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I am devoted to writing, and hope to make it my living someday, so please enjoy what I hope will be entertaining!</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="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/601159" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/600585" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/599403" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594364" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594199" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593935" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593436" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592844" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592653" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/591909" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/601159"><title>it $inks it$ teeth in once again...</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/601159</link><description>This sucks but I can't afford Blogit right now. But before I left, I wanted to thank everyone here for reading and supporting me as one of your own. It's been a positive experience for me as both a reader and a writer, and maybe, when I have the $$$ for it, I'll be back! Until then, best wishes...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/600585"><title>the wonder week of MidTerms...</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/600585</link><description>dear Blogit you've been neglected. I'm sorry, it's week of Mid-Terms and I honestly have nothing worth posting at the moment. But I'll be back. Best wishes!</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/599403"><title>poem-Shadow Caged: Transmission</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/599403</link><description>A Transmission Enraged? You own no concept at all Growing whatnot feet tall Engaged In suctioning, blood sunsets So unaware Rage is never bared’ Nay. It only feeds It’s a disease Transmission Comparable to AIDS Enters through a cut Cannot be bled out But remains in the gut The Rage Scented Streets...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594364"><title>A Shadow Caged: Cleansed (Oh Katrina)</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594364</link><description>Cleansed (Oh Katrina) Team, like the nail pulled from the finger, prevails then some pain seizes that hand of yours. In fact, you dub that limb broken, useless as the token, split into four directions. Explore to affect only one chiming for lack of fun. Whining, “I guess I know why they say ‘gets...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594199"><title>something different: SUPRISE! bigiot in disguised! (in real-life!)</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/594199</link><description>I have a friend here on campus. He's a meek-sounding fellow, and he has a wholesome vibe about him. He approached me timidly and we struck up a friendship. It was a weak hunch I had at first, that he had a thing for me. But over time, particulary over text-messaging, it became clear that my hunch...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593935"><title>Shadow Caged: Chemical</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593935</link><description>Chemical Grief sets with your loss of device, Best for its price, reason to be precise. With a mounting anger toward this Hustled existence—molested existence Laughter runs rather dry Only issued for defiance of ‘right.’ Trembling of the title omega-outcast Leads to much passed, dissolve into a...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593436"><title>Shadow Caged: Eight</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/593436</link><description>Eight 8 Subtract one from solitude Not behind a gate Of the dignified stools 7 Subtract from fragile beaches An endless heaven Of concrete reaches 6 Subtract one from the stars Taught within hint To not ne the sky’s scars The stool allows A dazzling view of concrete And a query as to how This...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592844"><title>Shadow Caged: Marks (Super-Imposed) &amp; a nifty link!</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592844</link><description>(after poem, see the link to a website supporting a cause) Marks (Super-Imposed) My marks into… Lighten your countenance This pain will have eventually bent, Unlike your composure, Unburned flesh from scolding exposure. I stained your blue eyes to my Hazel And buffeted comforts to naught. After a...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592653"><title>Shadow Caged: Mawkish</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/592653</link><description>Mawkish Mawkish, mawkish, mawkish guises! Hotdog pruposals Autoknit ‘opinions’ Planned disposals Cherished opium Mawkish, mawkish, mawkish little blah An authentic pain is what the surprise is. Copyright (c) 2008 Hollie Holmes. All rights reserved.</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/591909"><title>Shadow Caged: Walls</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/HolmesPoems/591909</link><description>*see comments for special note Walls Regardless of assembly, run. Behind thin walls, respond to calls. White bone aligns a ‘grin of pride.’ Perplexities lost in translation. Majority of grins, it’s some of end Who stamp about The premise’s in-and-out Cringing at the moan-grope game Taking its...</description></item></rdf:RDF>