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<title>Blood, sweat and tears</title>
		<description>Huge hater who is also a dancer has to grapple with the concept of being both</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:03:26 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Gnossienne No. 3</title>
		<description>*This item is not autobiographical (84 words)</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:26:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<title> Vancouver</title>
		<description>A Poetic City Across the Pacific </description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:11:10 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>A NUMBER OF FORMS</title>
		<description>absurdist prose piece</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:20:44 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>WHO IS WHERE AND WHAT IS WHEN AND WHY</title>
		<description>prose piece</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:35:28 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>&#34;Its over!&#34;</title>
		<description>A bitterly cynical synopsis of the history of my great, ugly experiment of a nation.</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:35:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Faith in Action</title>
		<description>Still Learning--Still Growing</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:59:25 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>an Ides of March reflections</title>
		<description>Reflecting on the past 24 hours, some things are better left unsaid&#47;written this is one  </description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:28:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>PIGS IN THE GARDEN&#39;S SKY</title>
		<description>A Quick on the Fly, Poetic verse free write for the 6&#47;16 writters cramp contest</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:02:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>(1) </title>
		<description>*This item is not autobiographical (86 words)</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:53:57 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Why Is It Her</title>
		<description>We don&#39;t outgrow every version of ourselves, even when we wish we would.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:44:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Luminementis</title>
		<description>Twenty-five Words or Less</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:17:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Le Syndrome de l&#39;Hypocrite</title>
		<description>&#34;Je veux T&#226;aimer autrement qu&#226;aime l&#226;homme infid&#195;le.&#34;</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:10:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>A Reflection of Time</title>
		<description>What was it you thought you knew?</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:01:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Unanswered Prayers</title>
		<description>You haven&#226;t seen your mother in a long time, she&#226;s so eager to hear from you!</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:45:13 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>So Much More Than You Can See</title>
		<description>If you are an immigrant, this probably resonates with you. Please, give this piece a read</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:34:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors of an Epic</title>
		<description>A tale of dust, starlight, and survival. Humanity turns from the tragedy of war to hope.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:10:36 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>What doesn&#226;t Stay...</title>
		<description>Between noticing and understanding, an idea appears, and slips away.</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 10:26:37 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Before it makes sense</title>
		<description>What if the limits you obey were never truly yours to begin with?</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 18:55:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Remember the Blessing</title>
		<description>&#34;No strength is yours but by God&#226;s grace&#34;</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:02:52 EDT</pubDate>
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<title> {ON A JOURNEY WITH WDC AND ME.}</title>
		<description>.Just a childhood memory</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:49:53 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brand New Teeth</title>
		<description>A better version of my previous poem &#226;I&#226;ve got a brand new set of teeth&#226;</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:54:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Monster</title>
		<description>A state of mind not your own </description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:09 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Last Breath Rule</title>
		<description>When love becomes a law that governs survival, memory, and loss.</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:02:26 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fireworks</title>
		<description>Inspired by a Katy Perry song.  </description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:10:44 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Through the Eyes of the Lord</title>
		<description>Guided Meditation on Worship</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:50:20 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ghost</title>
		<description>Growing Old</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:28:13 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Suzie-Ann Pyths</title>
		<description>Part of a series.</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:45:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Draft I Thought Was Finished</title>
		<description>A short prose piece about realizing a polished draft still wasn&#226;t ready.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:48:31 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>My Godfather Willem Vogt</title>
		<description>He passed away on April 16, 2026</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:12:56 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>A PROPHETIC DREAM, predawn 4-14-2026</title>
		<description>A short precursor &#34;dream&#34; followed by a &#34;prophetic dream&#34;...</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:19:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>It Still Counts</title>
		<description>A quiet reflection on the small moments in writing that still matter. </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:28:07 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Yearning</title>
		<description>Yearning, boundaries, and disadvantages. </description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:19:57 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lifelong Dreams</title>
		<description>Factual Friday</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:42:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Poop</title>
		<description>Kiitys lick &#39;til clean, then puke it up</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:48:11 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Long Goodbye Has Concluded</title>
		<description>Memories of Dementia&#39;s visit to our house. </description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:28:10 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Dam Job</title>
		<description>Beavers at work!</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:00:45 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Soda</title>
		<description>Writing Exercise, but always looking to improve. </description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:42:17 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Cultural Saturation</title>
		<description>Yankee boyfriend experiences Sicilian street festival</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:38:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Sensory Cupboard</title>
		<description>In which I reminisce about times, long ago, when we were young and carefree.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:18:56 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Of Faith, Friends and Family</title>
		<description>A young woman is found by faith.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:17:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Farewell </title>
		<description>My last impression of what had been my home</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:51:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Cat Who Stayed</title>
		<description>A human and a feline become unlikely friends</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:25:01 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman and Wolves, A Snowy Day</title>
		<description>A poem for  Stormy&#39;s Poetry Contest about a woman, wolves and the snow.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:55:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Words</title>
		<description>A prose that I wrote during a 15-minute session in my Gotham Writing write-in. </description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:31:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title>The Pocket</title>
		<description>A widow folding her husband&#226;s coat finds something hidden where no one thought to look.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:43:13 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Day Dream</title>
		<description>Written in a stream of consciousness. Unedited and Raw.</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:50:38 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Die Hard Dinner</title>
		<description>Written in a stream of consciousness. Unedited and Raw.</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:59:16 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Mcphedran History.</title>
		<description>Folder 2 for short stories.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:27:29 EST</pubDate>
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<title>~ On a bed of Softened Nails</title>
		<description>You cast me aside used, broken and smiling in frozen happiness.
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