<?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>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:50:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/poem-off/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Gentle Pride [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[The poem-off has gone from fast and furious to slow but steady! In @mitchelljaworski's last entry, he talks of second chances. I wasn't sure what to choose from my dwindling selection of poems-from-the-past,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-gentle-pride-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-gentle-pride-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzo82cGJtpF92Ywa37VwxB15VGp3G4YAs472nrCuFu7tHeLsR5xihq4AuYLyUZLVA2NqN4XQ8nE7CS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throw Back Poem-Off: Second Chance is the First (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a little digging I found a response to @uniwhisp's latest entry in out little poem-off. Her last piece was actually song lyrics, but it works nonetheless and the hook of the song got me thinking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throw-back-poem-off-second-chance-is-the-first-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throw-back-poem-off-second-chance-is-the-first-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZpPHtULLHtupgsN3tLwBk2AD1TaH7QMfiDVv8YDJV3L4dDeyLDPYJ3EbU3vTmXLxkdiukWPBQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Tumbling Back to You [original song lyrics]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, it's been way too long. I read @mitchelljaworski's last poem, Different Time A Different World, and had the perfect response! Only...it wasn't really a poem. I've written 2 1/2 songs in my lifetime,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem-off/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-tumbling-back-to-you-original-song-lyrics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem-off/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-tumbling-back-to-you-original-song-lyrics</guid><category><![CDATA[poem-off]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 03:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2UT3FK2rsyfQRSwQcrWzZoieRXkkqmEMFpSgzF6HuugUk1ydz6he48q7ufGCA4YogMzLcyXKYWzXbJudmH1v6ixN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Different Time a Different World (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so the poetry turns to me as the poetic dance of poems gone passed keeps on longer than expected to last. Below is my response to @uniwhisp's latest poem: Knowing Different Time a Different World A]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-throw-off-different-time-a-different-world-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-throw-off-different-time-a-different-world-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMtGnFGbDi1cGNEG4u98YaSuZCMNQYEhAnzMFg4zmM3VKcCxtoVHR3h1sQyBAY7rR97jETsPFL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Knowing [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[The turns have been easy for a few, but before too long - we won't know what to do! As the store of old-school verses dissipate, there's only one way left to participate. Soon to keep up the good fight,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-knowing-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-knowing-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:27:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrfxGR1b7fAsfg2rMgQ1cJMqj5zmRJxyamPqqG6T7BVSr8FNZEuKPY5SjDRWbZM4PFK1r5u9FiVhn59QihWcQ2hdLfTf4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Fighting for Me (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though we just dove into some poems with smooth silky rhymes, I find myself forced to go a different route this time. This one is not a favorite of what I have left, but playing off @uniwhisp's latest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-fighting-for-me-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-fighting-for-me-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZiwXzTaocc4bf9h1J51jwkmarkUyyeKCUGwnrXvr4T9mvw1Qae5cuPjSBXr9WoZSQHVWRJKc6z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: The Silent Question [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's interesting how poems written by me so long ago in some ways seem like they were written by a different person. In truth - I was different - although I suppose, at the heart, the same. How wonderful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-the-silent-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-the-silent-question</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:29:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVK8h8qaGjySMohCm6ayBeDdHkJnVGr2RQA3937s8GfyNWiK4xTJ3JS2dfGuG78UfxNSvyQRjbJFfu33vbKHrSCniQQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Heaven (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just when I thought I was about to take a dark turn I stumbled upon something much more playful that plays on the same emotions in @uniwhisp's latest poem. You can read her latest entry here: Sing On Heaven]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-heaven-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-heaven-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 02:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1LAAAqckBDgFxdv1nhS7uBBJppwiXNp5ACC8RiV1SAfcJem6Dd8Q9Jj5xQ6FCVtHco4chbJ7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Sing On [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[The complexities of life and love distilled into poetic discourse - such is the Poem-Off! @mitchelljaworski's last entry called to mind a noble pursuit in a relationship, despite an uncertain future. Read]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-sing-on-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-sing-on-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2S1fW4NrRBVTRVG126jmaoKNYEerMGJPjFYRLGZpReu139aMKQAvmgbRuvMWHnSVEf4uGMq6q4eQSBvThfGnejEN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: A Woman's Worth (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The poetic dance continues and of late seems there are perfect fits. My entry may not be may favorite in form, but being a natural response I cannot acquit. Here is my latest entry in response to @uniwhisp's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-a-woman-s-worth-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-a-woman-s-worth-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYg7Pgn7tHpAqicdKThnFcBY2wk8GCjmkwBAkqTMeyiVkM75UGDXSAtQ97TPi9suASFMQHqix3G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Trojan Dulcimer [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Poem-Off!! We've stumbled upon the land of bitterness and love's ending. I wavered for a moment, debating on taking a turn back the other way, but this one felt most fitting to answer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-trojan-dulcimer-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-trojan-dulcimer-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:21:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2g1XVKoCMmpB86N6XjX7ScLmvHv4bpYEvxQf4nAne3xH4D4EmvR9zG3fJ2Mr3s4cPtLJNpLm9RkiRADpP9tWi1BC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Closure (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The saga continues (cue the music!) with my latest entry into the poem-off with @uniwhisp. I will admit, rhyme-wise this is not one of my best, but it plays the perfect inflection to @uniwhisp's latest,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-closure-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-closure-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYN3i2oY1yvCTgrdmWPjMuqbfBQeSHDkcrHcX6H2xsXbKmFvnK9vVNVDMtSiD5RzkYkCNkEnpL6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Love's Goodbye [original poem]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eleventh round, I do believe, and yet the poets still do weave. Indeed the steps get trickier, and perhaps the choices stickier. Where will it all go? Only one way to know! Continue to follow - to and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-love-s-goodbye-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-love-s-goodbye-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:12:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8nei8irhdD2WaDncq21YZ1JRgsTGRW4SuS9f6GRa3Fx6CQKdtiLc9NYWgnpWnLwyw1NHanaf4HyR5fE7bu4Rcr2jXFSN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Sins of Another (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The poetic dance continues, with each one it becomes harder to find the right step. Here is my latest entry in the poem-off with @uniwhisp Read her last entry here: The Wound Sins of another Built from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-sins-of-another-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-sins-of-another-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:40:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYh1JXc6DQ1uWqNz328NPztWBRGFqvxkZjWf2H8P2X5YKmNQo38N3EqpxTWUxWxh7nQJLbjw4LW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: The Wound]]></title><description><![CDATA[I bow in humble gratitude for my partner-in-poem's patience with me! Things have become challenging as we continue to trade poem for poem, reaching back into the past - reviving old thoughts, emotions,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-the-wound</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/throwback-poem-off-the-wound</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiPAA2N8FWidKWaXQnzVvfnrWvVM3CcYtKj92Dk8Vf6QQvZk8oun8k7NAQiPr1P6FeTEJxRUx6RqnLxhm8sr8aLXee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Basic Premise (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We shall see what direction this one takes us as the poem-off between @uniwhisp and I continues on its epic path! You can read my counterpart's latest entry here: Spring Cardinal What I really love about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-basic-premise-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-basic-premise-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYvvp8EtPfUdH6napGXHQ3JnCb8Xy2hH5qYp8am32c2JFLbYwq7fwcEJJGC49jkXWH9Q8DSd3F4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwback Poem-Off: Pride and Purpose (Original Poetry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each time I think I will not have an old poem to play off my poetic counterpart's latest entry - Boom, one is found! Welcome to the Poem-Off My (loose) play off of @uniwhisp's latest entry: It Changes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-pride-and-purpose-original-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/throwback-poem-off-pride-and-purpose-original-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mitchelljaworski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZk7UTN8yHBsaWMgVyk3ZR3bwUjdNRDUSQfVZDi1mAa1JtpLXqc8j6E7HJ3yBpA32PcSswTa6d4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirror [original poem] for Throwback Poem-Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next up in the potentially epic poem-off: This is a one of my poems from "the early years," aka high school and earlier. Reaching way back to counter or complement @mitchelljaworski's poem, Far]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/mirror-original-poem-for-throwback-poem-off</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@uniwhisp/mirror-original-poem-for-throwback-poem-off</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uniwhisp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 03:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76aR5WqJUruyfSaZoywSRQxS8EPqTfnotqu9n7FDMSSBdhzfN2WjZizwNUQYenBoMEZD84R1RJcoSpnZm2ExLVgRxXfzWa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>