<?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, 18 Apr 2026 00:56:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/haibun/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn feeling - A Poetic Practice  - HAIBUN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Write a write a haibun. A haibun is a traditional Japanese literary form that combines prose, which typically describes a scene, moment, or journey in a vivid, objective way, followed by a haiku. The haiku]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@akumagai/dawn-feeling-a-poetic-practice-haibun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@akumagai/dawn-feeling-a-poetic-practice-haibun</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[akumagai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:39:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HeSifANbyTncFUwcvybJYd3YqCZ2SEFPEG2zBMABVnkxGjLtUQqYCA8bPshFuwfsJo2hHxTwaCQgBXUxv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radiance]]></title><description><![CDATA[One day he greeted me by taking me hushingly by the hand and pulling me outside, where we both stood to breathe deeply with a multitude of crows. Years later, hosts of all sizes bring him back to life,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@owasco/radiance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@owasco/radiance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[owasco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZkbkYnhjdqJs4zEgpJ9hrxuQLWcQnLoqjcHuCuVy6SCQwy1a4STHm7UXY8MKV5jfMWZX2kBoB2xvVATyP5eVyx1XWxKEN5bTh5wHGyzzqjZLi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Prompt: Haibun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings poets! It's time for another poetry prompt. For this week's prompt I challenge you to try something not often posted on Hive. You might need to channel your inner @dbooster for this one. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@hive-161465/poetry-prompt-haibun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@hive-161465/poetry-prompt-haibun</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:31:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[falling through the cracks]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the Beach Looking out toward the ocean. In a reflective mood. Scooping up the sand. Letting it pour out through the spaces between my fingers. Feeling the presence of other things. Perhaps shells. Perhaps]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@boxcarblue/falling-through-the-cracks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@boxcarblue/falling-through-the-cracks</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[boxcarblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQh3jTFvHGZgmypNEHM159GiuBy5iMRxvHg2gLegDEr5SwCThC5711Hitd6wJvAR2KZwyZQtkELaLhaZt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Balance in Life ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... #haibun﻿ ﻿#prose﻿ ﻿#creativewrting﻿ #ocd]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/qte9du14hr5o1qsimbvu0v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/qte9du14hr5o1qsimbvu0v</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[walkinverse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:17:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tick Tock]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hours ticked hotly by. First one, then two, then three. Suddenly, it was well past dawn, too late for Tai Chi, but too early for lunch. Morning chores done, I settled in to grasp those poems that had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@owasco/tick-tock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@owasco/tick-tock</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[owasco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZkbkYnhjdqJs3rdu8dcC3soLmnGrZN4DpCtwXYyWdB5NDWX2Ek2BTN1ET8jMZBk7qXbwxyfn1whC669Udb2DHsA9yinjJzG5LeGkANXZtGDhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United States Died in 1971,   And Placed Six Feet Under in 2022 
W ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States Died in 1971, And Placed Six Feet Under in 2022 Written in Haibun prose with two videos. #haibun #poetry #politics #commentary #creativecoin #informationwar #pob #vyb]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/csfvb1xcz1g031fikq428q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/csfvb1xcz1g031fikq428q</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[walkinverse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:53:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida SB 2006 Strips Away Your Constitutional Rights 
They Can Vacci ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Florida SB 2006 Strips Away Your Constitutional Rights They Can Vaccinate and Hold You Against Your Will #florida #constitution #freedom #truth #tyrantsbedamned #haibun #creativecoin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/lpu5yllbft9xyet8cjx8z5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@walkinverse/lpu5yllbft9xyet8cjx8z5</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[walkinverse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:25:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Protected People in 1918]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I write a new update to a report, research grabs my eye. Facts filled with historical details. Discoveries from 1918 shared from the days when journalist penned truth. Inch by inch, across the screen,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@walkinverse/doctors-protected-people-in-1918</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@walkinverse/doctors-protected-people-in-1918</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[walkinverse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 04:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLnEXbFMXXTnJxHhbvngXj1izyZezDmkuzDZZkjD68QbGQ4ERijoZvj1r1Tt8yyrsAqgzxnzG7F6qgmE5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA[A squirrel is suddenly statue still, poised half way up an apple tree’s trunk, its cheeks packed with goodies to store, a breeze stirring its fur, sun glinting off a nearby drop of dew, a waft of acorn]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181465/@owasco/consciousness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181465/@owasco/consciousness</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[owasco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 23:13:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPijni1SPutbVqVMmqWKQNwdXsfsSV2SKkHtvzynUaJSTwgXUARwuETi4UQhQ3S9q52wZPJCofNE6j2AGPPsc1DFrHcLrCsasCytFA7hqTpS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day in the life]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few random thoughts here. We'll throw in some haiku too, making this a haibun of sorts. Most of my followers (if they are still paying attention) probably expect those small verses from me by now, so]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dbooster/a-day-in-the-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dbooster/a-day-in-the-life</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dbooster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFcYhpieXDVSAxX1F5N4oBmQxobxXMEXBYEaYx47iNYV43tbLjTxieoB6c6exrapjTnVjbKKHxFXqq3KqfLrnJKtyv5ENj8wX4JzGgU6uyieEHhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling out the sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! The haiku contest from the folks at @bananafish has got me going! This little piece is not an entry for the contest, but I guess we can call it a practice run. Once again, I'll make it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@amirani/calling-out-the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@amirani/calling-out-the-sun</guid><category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amirani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:11:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UpJ1jUnHUDFRXATfeAxrMyfZapzvNMcr2J9VHWRcKRKyzGm3iqV5TK5imMknGdDV1XpdkWk2duQVdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[水の音 Haiku contest entry (w5)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I've seen that my friends at @bananafish put together some lovely contests and I definitely want to participate! I'll go ahead and post my entry for week 5 of the Mizu no oto haiku contest, I hope I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@amirani/haiku-contest-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@amirani/haiku-contest-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amirani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXWPfACWmgrPng6ioQ5T8fZsxSbggRWVcCJVv3JYdM5vLCDkuJn8EoNfKAoQrqg6ExTP2QDYA2ZadQFo38th3k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haibun (1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[a summer noon - an abandoned high heel shoe lying in tall grass The process of creating this haiku started when I took my dog for a walk into a nearby meadow. The dog was sniffing about and doing his business]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@nnnpr3/haibun-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@nnnpr3/haibun-1</guid><category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nnnpr3]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1AreaDn1D7Jp7ZEvgLC9TvJctofX1ChMgSZmp2wappGVenukHC8F141r5owAvPZBcKUtTjP1AM72GP5JuQbpoeeMqFFhmNZoQEzA2kgbPd4fof4Afwhv7CAV2ssMTk9tcff2fWs7SJbqLQ1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Guru the Ax Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent about seven years chasing after enlightenment. At the time I wrote this haibun I was reading a lot of books by Adyashanti. I was feeling pretty down and confused when I wrote it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@stevebhow/my-guru-the-ax-murder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@stevebhow/my-guru-the-ax-murder</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevebhow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 01:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRqCmQLhs7ZoybsrgTuvSTU2pMGE958PhByh7d9u3kzWaXVgGFFBUsa2QZJBAuxkqv3c5dFyvUHAvCQKUjm1RzKQ3jRC3DYNFhD39MsWco3uHPP7RJndSYH4pWRrkygjS6VbcnnnzG5oUVtCTx3irQuZkL14x7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Track Endings]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I should have ….” Ji ji sighs. “Coward. You’d never do it,” Oba says. “I’m no coward,” Ji ji growls. The 5:15 roars towards them. “Banzai!” Ji ji screams, living exactly 1.2 seconds. Oba keeps a still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@stevebhow/track-endings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@stevebhow/track-endings</guid><category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevebhow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 05:41:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uoskJfF4ZYLD4DLdCn9uZpUQ7PtwbWWgTukW2wHM4pndsYF9HL41Mz8ikqgYEjEUvVMb5LJgZxGkbDDGstoVmHFBwGKaaEi2Y3iY8ea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 Day B&W Challenge #Day 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wait... day 8 in a 7 day challenge. Say what? I'm stea—borrowing this idea from @tinypaleokitchen who borrowed it from @tanglebranch. Seeing as how I wasn't allowed to talk about any of the photos I posted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dbooster/7-day-b-and-w-challenge-day-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dbooster/7-day-b-and-w-challenge-day-8</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dbooster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2017 16:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGe31bn3x6zfq2tXjEmUZ1YiekffU4yLKNe7eAxcPkeDDts63vtEnckUcdpAfs2tfvXw6MBfYXx48ASQhSN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stinky Tofu: A Haibun Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really got a hankering for deep-fried stinky tofu. So I go to a stinky tofu shop. The manager is yelling, “YES! GOOD! 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