<?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>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:50:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zroboshakez/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Sophia]]></title><description><![CDATA[With that sweet voice Sophia'd be droppin' gold bars Mind so sharp She'd be stoppin' race cars For a careful listen 'Cuz when it comes to what's what She tells on the first shot Heart stopper... whisper]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/sophia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/sophia</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:03:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spectators]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was in Vegas outside a convention hall. People were leaving. They were swearing that the current speaker was too conservative. Others disagreed and said he was a socialist. They were hostile, saying,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/the-spectators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/the-spectators</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 06:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jade Furnace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Take the ugliness  Put it to the flame Past lives don’t matter much Then, now or anyhow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/rejade-furnace-steemitapp-ios</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/rejade-furnace-steemitapp-ios</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 05:41:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VRf36JyGLy99or6W3kmM2xWd99jsBC23s9abx4W8c59gY2SFE8GwXSSfEhV8WLuscpGK4ZYbQWinwY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distant Rumble]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hear our heartbeat Songbird, Redbreast, Faultless Youth I see the valley Above the trees I know when you think of me There is no inequity Our heart beats as three As one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/distant-rumble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/distant-rumble</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:50:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiply]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got this gift today from a friend who just returned from Southeast Asia. I'll skip the social narrative and let it speak for itself. I hope my picture is legible enough.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@zroboshakez/multiply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@zroboshakez/multiply</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovdrX5Vx6qcY6Tcm8ohP1UTA4f1QVW2Jfe8damY6DQCj3u6FGCSP5ioAzwYdiV1XiQuUBDYV7cL6bYtZsDoA5YL7g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On dry land]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see you, little stone No silver chord had made you No one had blessed you You are not from here You came from hell The fruits you bear If you exist at all Will be our end, little stone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/on-dry-land</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/on-dry-land</guid><category><![CDATA[shortpoem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 01:12:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Underground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stories And Tales And News Suspend Picture boxes In frames where Thoughts escape us In halls where Spooks betray us And after all Liars are known Will stories And Yellow presses Spin Lies Inside Truth?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/underground</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/underground</guid><category><![CDATA[shortpoem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:40:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Horanu fell defiant, refusing to bow to King Attar King Attar fell despondent, feeling himself unworthy Horanu poisoned Attar with a snake The Sun wept over the thought of Death Love]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/in-the-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortpoem/@zroboshakez/in-the-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[shortpoem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:16:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduce Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my twentieth post. I support the first amendment and follow independent journalism. That is what brought me here. I am a data analyst. I will share some poetry and philosophy, because that's what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@zroboshakez/introduce-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@zroboshakez/introduce-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 04:40:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALANONAnonandon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wise do not hold their wisdom at high regard. The strong do not go on about their strength. The beautiful don't pay so much attention on their looks. Even the precepts of Ptah-Hotep state that no artist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/alanonanonandon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/alanonanonandon</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 01:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TTC, Literally]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chapter 1 The Tao that can be spoken is not the Eternal Tao; The Name that is named is not the Eternal Name. The Nameless is the beginning of everything; The Named are parents of countless things. Therefore:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/ttc-literally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/ttc-literally</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:24:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harder Talk harder Witchcraft harder That's it... Do it Keep talking... Harder Talk hard What struggle? What violation? Demon I hear your voice in my own]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/dads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zroboshakez/dads</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:09:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stomach Butterflies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chuang Tzu and Hui Tzu were walking next to the River Hao one evening when the following discussion occured. Chuang Tzu: Look! Look at those fish swimming around so close to the surface and doing as they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/stomach-butterflies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/stomach-butterflies</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:31:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boiling Diamonds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review of the Diamond Sutra No being is ever liberated. Give without attachment. Characteristics are not really characteristics. Do not attach to intrinsic qualities or the lack thereof. There is no formulated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/boiling-diamonds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/boiling-diamonds</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 05:22:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling Angels]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been thinking about mythology, specifically "the fall" and what it means. I created some art.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/falling-angels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/falling-angels</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uortQYZA4h68TQA4pDGAn3D2j71yZVBXrvETRYK4xnnWn3Eo3RCJW1zcYpzhSaBDSSLT7NacPo3gazYxS5fh3yPSkAGxsc1Q6etu53t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counting Sheep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hand counting methods are prehistoric, dating back tens of thousands of years for quick and accurate herd counts. Pastoral societies were equiped with mathematics long before writing was invented. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/babylon/@zroboshakez/counting-sheep</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/babylon/@zroboshakez/counting-sheep</guid><category><![CDATA[babylon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2USDymVzw3ZF6VS4MWRUcoimHgAY7btGrwHPttYwi8qMa1nK5FnqiheNerQ6jUbisiKomUVHuo2QN5ZHLfQJYG9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfish Thoughts and Thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lieh Tzu was known for saying that he would not give even a single hair off his head to save the World. A monk once asked him why he was so selfish, whereupon Lieh Tzu replied, "If I gave a single]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/selfish-thoughts-and-thinking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/radicalindividualism/@zroboshakez/selfish-thoughts-and-thinking</guid><category><![CDATA[radicalindividualism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtxMYMJx1uw6yqFYh64eTVx4F8nd1wAeGi4FR8ccdxadrAR5AHubMi9izkRS7J9F8dvUouaddJgvCJWDkuo4i8aS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2017 Great North American Eclipse]]></title><description><![CDATA[2017 Great North American Eclipse #MAGA #NIBIRU #Cicada]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nibiru/@zroboshakez/2017-great-north-american-eclipse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nibiru/@zroboshakez/2017-great-north-american-eclipse</guid><category><![CDATA[nibiru]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 03:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2LEUjeFjcrw4xpY77jLw76xgoGsbzoEzabVJFMemJ41ZomfSVQz7vWUKyNTM4VW3bfJ43s544tGR6WjKPmEoEdQS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Moon 1 of 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[super Moon in view of Aldebaran and Capella .]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nibiru/@zroboshakez/super-moon-1-of-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nibiru/@zroboshakez/super-moon-1-of-3</guid><category><![CDATA[nibiru]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zroboshakez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 03:12:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiSwr5XGGrG4MHifTQS8kKwVk2mM2q2qswgBQQ9FywEk6HPtu6xvVNpZ6A75H8GUZGdtbLZV64dwaRdAVdbhNM1gLatiK8td61FpzJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>