<?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>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:12:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/justapoem/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Vision Clears - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went up a mountain with my burden and saw the weather moving over the surrounding hills, vast banks of clouds, to east north west and south. Then a seismic shift in perception and the ground shook beneath]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/my-vision-clears-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/my-vision-clears-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:27:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Clouds in the East - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[the analogue sky is blue today white storks turn on the breeze leaves of the poplars lining the yard rattle and hiss in the afternoon lull a smartphone sets out a beat global pop with an indistinct lyric]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/high-clouds-in-the-east-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/high-clouds-in-the-east-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 13:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqAeTcSnkwXFn18VYhMnpgJ62No3yTGF6cWUvJE5byux1CMCbGsa4Rac5kRcwtX5oQDAg2n1zqrCRwNZDs3QS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pan's Phallus - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[man! ego one patriarchic phallus & there he sit : do you remember Pan? let’s remember Pan! on the breeze the chemical perfumes fresh from the fashion counter, nylon lingerie the polite rhythmic click-clack]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/pan-s-phallus-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/pan-s-phallus-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Day's Work - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fragile Stability up in Smoke Silent Witnesses watching from Rooftops The Swifts have moved away and scream elsewhere And the Normality that returns is uneasy A small Disturbance in the Fabric Reality]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/the-next-day-s-work-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/the-next-day-s-work-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2017 21:19:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[If where I stumble  -  (100% Power Up poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[If where I stumble is where my treasure is then my treasure in parenting   is in losing my shit late for schoolbasketballdoctorkarate in marriage   is in being now unmarried in business   is in OPUD in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/if-where-i-stumble-100-power-up-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/if-where-i-stumble-100-power-up-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jenskohler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxvDZG9qYrsSvDqYeABF1GqkXYm2VenDWs7mo4nVWBtVeD7AGU9ZWzrDMeAeem912DYgUxWPWqzygwMjKvQ76p3xpmhS8cn3fK4Wyxzvh5NfsQ9b4CHYfAA1UW4yCewLeGMqpyjUP8RU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asymmetric concern]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asymmetric concern like warfare, same is a game where disinvestment (tactic) allows a ghost to win with your no fucks given about my main battle tank or my chicken pot pie, as the case may be.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/asymmetric-concern</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/asymmetric-concern</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jenskohler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 05:23:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees of Los Feliz]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trees of Los Feliz include a jacaranda tree on Hillhurst Avenue (near Alcove, brunch minting money) whose trunk and main branches are pashmina'd in solar-powered LED Christmas mini lights. Behind the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/the-trees-of-los-feliz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jenskohler/the-trees-of-los-feliz</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jenskohler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:29:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Man Watching - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[they dance as if they don't have endoskeletons electronic jerking like dead frogs legs displayed in high heels and leather Some other drummer's bat nor butterfly nor bee their comic strip clothing a certain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/old-man-watching-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/old-man-watching-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollution - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[another farting engine goes by (on wheels) and the world is a little less clean strugglin' w/ technology the small wayside flowers grim encrusted so convenient and comfortable too! all the shopping goes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/pollution-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/pollution-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Third Character - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The third character sat in a corner as we ate our lunch. I was munching and brooding on my morning's reading, my girl was bubbling with satisfaction having successfully cooked the tomato and mushroom dish,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/the-third-character-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/the-third-character-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:02:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinnamon & Tumeric - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a beautiful morning outside in the sunlight away from the windowless room The sky is blue cloudless the air still and cool the sun already hot Why this feeling of calm? It is most unusual a lady waits]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/cinnamon-and-tumeric-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/cinnamon-and-tumeric-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 07:47:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloud Nine - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be something if military jets all over the world suddenly turned into clouds of rose petals and parcels of food on little silver parachutes and the pilots were left to drift down with this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/cloud-nine-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/cloud-nine-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:39:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grammarian - a poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[They would bomb because their syntax confuses them, not understanding the holy body's need. They would bomb because they are afraid and trapped in their monstrous towers of false logic, Their tragic egos]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/the-grammarian-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/the-grammarian-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:04:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still Wandering - an original poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do here I plant my oar? Boreas blows only sand industrial haze cities of the north draft from passing trucks winnowing the grain laid on the road. Everyone's seen the sea on TV; Instantly devouring Slaughtered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/still-wandering-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/still-wandering-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:16:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen! The Puppy - an original poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen! The puppy is barking, There's something that he wants to say. There's something that he wants to tell you, But he just can't find the right way. He wants to tell you it's Sunday, And on Sundays]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/listen-the-puppy-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/listen-the-puppy-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:32:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[S/he - a very short poem about gender stereotypes]]></title><description><![CDATA[two soldiers shopping, holding hands the slimmer one held the other by the elbow as she wheeled their trolley & next to me another getting a shampoo and head massage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/s-he-a-very-short-poem-about-gender-stereotypes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@richardjuckes/s-he-a-very-short-poem-about-gender-stereotypes</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a little more than kin - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[What kind of cattle, mother, running wild In the ffridd of this Welsh valley. Did they Herd them on ponies or were they led about By small boys on pieces of string tied To nose and horn? Small boys with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/a-little-more-than-kin-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/a-little-more-than-kin-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Falcons - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the bus pulled away,        with the noise of its engine, I heard the cries of two falcons        testing the morning air. It was half an hour after dawn,        a quick and easy journey, with a short]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/two-falcons-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/two-falcons-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meatpacker Blues - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thing to realise is that it's just another hierarchical religion: disaffected with our own, we look east, through the rose-tinted dawn, for something different. Of the beggars in Guangzhou, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/meatpacker-blues-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/meatpacker-blues-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:37:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hera Cooking - original poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the cauldron bubbles its messy brew the witches turn away: the recipe is not their own. They recite hopeless spells and take dayjobs cleaning offices. The pouring: lick the mould first, the earth fertile]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/hera-cooking-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/hera-cooking-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardjuckes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>