. Instead, take responsibility into ur own hands and let the laws take care]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/the-law-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/the-law-you</guid><category><![CDATA[zappl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:39:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, MAN, HOW ART THOU?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I daily encounter the children of Adam, so, so much transpires… I just sit, I see, I think, and I wonder…. O, man, how art thou?... #zappl #life #philosophy # motivation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/o-man-how-art-thou</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zappl/@sungbojus/o-man-how-art-thou</guid><category><![CDATA[zappl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sungbojus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:37:33 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>