<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/merkie"><title>merkie - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/</link><description>Trapped in lif'es surreal sleep
Intimated by conscience, I weep
Among the ashes of my childhood.
Perhaps I understood .</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634627" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634505" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634403" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634213" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/633893" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/633823" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/633362" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632981" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632849" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632628" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634627"><title>The Essence Of Time //////////Elements</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634627</link><description>The Essence Of Time The essence of time flowing through my day Is a rhythm I can't ignore From the moment of stillness in the morning light To the opening of each door An active pursuit of chores to be done Dreams, of tomorrow's success, complete The moment of now...the essence of time Is being...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634505"><title>November ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634505</link><description>November Driving down the road today, I noticed things that I don't always see. I saw the road rise up the hillside because the trees are bare of leaves I saw the lake of shining waters in the weak winter sun The clouds were hanging mists upon the hillsides all around Covering the frost they lay...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634403"><title>A Song of Love!(1997?)////////////////////////////////////////////////////</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634403</link><description>A Song of Love I am going to take some old adages and expand them into thought." Charity begins at home." and "Home is where the heart is." are two I have in mind. Charity is another word for love and home is where you begin. Home is that place of comfort and nurture where our special memories...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634213"><title>Wishes with Wings////////////////////////Twilight (haiku)</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/634213</link><description>Wishes With Wings My thoughts in winged flight Are taking me away To horizons where the mountains blush With the closing of the day In the pages of my book I watch the seasons change. In my fantasy I play Wherever the thoughts arrange The meeting of awe filled sights With sighs and grateful...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/633893"><title>Gazing ~O~ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/633893</link><description>Gazing I gaze into a new day with a heart in sunlit splendor found My window to the sky is sighing with contentment Leaves are golden skitters on the ground Crackled autumn morning all around Awe ~O~Amen! Margaret G. 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The...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632981"><title>Dream Of Autumn./////////////Tomato (haiku)</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632981</link><description>Dream of Autumn There you stand in colored dress of autumn if you please You have shed your apron to the ground Pretty rose and yellow leaves Your petticoats are swinging Flapping in the breeze You await the breathe of winter Freezing dewdrops at your knees Winter arrives Her chilly hands remove...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632849"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632849</link><description>Departure The clouds are slaked in iron casts And wrestle with the dark Luminescent clouds cling Orange and white with light Trees are standing stark The sun is disappearing into the unseen realm of sky Departing in all glory seen~ waving mute good bye With petticoats draped in frills of white...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632628"><title>Teardrop Of Dismay~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/merkie/632628</link><description>Teardrop Of Dismay Melancholy When the days are overcast A grey feeling comes to play Within your thoughts and haunts The avenues and strays Down the pathway calling back In growling hungry gasps Watchout Look up and breathe the colors Dance into the rainy storm How else my heart asks...</description></item></rdf:RDF>