<?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 22:20:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@whoshim/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten Places - A Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quiet grove stands, dappled in sunlight, surrounded by a loop of broken road. A pond and woods sit unkempt and still, with no sounds of adventure. A wind whistles past the doghouse, but no longer past]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/forgotten-places-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/forgotten-places-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi5xsGsUDYUN1LNu9Qi8onYittfhSMCpK247Cb8urhKFZas7ekGusXJy8xzEZgDzLWUY1eYqzNjo9jiQsxmw8Smt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postdiluvian Disorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sunday school teacher speaks of Noah's Ark. The animals march, the dogs bark, cute crocodiles smile at the patriarch, and nothing, nothing is remotely dark. This greatest human tragedy, we teach our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/postdiluvian-disorder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/postdiluvian-disorder</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyES9JcKFDeH5T1BgkCN86Mfa1ZkS1CsuXtnDevyotBQLTVVoARnE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dream - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Fender flanked by pianos stands in the shop window, blue lightning bolting across its crimson face. Motionless, Malone studies it silently. His birthday behind, Christmas six months off. Visions spark]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/a-dream-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/a-dream-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP1LwhMpF7ZHu7sDcT5pbp9hN3gQLqBuBPAR5JxSoNaTt6PfDGMikENd2tg68wN2o1jEedszjMgrWykDvz7BinBzvZD5S6XP7rQ5w8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Reflective Haiku]]></title><description><![CDATA[A day's end The sun dips My last sunset Image Source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/a-reflective-haiku</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/a-reflective-haiku</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyCAwGTd2ZT2hhXwMoVeiEbdcNQUSgshqYfyHHyMNMuKUXBeEQK57RPzRjufkHKghgYvmDREs6qqppbd3JTCuZafNouEN3X59KLrFzHPu68toEKvxAaeEcdJwQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, Steemit! It has been a long, long time since I posted. My wife and I will celebrate our tenth anniversary this summer, and I wrote a poem for her. You are getting it here first though. :D Grey rolls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/ten-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/ten-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 13:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi5xsGsUDYUN1LNu9Qi8onYittfhSMCpK247CjiYRktVBT256v6rE7dCtZTqbcXZMNHLKVQBAjZq178vAcHjWt4e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purple Sunset - A Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The slow breakers rolled somberly, sighing of lost love and sailors, up on to the smooth sand dunes, stretching silently for miles, themselves troubled in thought sitting, searching the stars showing in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/purple-sunset-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/purple-sunset-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:27:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgnRrABUJBHUScMbDSWp4fzTrZJyADaqyjWiNURusWJwxSwCMRnXCBps14d7cg3XoBpp2CjzF4kHHu9s91ivSLjqLxnAxoC5fYrZiruVHVAZJzA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child's Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[The parched and thirsty ground drank their sweat, their tears, their blood. Beaten backward, the leftmost flank allowed the enemy, rank on rank, to pour about them like a flood. Crackling in their midst,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/child-s-play</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/child-s-play</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjBmVHvN4WKRELnFy9u363NA4sovnHTaMGvmJ6i9nwFp1UgEpzEeWVDhp6N7KPrAecsuEvbD7KZJafSQ5bYJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home For Christmas - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homeless humanity, hopeless, adrift, under Roman rule, reeling, sad, was drunk with despair, its dying gods silent, its Stoics, so stern, strong for no one, its Epicureans jaded, eating joyfree. Homeless]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@whoshim/hypostatic-union</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@whoshim/hypostatic-union</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBY2uvCm2jhayjPd2uZ8oUJxf1rwSUF4uHgeA9VdduD2VferHVSNoHntHqoSgTV1YYMn2fzGctN8jo8ZUtbXY7C8VqJAjx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going (?) Mad - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA["Join the StarCorps! Join Today! See the Galaxy! Save the Day!" Repeatedly the jingle rings within him as Mark paces about the main chamber of the small ship shooting from Pluto to some distant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/going-mad-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/going-mad-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBY2uvCm2jhayjPd2uZ8oUJxf1rwSUF4uHge5sghdnrdkqDH5gCC1XgJYTWJXpQrb7FnXQwAtxHiHw7mNXpdF3sPJLWvzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endeavor - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lazily drifting, alone, in light and darkness, its last fuel-cell spent, lay the ship in orbit. The remaining crew, ruddy, in red lights sweating, carefully calculated, cold reason following, salvation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/endeavor-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/endeavor-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:27:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP1LwhMpF7ZHu7sDcT5pbp9hN3gQLqBuBPAR4zB8Y4mZB1rU7K9j7zPcgpJoPJfx5wVMVcbpe5GoUB7uidE8NwbsUZ5GuTVzxSwvMqp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility's Victory - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Across a valley in August weather, Goliath of Gath goads Saul's men, calls down curses, cowards makes of the people of promise, proud in his strength. A son of Jesse, a shepherd boy, hears this warrior's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/humility-s-victory-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/humility-s-victory-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBY2uvCm2jhayjPd2uZ8oUJxf1rwSUF4uHgeERJ8YfU6L7zKTfxMTtukUgV4bui3nxYhQvjAyn7nasJVBAsNfP1zTSZGFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Valley of Kings - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women there walk, white dresses flowing. Courtyards echo cooly, concealing children at play. Bakers smile; bread beckons, brown and fresh, to the crowd, passersby, on foot and horse, purple-clad and humble.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/the-valley-of-kings-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/the-valley-of-kings-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsSRxShehWiFyggw7dXDHUKotDCcsLJT3mhy9VBq6Hz4wCGSkgPymuoRWnUFWvcJPAciAtadhG2trpHAxdCiBDRk7WpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entry for Haiku Contest - Nothing]]></title><description><![CDATA[haiku contest thinking so hard nothing This was written for dbooster's Haiku Contest. Image Source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/entry-for-haiku-contest-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/entry-for-haiku-contest-nothing</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:56:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynMuadCn1QV74TFBJ4dhAkvfmnAiCuCBqjmG9wjXDvUdVeXUTKMYM6DcHdsAA9YS8WPCjiV3CHNzwgpJgvhTL7UXff72sUGaQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And They Dance - A Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tall trees sway. Underneath, children play, sing songs in the shade, prance around the glade. The happy breeze blows, and only God knows what will be, or not; they give it no thought. They dance and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/and-they-dance-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/and-they-dance-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8NsdrkxXmZemkPWzHrAUkx4PctdfHUkVftHgXeSGiADidUp5MRLxHnjgnpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ozymandias - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ozymandias At twenty, he stared into the eyes of a tiger, old and tired. Uncaring, he hung it in his hunting hall. During the Great War, decorated for gallantry, he was the toast of his hometown. He settled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/ozymandias-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/ozymandias-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiN9fxEeaEYdZvxn58MmujGE18v5tYUNa1M1FfFAhndq4VFPESgYqoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Alliterative Attempt - Alone in the Heavens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alone in the Heavens The man at the bar manages to maintain composure in the midst of the crowd, all clamoring for more songs and drinks, singing and laughing. He's far from home and all familiar things,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/another-alliterative-attempt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/another-alliterative-attempt</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYXcuf86UnJdrbVFdjeTtFdZJeQaZah68ZU6qse8LAVJkq6aoFaHZLJWCFx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worldbuilding with Whoshim - Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Worldbuilding with Whoshim! I have been working on building a world for some time now, and I thought I could share some things that I have learned over the years about it as well as share what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/worldbuilding-with-whoshim-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@whoshim/worldbuilding-with-whoshim-introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 02:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi5xsGsUDYUN1LNu9Qi8onYittfhSMCpK247CSZHHjXgCEvi4zURVBAooFwzraEkew12x22gk76ZnmPEA5vVncqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wyrm and the Son of Man - An Alliterative Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Darkness closed, descended around him, his sword alight, held aloft. Scattered about, the slain, his kin, lay, mangled and twisted, mighty no longer. "Wyrm of evil, wreathed with hate, the sun will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/the-wyrm-and-the-son-of-man-an-alliterative-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/the-wyrm-and-the-son-of-man-an-alliterative-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvB4f4hokuPWsVGXxz54ryUAELHsudcJR4STz9EcnyQu6EY225NWfmVJcsMfhtp1pcNv4Km7Rai5JRUmBsUZgqmeGEwXiwFEKvK5LZbzJUpwcCCLpG3uDbJ6A41NaTbWGZYbMzUKKxZzd2rvsSqMiMArDjhM4cx3ojnmgE4bG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive - A Football Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alive Silence. Breath slides in, is held, as his eyes narrow focus. Next to him, his opponent hits and pulls. Green tufts go up as the sphere begins to slice through the distance dividing them. Sphere.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/alive-a-football-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@whoshim/alive-a-football-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoshim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYXcuf86UpFpaMoTTkeBVcMtf8Jj4RZwNWzt8JygUXqSyA6caJzmBX91zWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old English Style Alliterative Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past year, I read two books by J.R.R. Tolkien - King Arthur and The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. Both of these books have a similar alliterative style. 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