<?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, 24 Apr 2026 04:22:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/nationalpoetrymonth/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 30th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am featuring two poets, Brandon Flesher and Dan Hendrickson. Brandon Flesher has two books of poetry, Chasing Shadows and Shattered Dreams in Light. Check them out at his website. Dan Hendrickson's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/1ls9f4i8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/1ls9f4i8</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 03:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8Zzh62d9to4WXSByyiFkfqhffA9wW6wRrLe7XbxZYw1dr9q2JRsMV9ohDkKr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 29th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading Lon Chaney, Jr., at the Supermarket in Capistrano Beach by Richard Robbins. Robbins is the director of the creative writing department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/musvkec6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/musvkec6</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 01:22:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7d7porx2Nh6uRN2XW1TKY2d1cCaKDt8kNW4xHLr57MKEdGw4gkkAWFty91bN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 27th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading And the Old Man Speaks of Paradise: a Ghazal by Wang Ping. A ghazal is originally an Arabic poetic form about loss and love. They are a series of couplets that all end with the same]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/nws5w6sg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/nws5w6sg</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 04:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCmXsVAW8grjwMdgpt9hgbzz84mmBR9Rek7jvmfiCyfovZXFbxqMYSVhWbX7n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 26th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading Though We Flatter Ourselves As Individuals, There Is Always Another Part That Suspects The Contrary Truth by Bill Holm. It's funny how people often have preconceived notions about poets,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/xudynk0y</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/xudynk0y</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMD5iswiZcKDYhFRRjR5N54eTdv5SVbVrMey7JsUKzZtbT1AvmJLUHD71gEWFS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 25th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading After Drinking All Night With A Friend, We Go Out In A Boat At Dawn To See Who Can Write The Beat Poem by Robert Bly I have seen Robert Bly perform several times, and I say]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/0g1cw2a8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/0g1cw2a8</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 02:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7ddUxGFhyCYrBiBWVvBPU6NVvPxM3rHgHkYnG8gpfbPsAL5PJh1539KVw8yz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 24th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading Four Men in a Car by Phillip Dacey. Dacey taught at Minnesota State University, Marshall, and I was able to hear him read many times. And his readings were never dull. He memorized his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/utm6qkz7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/utm6qkz7</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 03:20:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMABzJBg9pRon3jmVCcpU5vqe6F6S1ABTLHoVLsNYWGHf1TA7DrBnusBEsadV7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 23rd]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading How It Will Happen, When by Dorianne Laux. I discovered Dorianne Laux back in grad school, while pursuing my MFA, and I was amazed at how personal and sensual many of her poems were,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/d1otmfk1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/d1otmfk1</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 01:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8ZBspNGaaXebbga1gEnqXmf3wyKETuR4289uHdHeMhSSt3ptswckjaDNYcot?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 22nd]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, for Earth Day, I am reading two poems by Robert Frost. Not only did Frost serve as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, he won four, that is a record-tying FOUR, Pulitzer Prizes.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/t209xrf2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/t209xrf2</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:15:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM6u8eM8LsAnezNAPFu4tPTokhMFg5fbCemKD3DGYCS6zfBddoV3MwhsP6uxEM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 21st]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am ready Wear Me Like a Dress, but yours truly. And for tomorrow, I will read a poem by Robert Frost. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/7lr27kyz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/7lr27kyz</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 20:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDiw5btsLb8d5QNuVeU2ut5E6BAxXgL8eFykJ7vBjxLuQ6QokmkuqXeuxAwvf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 20th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am ready I Knew a Woman by Theodore Roethke. Roethke was a master of imagery and rhythm. His first book was Open House (1941), and The Waking (1953) won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954. The title poem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@wmbakester/kd84wqad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@wmbakester/kd84wqad</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7xM4q5JmAKJdRi21SogBqbJEaxLTVqcoJGSJPJXXAHMjodzPsKSsXV2FD3xf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 19th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading sonnet XVI from Pablo Neruda's collection 100 Love Sonnets. Neruda, a Chilean poet, wrote an incredible amount of poetry during the early to mid-1900s. Much of his work has not been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/z0ma8tey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/z0ma8tey</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8c4LUKg6DVXk871GWGYF48XQYoNzWFjLU2TPBTEXAgFZf6qzDkna8gaLgXTm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 18th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg is perhaps the most widely known of the Beat poets of the 1940s and 1950s. In their work, these writers questioned politics, commented]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/0npxmdqv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/0npxmdqv</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDpJjkmBShJ6HgUbHE9tYGzBCfD1jWXpaoALepEvQkEgZrmesLRQ2iHEacDoF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 17th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop. Bishop racked up numerous accolades throughout her career. She served as U.S. Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1949-1950), won a Pulitzer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@wmbakester/lvvgis99</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@wmbakester/lvvgis99</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMD6Xp7pdfc3gwE2FgFZ9qG3o46Gs9ZtJGgGGJrAUQ5wUpvqdwDQHn1L9Dz3oo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 15th]]></title><description><![CDATA[To today I am mumbling along (while playing my ukulele) to Chocolate Chimpanzees. This is a poem/song I wrote specifically to highlight the CH sound, thus the silly cast of characters: CHocolate CHimpanzees,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/u8wdq6bb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/u8wdq6bb</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9BS5kxrxTwiNSv1Jjw6rQunfy4454NGNcPFFwtwLwGxeB4XXe8JvGmLMSxUM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ron Shares His Experience With The Beat Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[For National Poetry Month. From GetYourNewsOnWithRon. thinkvegan.tumblr.com ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ronplacone/z9v2jpbz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ronplacone/z9v2jpbz</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronplacone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 03:15:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8bBxAB2F1B1wrqAakiFt5wxWL8RczQCq5fnWefvMGfrVJuycJiwura31jRUk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 14th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading From the Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash. Nash has always been one of my favorite poets because he has proven that poems don't need to be full of despair or dripping with romantic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/dl872ki6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/dl872ki6</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 02:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9uaXTuWtf4wbf5sfzoAXz4vaXL6Jh4cs9n6zBMsrtkgnvbFZSwfk7vzxZEEv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 13th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading On Turning Ten by Billy Collins. Collins is known for witty and quirky writing, and its the humor in poems like Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House that has made me a fan]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/c4vdb8d7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/c4vdb8d7</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 03:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCTo1tXRNvmj765Lp35WUcnYToYieoK4LCEc5yBRDUH5eFWkYYVuSJ2fwL8BV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 12th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or What You Are, You Are by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was one of the most highly regarded poets of her time. She was the first African American writer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/aq69rpir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/aq69rpir</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 01:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9r7nRFaL4dQvMhyTZdNAEzstA9Hr5fHJKKsv2GfrmorNrk72tX9R6J1D2hcX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 11th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am reading Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. So far, this has been the most difficult poem I have read. It is full of odd-sounding and made-up words that I can only guess at how to pronounce. It is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/p5gbvfvl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/p5gbvfvl</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 02:54:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDnuvpv6gogZqfBWEctJ6EQGAcEtTyXLm3X4LrRfguQSVh7LZ9PexqNVjnKB1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Poetry Month — April 10th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I'm reading The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl. Dahl, as I am sure many of you are aware, as written best selling books from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to BFG, just to name a few.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/18misu3d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@wmbakester/18misu3d</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wmbakester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:36:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8G315GU43RSUCthjQrLrqWmp86MKAfn13cURb53Z5hQe41btgT8KWgfBWJko?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>