<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:13:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Shadows        ...A Poem of Fear and Need]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tonight I can write the saddest lines. — Pablo Neruda Cypress Shadow You’re a haunting, drizzly day— And oppress me In the soft patter of rain. My feelings Dwindle To a faint numbness— Dark and forgotten]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/shadows-a-poem-of-fear-and-need</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/shadows-a-poem-of-fear-and-need</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKfRTknbQF9UvJ2VWCVV41DpUyzg3yP5Frt2qwsYxmP4fgT6153yhAe5Y6ZXdTN3KRNPzXKspJAwQKWKaD3sjqeoNLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Life       …Part 2           …Finding Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul. — C. JoyBell C Weeping Beauty I spent the night watching Bell, Book & Candle on TV and then dreamt I found my own bewitching beauty.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mid-life-part-2-finding-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mid-life-part-2-finding-me</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKda4Wtmrxb6xv2eQ2K91uNjGTBfyF5pzqq8QUsHjAk2WPdV9GVjSGpvdmyCvwTfDLTcvdyCggTxvdbtUkVyUPqJuNn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Life               …Part 1          …In My Own Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it a mid-life crisis or a mid-life awakening? ― Dan Pearce I write poems you’ll never read and fantasize a life with you. I found a house— with a turret for me, and conservatory for you. And everything]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mid-life-part-1-in-my-own-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mid-life-part-1-in-my-own-dream</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:56:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3YtnxCocs6xEA945vVD2xy8BZBVMKgZtdT7gcqrBa7ZsbjJAv6umshM6CBqunCXUdrpX5jWcWpVps7CRA4gCg6oHroAL46BU7YQv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for Us             …Part 2                 ...Baiting the Trap]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like acting, undercover detective work requires performance. 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Maas You’re haunting me still Calling from the hill, I follow the sound Turn down the path Only to find you gone.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/haunting-me-still-a-poem-of-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/haunting-me-still-a-poem-of-us</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:38:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFt5R1XaQy5tJKiEsnQNBfBk5n8wTfvGCvM3NneqX2ieRJBfxjAiXGEB7S7cQaC9aXXE9chpvPfy1jKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twisted          ...Finale           ...Still an Enemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reason I could go there was because it wasn't totally foreign to me. I knew it because I’d seen my own burned terrain, walked off the familiar and comfortable path inside my own head and heart and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twisted-finale-still-an-enemy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twisted-finale-still-an-enemy</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3Ytk5cKxSq9irvmcdEp9CPoBdRm6QFUdLMF2oeAvRKu7nosFm2c13sfwiR2yVoXp9Lzx8cDHat8p8yBUDonbogwTtShEM7kcGBYJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twisted           ...Part 1        ....Under the Sway of Demons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Evil always contains seeds of its own destruction. 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Even the wind goes Round about through woods And will not disturb]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/quiet-time-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/quiet-time-alone</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3NbSyKTowh8wnMyt99aS2RqryzbuNt4a7gSzyzLH2FhMdxe94T7uHEhGSMuaL8uQscM3ufzHtVKeC49en2neN8e3mEcaZTTrjqQJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beauty is a light in the heart. — Kahlil Gibran Anyone Can be a spirit— Gelatinous, Elusive, Evanescent as A transparent ghost In a window glass. 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