<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Strephon Says: &#187; Poetry</title> <atom:link href="http://strephonsays.com/blog/category/poetry/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog</link> <description>Self-Help Ideas And Tools</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:21:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Killer Cancer</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/10/killer-cancer/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/10/killer-cancer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:37:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cancer poetry]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/10/killer-cancer/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:Killer Cancer i don&#8217;t want to be killed by cancer &#8230; Why would I choose this? &#8230; Cancer kills you with suffering &#8230; Cancer kills you with awareness that you are deteriorating &#8230; My God, just in the last day my fingers can&#8217;t always find the right keys on the computer keyboard &#8230; Cancer is giving me no choice in dying now, if that is what it is doing to me?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/10/killer-cancer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Poem &#8211; Everyday</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/09/poem-everyday/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/09/poem-everyday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:45:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[core thinking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dying]]></category> <category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[God's will]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[living]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perspectives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-Help]]></category> <category><![CDATA[self-image]]></category> <category><![CDATA[simple wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strephon Kaplan-Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[suffering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thoughts to live by]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/09/poem-everyday/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:Poem &#8211; Everyday Everyday on the path I stay Everyday in every way If I stray and I do I must return to myself I do God&#8217;s will when &#8230; I focus on the true value of the moment I do my will when I am confused Everyday in every way I choose the path Laid out for me If it means dying Then I am dying If it means living I always choose living Every day in every way I choose living over dying I am not dying my living I may be living my dying Dying is more painful than living Most painful is not living my living Pain ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/09/poem-everyday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Moths Are Coming &#8230;</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/07/the-moths-are-coming/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/07/the-moths-are-coming/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:34:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strephon's Cancer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moths]]></category> <category><![CDATA[realness]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/07/the-moths-are-coming/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:&#8220;The moths keep coming &#8230; I still say I want to live &#8230;&#8221;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/07/the-moths-are-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Psalm 152 &#8211; Death-Rebirth</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/05/psalm-152-death-rebirth/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/05/psalm-152-death-rebirth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daily Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[existence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psalms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sacred text]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sacred texts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/05/psalm-152-death-rebirth/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:Psalm 152 &#8211; Death-Rebirth For every season there is a choice. 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My thinking was like a boy who is learning how to do things, whether these things are significant to adult life or not. 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&#8211; A POEM . . . . . .oh! here it comes again ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AH .. . . . . . . . . .AH! . . . . . . . . . . .AH . . . .breathe . . . . . . . .AH . . . .breathe . . . . . . . . .AH . . . . . . .breathe . . . . . . . . . . .AHHHH . . . . . . ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2009/01/three-poems-birth-nightmare/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hands &#8211; A Poem</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/hands-a-poem/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/hands-a-poem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:10:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bodies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hearts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lips]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/?p=180</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:Hands (for Stefania, December 16, 2008) -Strephon A weapon in a soldier&#8217;s hands means war A baby in a mother&#8217;s hands means love Your hand in my hand means opening My hand in your hand means commitmentYou need to be logged in to see this part of the post. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/hands-a-poem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>America-The Presidential Poem</title><link>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/america-poem-written-for-barack-obama/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link> <comments>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/america-poem-written-for-barack-obama/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:50:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Strephon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Presidency]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://strephonsays.com/blog/?p=167</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot:This poem was just written for Barack Obama in his inauguration as the next President of the United States. The news says he may be looking for a poet to be at the ceremony and read. 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They are what they are ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://strephonsays.com/blog/2008/12/upon-being-asked-about-my-life-a-narrative-poem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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