<?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 06:36:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/trending/poem/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words We all have heard this saying and have come across pictures that evoked all kinds of reactions in us. In this contest, we are presenting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@freewritehouse/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-tc90pi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@freewritehouse/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-tc90pi</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freewritehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QC6deq48A6oyWLA2c9i7LkPphGLZV7X4kZWrCMg2m14HR2pjAVVnkiqTNwpR86zSgeehMon1UFmRTsUJeme8BQgGNooTx46zz6rHieym9XG6CbEAkeu4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace ]]></title><description><![CDATA[source I often find peace in that quiet moment of morning, when the first sunlight falls silently into the courtyard as if saying, “Stay energetic, don’t tire.” Sometimes I find peace in a drop of dew]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/peace--8h9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/peace--8h9</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJnVVBrB3WUpMiLsFTjaqxUbGjW4C9QAZhEhV1nLJH6k1sjfox3xGjTWRTm2Yd23mbGDkZDM6nWyssDn1GDACUMPvVqorbuaMmWbP453vpEMWDVj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lamp ]]></title><description><![CDATA[[source] ( Lamps do not share light, they illuminate the path of others with their own flame This is not merely a sacrifice of the body but an offering of one's existence to dispel some unknown darkness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/the-lamp--hao</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/the-lamp--hao</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJnn8DTUhuPn2fnp6uPqxCeKkDx3LYanMGGVWteS7sTGaopcxys7zUyWFtWeWAadtLCVksoc23yRJK3GPyzPLh2k4RiK844EhK4hAgHx6CY4DT78A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 3 AM Cathedral]]></title><description><![CDATA[We trade phosphorus whispers through the glass, two heavy-weather ghosts anchored to desk chairs. You wear your lowercase alphabet like a shield, while I drink the blue glare of an insomniac tide, spilling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@i-poet/the-3-am-cathedral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@i-poet/the-3-am-cathedral</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[i-poet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgepXGtdTaoE2t48gt1mAigCTQvLACzGoaEsVYHNz9dNq4gTmBayM17VFyAxYMV9uQe7ogvvVqY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greys ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once I argue There are only straight lines I see no bends or corners Nothing cuts across Another argues There are not one but many paths Every straight line splitting More hidden behind Until my circle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@kemmyb/greys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@kemmyb/greys</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kemmyb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgt1ToxyJNZ2CBe2hrJJxxFumrTYgdiB16dsHGkxy5u76CXYf4KuQZzhKkYuH3S75bwhPNHN1RY2bMZoRQ2qqsbc3ujNEPFY5JtZ7ikX5vFH5TSaUB8GvFwcxQk6WrmwDcbi4DwRSsKD6eLifzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Return and Find What Still Waits,]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve noticed that the same space feels different every time I enter it, even though nothing visible seems to have changed during the process, I notice how the air carries a different weight and I respond]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/i-return-and-find-what-still-waits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/i-return-and-find-what-still-waits</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152123]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tikatarot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprHMc73gaXVcPuSm2B7pTa9hSdSPvR5N7U7CtVAFQ8keyt1vDxb79KhjorDUHH7v8QwRUgPU2aebwqe4MNsFe9MXxvdZreiSZNowAf9DwGjev3st?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken ]]></title><description><![CDATA[[source] ( The river when it finds its way among the rocks, it is not a flow, but a self-acceptance The question is neither of action nor reaction but its flow is a constant proclamation Brush the silent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/broken--2pv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/broken--2pv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJnYdDdCbWSZCPTbjK2h75DoqaexJVipdZxaSuYMt6AXDWLWxtesYfov8Zoxe9E4nVvN9mLd36nFDXjz4EEHpZcgxRoJ5dAEs4kfbhFCfbj8ZLo1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Noise Becomes My Disguise]]></title><description><![CDATA[I catch myself, wanting to say more just to feel seen even when the room already understands me without the extra weight still, I keep adding until I regret it, I catch myself, dressing a simple thought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/when-noise-becomes-my-disguise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/when-noise-becomes-my-disguise</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152123]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tikatarot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprHMc73gaXVcPuSm2B2Y518y1ZTpne3MqryQeLSQU4zhxFxopLJUPQ9bkyjhnLNa6QFuwrPDJ7YxFPTPMQrziEUVuqhWodsqnwKJgbWNmsjTdyRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(en.es) 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔙𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 . A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── ✦ 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔙𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 ✦ 📸 A young winged vulture, child of the wind's forces, rises as master of time, of what is born and what dies. Its beak fearlessly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@almadepoeta/en-es-a-picture-is-0a65a2e88a2bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@almadepoeta/en-es-a-picture-is-0a65a2e88a2bc</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[almadepoeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE7moUEDKqob9SdSFQGT6ny3UdZDMBr8xA8R1oMypeA9JRBywFn9VFvuDMfFQ2pA8Fw3Wrcb77g53QS5mWqCUZWzxk8Sa4kSFW9W9Y1ydskAhbFVeND3vLrAiLix8vfrZ5cqY4Az?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[source The griefs don't stop us, but they also don't let us go. They remain within as a feeling like a neem tree growing in barren land, whose shade is not harsh, just slightly moist. When grief deepens,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/the-grief-dnk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/the-grief-dnk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzNZ3d5YmatJmN6HQJyw9Z3W6xguuhKapVv1h8yYCGgj1XHHvPB1q8TEEha8ken21cZY5tNgucp9NrfmDEuMpARa6sVx3W3mQQ6kYzxbBNXYCpfBKoYD1W8fAP3nZ5mQLMriZqJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choosing What Moves Me Beyond Who I’ve Been]]></title><description><![CDATA[I refine my taste, not by echoing what I admire, but by understanding it, because originality now lives in interpretation, in the way I choose to see and shape what already exists, I refine my taste, notice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/choosing-what-moves-me-beyond-who-ive-been</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/choosing-what-moves-me-beyond-who-ive-been</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152123]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tikatarot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprHMc73gaXVcPuSm2B1MDecEuBNE9EnVEaHXGBXnBEbXHscD1BppihRxpjRbE5d5txVahTGQoAF5qK4cVmCMbups5htrVbZup3Lm45pzAbAod6t6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrows]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Some sorrows don't lament they simply linger within us, like a mother's woolen sweater preserved in an old trunk, in which her body odor still gently lingers They don't ask questions, nor seek answers,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/sorrows-bfb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/sorrows-bfb</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJngqebhB6PANawnmgW4wSTbJkEzADVkcuUoimabU5fmNr8E7YSh7rJX5uiaBWVRVzTPjQ6nELFPS7oB5xeQ1TpKDqoYb6uxEUkDhcjsbd9jnx9xi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twenty Dollar Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty Dollar Love I expected more— your stature reduced to a mere infatuation; your love, a twenty-dollar painting: cheap, detestable at second glance. You look better in monochrome, wearing nothing but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@lukakorba/twenty-dollar-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@lukakorba/twenty-dollar-love</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukakorba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:26:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent river ]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Every year, when the sky rubs the ashes of a cloud on its tired eyelids it descends... Not a river, but like some forgotten memory springing from the roots of the earth once again sets out to mold]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/silent-river--5xa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/silent-river--5xa</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:57:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJnJYZwSp6JiTtfjz7i9tXwn5jR2nbeQ7WQcpH1HaVrviqVbzg47FzEQWLoRfvuz3fiX85EA85jqJaH9xPo6CVW2FUE8MQZta2HwWi4aSEDxq6mVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staying Where I Don’t Have Answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I open my view past the edges of what I know, even when it makes me feel like I’m starting again, because only there can something unfamiliar find me, I open my view past the edges of what I know, I notice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/staying-where-i-dont-have-answers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/staying-where-i-dont-have-answers</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152123]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tikatarot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:32:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprHMc73gaXVcPuSm2D5ZjQJWz6ob8F4i8owfPgA3C3BbYJ1j5j7cUweKy5kZea8WgpZeJD5Z4kzvv2D1EK6CqxjN2p4EAKQNmiLzFTpc6kKjUjcz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Suddenly I was Older ]]></title><description><![CDATA[And the air moved more violently, and the grass grew so fast. It's like nature was in some kind of haste, and before you know it I was Five, thinking of when it would be Christmas again or when it would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@abeegail/and-suddenly-i-was-older</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@abeegail/and-suddenly-i-was-older</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abeegail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:41:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpaNXRNbNEVwVCC6hpdwqwxywgKvbktm62TEgsHJ6Ssajb9s5QACBn48RXbQViK9VertscYTNXypzP1AuKbeTX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALMOST ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The word almost, was one I heard quite often. Almost bought you lunch, almost bought you flowers, I almost would have called, almost would have given you all my hours, Almost would have cared a little]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@abeegail/almost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@abeegail/almost</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abeegail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:10:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZphDvrocGx6c6z6pYutFSg8Hw985KjEKUX5Vke7ny4QKTKjS4NArfjTqsqvgLLcYmHUfzREYJ3Ub2J2ZfWh4Mc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting ]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Whatever is before you accept it wholeheartedly, as if it were a season that has stopped just for you, for a moment Recognize the time hidden within the one you are meeting now because every smile,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/waiting--hnx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@vikbuddy/waiting--hnx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikbuddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:20:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE8SaF5DnZTQp6KPtNHzkS3TJoFmjLJvN9iC2j2cdCZmx16jbs7vkuZ3EW7otF8f8s3i4GwoK7Bhsqu5zBstVnkjbLxce1pmpprwXnMsADbFA3LMeQJ2WoGLA1xddfvsxAZCzGzA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faceless]]></title><description><![CDATA[In shadow deep where whispers tread, A figure stands with a veiled face Lifted above its head No eyes to sight, no lips to confess, The silent one cannot grieve openly Rather than just tread with care]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@toluwanispecial/faceless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@toluwanispecial/faceless</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[toluwanispecial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZphBdFYHSHkPhoDc6jhH4yVjPikYshUpYBWk4fjgswZQTT1ZiAj6f3gLnYYHzrSc9XF84z9wwbH8BocmXX1eh4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Return To Quiet, Clarity and Attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[I safeguard my independent mind, I notice how easy it is to follow well-worn paths, because they ask less of me and let me feel safe, I safeguard my independent mind, I admit that safety can become a subtle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/i-return-to-quiet-clarity-and-attention</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152123/@tikatarot/i-return-to-quiet-clarity-and-attention</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152123]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tikatarot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4VrFKWNquSnJco9zBU8uLkGyC3DU7AtXvoEGrbj6UR5mmf1pvczWEf2vcpuUrdhHtgyxZTd6LiAU8zDVzKeDByuaPJ4RQrnGbjMWPWJA9duHa26RRY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>