<?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 10:31:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@warpedpoetic/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Long Goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2017, I joined steemit, not knowing how much that act would change my life. When hive chain forked from steemit, I followed the train and continued to create content here. Hive became a lab where I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/the-long-goodbye</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/the-long-goodbye</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBUcvWcc8pHsU56towAv2KphZc6d8nh531qAPekrmZ1raY8zW25pwh1zCAyixjGWH6T5FuZXJTm3gzJeaGCMCm76W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who Seek to Journey into the Unknown   ]]></title><description><![CDATA[To prepare, to look the thing in the eye and make demands, to step through the fog into a clarity that is so bright you feel blind, to move a piece across the board and call it victory, flesh became reason.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/for-those-who-seek-to-journey-into-the-unknown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/for-those-who-seek-to-journey-into-the-unknown</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3ERx7c3NB6c4SwjKYTDETXymmi5qxQuFdmzdMqPMkVncWwewyiFSF31KhW43hBU3pFiTsjzQD9BeSTePtbRGNmiTFoeGXB2RFL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil Comes: A Poem and Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote this piece immediately after seeing the short film titled THE HOUSE IS BLACK by Forugh Farrokhzad, an Iranian Poet and film maker. The film reflected the suffering and sadness of people living]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/the-devil-comes-a-poem-and-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/the-devil-comes-a-poem-and-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3rLw4QKPDm2ds8vHLmmxw5P9LY6qAUB6zCpo9byMJvn23yydDNuDkHG4XzYyJPYQgcDQk77YnwPfbsdd5aptCVoEP9M1uWwKU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvation was too High to Come in through the Door]]></title><description><![CDATA[I dream of a surplice and plastic plants trapped inside curtains covered by electric lamps. There the room grows big with its ghosts and sleeps. Who will gently open the door into where i debone my fears]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/salvation-was-too-high-to-come-in-through-the-door</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/salvation-was-too-high-to-come-in-through-the-door</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:09:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3E4jYKNMHD2EtotrWgBkARqFpFDcvPdbVXmti243epWVJaMSfqLk4TQMB5kfhRcQ8hcMmLmw6bT8mSP3wVeoq4SMK7RFgH1Nog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving the Single Life ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of persons have expressed their bewilderment at my sudden decision to get married. No one is as surprised as I. Sometimes I sit back and wonder about how I moved from being against the idea of marriage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/leaving-the-single-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/leaving-the-single-life</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3r9jmvNp9QvPGuPb3ASN2YwDUia2HGNaBLs3AW16xGVvhdKASJPZ6WPY1rihvtek9ZnQKdcu2iVHLr8BYMEHoQrv5Q67b4LH8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[She]]></title><description><![CDATA[She's pretty but strange/smooth the skin/the veil/whittled down to smile/to mask the tide/the fever/ the haze/to move inside the flesh like something wrong/the wrong dress/mind/ all unreason/But listen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/she-sm2c0q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/she-sm2c0q</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3rKKRMesixKB38h9Db4KjSPJ6sh2CLa9BgUFhXNVNR8jAeZGEadCPvtyFwwRBCRvKrjaQB7ZYkZ5DEcjnGdB2Aw7BFDHaqQEFp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a Sunday ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is more of a meditation on Sunday, on today, on life. 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I love it still but I recently times, I have begun to crave silent music,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/music-for-the-writer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/music-for-the-writer</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3De5UXgxwsXCvhR78k8bk6dEwBUjsFrqTJjUizftdG4XwYs8439QWiQGqxZuDqDGNy3G37qhaafn4iEEmatLR3tKvD44KmPSKY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Note To Self]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waking up each morning takes some grace. I don't mean grace in the biblical sense but rather grace in the sense of something taken for granted. Sleep, I consider to be the little death. It puts you in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/note-to-self</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/note-to-self</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3EeFxFdXV7WuUfA4YaXvAGK1Bat5YFQ38huwzwBoTiXaHDoWDEVmRDgr8Cuw62pXqJmWpaun6NhNSXjBzzm3LQCKYBYpejZkV4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PEAKY BLINDERS: A SHORT REFLECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have recently started watching Peaky Blinders and I find the show quite interesting. I like the gritty nature of the show but what interests me the most is the language. There's a kind of poetry to how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/peaky-blinders-a-short-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/peaky-blinders-a-short-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3EFttfGgtFVrUntmoZviyakp8TE4MCRZJfJuz7R9Wp87K8oTSs3UB7dEFyDEYNyDNhGyjFx52rUqd5oV7Nyg1o9rSvRLZYdm9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARPEDPOETIC AT 70]]></title><description><![CDATA[A long time ago, being ranked 70 on Hive was a big deal, at least for me. It meant one is an OG. 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A life that goes on slapping against rocks,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/in-my-room-the-walls-move-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/in-my-room-the-walls-move-on</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 09:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJecWst2yRtjLpgsFqLzPeFFDWBBnaPTcD5HxxBfvZeerUhCi7fVy9xkMkqU2Ncb2rFrfH5sa8avLJca51QAXbhFiGPgNCJLCTpVykbRFADT6n2i415Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know how morning wakes & makes supple its limbs again, how it rubs the worn down nubs of our sleep & enough static to make light enters our eyes & gently like a prehistoric piece of art,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/reflections-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/reflections-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 06:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3rLw4Mxav9tv77CtxAjhXRkKTb1CkLUgLUG71rSWCkJ6ya3FKpYggnqdTCrKhFDbx8KhZAywfajM7ipqxyYFVKAj3FuT1j9Lni?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onboarding: Tapping into the Blockchain Maze]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Notcoin airdrop is the largest onboarding event I have seen in crypto, at least in my part of the world. Tailors, bike riders, labourers, mechanics are tapping away on their android phones, expecting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/onboarding-tapping-into-the-blockchain-maze</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@warpedpoetic/onboarding-tapping-into-the-blockchain-maze</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 08:17:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQTWaLeDmvG58NGiRNXqs3EEng8sK7C9DvGSJnJE1DTF5SBeUaY77SZHc7XGDVApACM2tD2jnrrk1yWo2dLDUpVXNeJDAs7SmAimQvh1azeW1FrcpG3bjVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleepwalking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cold & lonely, the wind plays against my skin. It licks the damp foliage of my lips, It takes my breath away. Who dreams of a flower that has drunk beauty in the anguished bruise spilling all over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/sleepwalking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@warpedpoetic/sleepwalking</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 16:35:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHfevpcfMDK4MujzgXZ7ErGpuyD7uBW6aysoQEi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Diary 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is another day with solitude. The lady is out of the house. I walked with her to the bus stop, took videos of her as she moved. This woman moves. Dust moves in the air like a silent host, spreading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@warpedpoetic/dear-diary-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@warpedpoetic/dear-diary-2</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9vrBqGtu11Ue4RL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear diary 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lady is off to work 👩‍💼and inside the flat is quiet except for the rustle of my breathing, the tapping of my fingers on my phone's keypad 📱as i write this and the sound of chickens pecking a metal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/dear-diary-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@warpedpoetic/dear-diary-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpedpoetic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 07:39:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBSmZwZ5V11w3sav?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold this city crumbles: a poem/reflection on depression ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Content warning: subtle reference to suicide Eclipsed rain, Gather your language into the forest. 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