<?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 04:18:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@upen-srv/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Unfinished: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dull gold light From my expensive looking lamp Looking down at my unshaven face My bad skin in the mirror A reality check Mayer in the background My calluses have faded probably with all hopes of playing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/unfinished-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/unfinished-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5SsnhSuhutA7ujLK4tNXHjz5DZLVyGNisTx1RCpwc3391fyDHxS57EvNuWybeh59QfvcZZa7NrimtJfHsjbdTN9tw3Exw7xgUeA31XSF7nwXWR4hZPVQUaA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This story is based on the prompt, "Blood," by @miniature-tiger       Last Smile: A fiftyword story on the theme "Blood"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pink flesh was peaking out, a flower almost. From its nucleus rose broken bones. Thrashed like an airplane crashed, slowly dying in dark, his mouth full of his own penis-blood. The girl across him illuminated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiftywords/@upen-srv/last-smile-a-fiftyword-story-on-the-theme-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiftywords/@upen-srv/last-smile-a-fiftyword-story-on-the-theme-blood</guid><category><![CDATA[fiftywords]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:37:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTm4p4WwB6uqgHMK641BkLvhWzgjRtzde1aGuC3wkYGdWFxmjYbAJfgVJCdL1SqexaQT1WuREcoznwxeu6DFHTweVGAUGpRe6kwWaQEEbkDPW33yG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This story is based on the prompt, "science fiction," by @miniature-tiger. I'm not a sci-fi writer, I try to be a poet at best still I was tempted to write this one. Hope you like it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Geno-Earth has been deactivated. Now it's raining melted silicon. The programmed silicon sheet that cloaked our city and produced the sky-view of New York. We thought we were New York. For the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiftywordstory/@upen-srv/this-story-is-based-on-the-prompt-science-fiction-by-miniature-tiger-i-m-not-a-sci-fi-writer-i-try-to-be-a-poet-at-best-still-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiftywordstory/@upen-srv/this-story-is-based-on-the-prompt-science-fiction-by-miniature-tiger-i-m-not-a-sci-fi-writer-i-try-to-be-a-poet-at-best-still-i</guid><category><![CDATA[fiftywordstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLS7EhjmU3VVqJQJsLWXdiE8PHX6FUvvEwqME7JGJtLayKcFs5GC5fTmFyC9ypBezNRX525PjjqLQqdJ7ZvuvNMAXKriQyyjgPShYv8fwZU838VZzveLKZ6TAqmjTPt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birds of a dead heart: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sleep With open arms Sometimes the birds I whistle to In the afternoon They come To take me Here we fly In the night In the sky of Fields of war Where we fought Where we died Here we fly In the night]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/birds-of-a-dead-heart-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/birds-of-a-dead-heart-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 03:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTmA2oJPitjMUig6Sz3MrHxDpBinMpxwJuawBzWNB4Zoa8WuEB24j7FxTQ8Xs7aeXWis9zcwgJz9LGXmS6q9z7vhbq9ykbuxY16v5sx56TvCGcckv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calming like moonlight on sweat sheen Fingers godlike on my threads Ink jumping Off you On me This, love, is... Breaths, flared and sulfered A daydream? Measurement's in process Rose breeze can't fight]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/love-is-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/love-is-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9r8W4dVmkbmFoQQXpHKg87xTDQ8JRk3jcuJTFqmGHZxfBfUtXnk9CQXpFcmywjnrHq4vheU7M1J7AKjPeutwY9jtoo4utrJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flea: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years I walked with disgust, My eyes oozed the pus of the dead ants that died when I closed them the last night Now the relatives of the dead still crawling My ears itched inside where my nails did't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/flea-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/flea-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:11:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTm79BLwNyMjwd9BYu447ENEarWf234JoiiRjeM1u8gkwrWXVeuBHbmd3zSop4cZzAQqWT93Hz4K6yiiZtJVzaRFa7vVhCW9dv9KvXFaATGT6q1tA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Late in nights, lately, I feel being late for what seems to be the past, But I ran so fast for it Wanted to grab it, and hold it And kiss for endless time Not the past that I thought would be the future,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/memories-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/memories-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9uZkS1iMPx752a6rsvyMMpJAd46Sc62QyZYc7Qvp5oF7nJCPf4RV3bVcjjw9YwxLqshqR9kZGc4hM4KoqraevTe4dBCdRkz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us: A poem of two poets]]></title><description><![CDATA[You and I, Two sets of myopic eyes Straining to see into the distance You and I, twin souls With two hearts in perfect rhythm As we die trying to describe To each other, beauty that's indescribable While]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/us-a-poem-of-two-poets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/us-a-poem-of-two-poets</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negozEAfmounwvABmKzg3FcWfyUJQ84WGW9uhsDUKWgTLJyfEjRsL5g7th4h3h1RLTpYocb64xsH1BfFjs1h4Lo2FbL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concert: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all are jumping, Dust smoke has reached our chests, and, now, I know how a sculptured fish feels in a wild wave. I'm swooning like everyone is here, though I'm not reeking of a mixture of expensive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/concert-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/concert-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 02:26:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkS7MtSPXgUYLXmHUqKnxQRdogqFTtb729vfdQock9RyszDi9YxY8ChfDdTHA5deSVzbZGkZGJnoL4DAV5KtJB73tHiD4weHbdHQegmgRBdKYm26?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten tear: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long since I had this Frozen tear jamming the duct in the back of my eye, And I thought I forgot I forgot, how to cry. Then You invited yourself in, Planted ash-bitter lips on mine And lied you don't know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/forgotten-tear-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/forgotten-tear-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6KincH1mMRDFT4vcM8ZvNbzUJDvk92fWwtmad9L2HfHQUYcAhEXuuQyjn67ozjQgEtBq6L2iKhB5cJYAph5czNn5QjS9WcwNMAAqP2KW4JQLEKN38SRnGCabeghmcgE2r2g45WFCEAYHUXceJVeCTJ4JPk4rEyzkSKPoRWprYeWd9ciPBZ3SUv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will I care much about, The marks of daggered teeth on your skin, Will I only find Salty Sadness While kissing your tears-wet Red-twins Would it be harder, To get my hands sewn with yours, Your embroidered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/i-will-not-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/i-will-not-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uors7R2rqBVUEFUrBcXKbFSHMgB2qWKjPUJ2fGGB96f3zLgKXdYhh87rhFNn2u3zmpW2x9eTeoiLyFShWRPtHtVYc2BK7uodjALuG9C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intoxication: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I miss the way your voice changed, Gently rising & falling when you spoke When you punched me with your lips, Nibbling teeth poked Wiggling nose against nose, interlaced fingers, We seemed like a single]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/intoxication-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/intoxication-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:25:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bwjPJtcJJmZusPtExyx3sTaZakhzEoEH3T4YWvMmMxm1ZcHBkzxjaZdkxZfURWLvRxSPYFK7XCtd5QAnzbTAUj83C1GWcdjenCecwFRuEUX4VaUs1fWAqDne4AcEP2egaxTB9c74bxk67XYQUZQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lately: A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Late in nights, lately, I feel being late for what seems to be the past, But I ran so fast for it Wanted to grab it, and hold it And kiss for endless time Not the past that I thought would be the future,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/lately-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/lately-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:20:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChVT6GMgdFD5E2Jo7G1QGvG7f8kRGia3xJMHzXSocLmvVRzpzLgnmCxXtBCxXzb2KLXNq9C2J2gZg26XF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Home: A poem for the home]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the days when I feel blue, violet, every colour under the sun But the ones I want to feel When the lover’s touch Feels like a wet, shrunken sock When his very words Embrace me like cold metal fetters]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/coming-home-a-poem-for-the-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/coming-home-a-poem-for-the-home</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comteplating. Sketching...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Made this a while ago. Love sketching eyes.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sketching/@upen-srv/comteplating-sketching</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sketching/@upen-srv/comteplating-sketching</guid><category><![CDATA[sketching]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAM3FKiPR2C2gop1nhwPbR7gPVtgxPnirAqtNvwdGMCxZmc3RP8e5obF58waFvwBSdNfS9hKf7th5m812cwifAVF32q3hwNSS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith in faithless- A poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes I live among the Faithless So I have to hear the Overworking temple bell So many hands shaken by Failure to acquire things Have played it and bowed To what They do not believe Is Before I close my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/faith-in-faithless-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/faith-in-faithless-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75mQTY2cuTEnHCw4ZuGeF8TP4tPojA65cWWNE4x7EKwR1rhzNr2w4jrhuJDgx67iQbv9PwvJMpf42Kddwy5sG1m4xAH8dL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doodle for the day!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Made this doodle to calm my mind down. It sure as hell worked!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/doodle/@upen-srv/doodle-for-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/doodle/@upen-srv/doodle-for-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[doodle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:06:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAB2um6No7mKixGQS17YChiXYsGKEmwcKNq3i4D9rMjUdsR9RXYVwQJXZVYJLR73R1JAHPfNFo2KFpV4pDc2L7hwTErHqyadU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sketch/Pen Sketch of my love]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rough sketch I made during my office hours when my love was angry with me. This Sketch helped me to appease her. Art can be so helping. :p!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sketch/@upen-srv/sketch-pen-sketch-of-my-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sketch/@upen-srv/sketch-pen-sketch-of-my-love</guid><category><![CDATA[sketch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:50:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75mMBRu7mouxFUXpjRAA5LX5KCYPexahd1k6oQXpFvSM9PSWJpqEFXBpeQoW4RYsrYoJChx7PXzponJcZPqUEQbtHiymrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is a Poet? What is a Poem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of people (new to poetry mostly or a real poet after getting high or drunk) may once or twice ask this question: "Who is a poet?" and "What's a poem, truly?" My 10 year old cousin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/who-is-a-poet-what-is-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@upen-srv/who-is-a-poet-what-is-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The window for the soul. A random sketch on a notepad.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love drawings eyes. They express so much. One look and a connection bubbles inside of the observer. True window of the soul, indeed.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sketching/@upen-srv/the-window-for-the-soul-a-random-sketch-on-a-notepad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sketching/@upen-srv/the-window-for-the-soul-a-random-sketch-on-a-notepad</guid><category><![CDATA[sketching]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[upen-srv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 07:45:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgA8VipoPBqV9GPTmbDVw2T9Szj7rHThFEVioAw9rJphsVQdTpY6mta9FfnBVQERmhoDbgLtgzxZV4RegeUVG4p7tWjLM2bazz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>