<?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>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:50:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tormentor         ...Part 2              ...Dark Presence     ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personality projection is well documented. In fact, it's the second-most-common cause of so-called demonic possession. The most common being schizophrenia. ― Stephen King The following Monday at 2:00 p.m.,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tormentor-part-2-dark-presence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tormentor-part-2-dark-presence</guid><category><![CDATA[curangel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3Ytnm6DLYPUeGixSaJ5Yt5kMpcDVKuYJ6w53CpNdPoBwK6LYY9yefYVLgQpNvKyJ3Bxsn9UkXxSE2W8QB6W3HLh94Gxva8oaBcSr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tormentor                        ...Part 1                      ...Intimidating Presence]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sensed an absence that was actually a presence. A weight in the air. A feeling that the space around me was watching, measuring me, and finding me inadequate. ― Jeff Vandermeer I’m convinced some people]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tormentor-part-1-intimidating-presence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tormentor-part-1-intimidating-presence</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQieGgDox2BrHCSJCzRFRa883fLASz3KfUguYuG234VtTZiZP219LibgtUykmG6hJceCbiCe3bn2UxbLi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muse or Bemused?                    ...Rave or Rant]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover problems. ― Margaret Atwood These young poets Who write of sex; It's the deepest They ever get. I think of painters And their nudes As if]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/muse-or-bemused-rave-or-rant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/muse-or-bemused-rave-or-rant</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:01:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMtiM68fywBJwYt7EuhvmHeno2bPkMywNpL9G6Uy9ug5qyno1Wuvanq5HvR2JPFHU3UhwzxKGQiHpDczddhvc9LFYUpNsyZvr91EExUxvdzPeLAtC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Change in Plans              ...Finale         ...Exorcising the Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[Letting go of the past is a good thing. It doesn't mean forgetting, it just means moving on. ― Kahlil Gibran: Starting Over Lorraine’s gone but her spirit still speaks to me. I’m staring at the deserted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-finale-exorcising-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-finale-exorcising-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2zVCcpeJW4jyLMe4SBCPMhEejwyJA6xRTAGVP9wRDzNM66349RhKmxko5x81fFcc9GwE2Y8eNS2rPDHuCmAwU5d9wJNeYN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Change in Plans                    ...Part 2                          ...Grasping at Straws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you don't have enough to fight with. ― Tamora Pierce My wife, Hope, died leaving me with two year-old Autumn and a house full of memories and a heart full]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-part-2-grasping-at-straws</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-part-2-grasping-at-straws</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVvs24Enjfm2VGorFYLMdpjm2rsn1JzqSCafWN9vjEhsNSLaXnRz3sova8CBy11SYLC7s2hhdoC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Change in Plans            Part 1               …Time Stands Still]]></title><description><![CDATA[I lie awake and replay the thing I didn't do right because nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing. ― D.D. Barant Conflicted Two-year old Autumn is finally]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-part-1-time-stands-still</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/a-change-in-plans-part-1-time-stands-still</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2zVCcpeJW4jyLMe4SBCKS1JTbecir4G6PZrhfL8LMdYAZzXCirUarB33h1PUK4iQwwnTHFzmJheBp7SwJvKy84gQPZcvBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet Time Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[You stars hiding in clouds Watching me With your complicated stares… Peer through windows In this quiet house— Go ahead, stare You are rude. 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. But you are more: You’re a scent, An essence That can’t]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/you-tk680i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/you-tk680i</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFtYewMZjGXJHr7NGLDDX8xJr2r9aMDWVDpdinNmYvEf5VjVNikmkUeDPwdZjTyzx6LwF7m4qEPK6fPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first duty of love is to listen. ― Paul Tillich It’s complicated, Trying to get close to you; You ask a lot Without saying much, And your silence Thunders… Makes me ponder What you want And I’m left]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/listening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/listening</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:44:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQgSpmZS9u2YAo6XnBxM8LnQhuEPFJpJbH2Z1Yn6476qFVBDAgi3zsUgWj8KowCZukwx5AgFyg3B85r1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mixed Moods          ...Futility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making the most of the raw materials of futility... ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. I have few words For rain, Not the many I have For pain… But dark and solemn As hallways in autumn, My griefs deepen And haunt me.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mixed-moods-futility</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/mixed-moods-futility</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFv7gL27Lof8DrZvDkvDEr5CULAPNWrpX2n2kB1cK1kRUxtY5yiVzW1Xkx9TboaKASz6PF9e8eM2Pa9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reshaping Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lovers Pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art. ― Dylan Thomas Words are only things I use to construct A world, No better or worse Than this one… They’re dark letters I use to draw A picture,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/reshaping-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/reshaping-pain</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVw7r7Bxu7hgAqz5cuqqWZTjFUJ2hDMHHCRJpmzEK1zBfnmZafXELjsYKhSK52wZB2dxH3hYP6N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retrospect              ...Nights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. ― Elie Wiesel The countryside Flows by In waves Of darkness; The train Blacked]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/retrospect-nights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/retrospect-nights</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:39:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA7zuM1vC23ZCsQUPE3PQmaMK5BPpRDfVomYqUN2UT2Xpf5kW6RndjdEJgCNF5E9xGZWKa4wgTJPWonv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twin Flames        ...Part 4                     ...Reconnecting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Behind every complaint is deep personal longing... ― John Gottman One of the ironies of life is the way our best laid plans often go astray. I had volunteered to host an inter-college meeting at the farm]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-4-reconnecting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-4-reconnecting</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:31:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixq9363TdVFvAcrB4awQZcKhX6vtw5mpNvdDhwQQwLRTF3DZs3hVujPKfBvQdkiMrJCaa28rEiZvrtq4Z7WEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twin Flames           Part 3              ...Vain Desires]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's something universal about being stood up — it's a spiritual no-man’s-land where we're disarmed by the gullibility of our hearts. ― John Cheever Stood Up I wondered if my constant lucid dreams about]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-3-vain-desires</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-3-vain-desires</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HgUwUeMZvRE7mrMtBt8U7WFFiDX86h6udTMmDXbiq5EjW6n8cqHEt53aifg3Fs9VRfErApycYc2mu5HmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washout            ...Rain and Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thing about pain is, it demands to be felt. — John Green Don't get up in the night. Don't fret, worry or chew your nails Staring at the rain Looking for answers— When there aren't any, At least, None]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/washout-rain-and-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/washout-rain-and-pain</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA8135iuzpdQfjggUVuFue78ujKgcJG6Rcd9DzVg2HAbNdFVHp2TEN9dDqhbcnTRzc1a7L4V7wfabUXp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twin Flames           ...Part 2              ...Higher Aspirations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tried to hate you, forgive you, forget you, but am only capable of loving you. You're tattooed to my skin, and the more I try to erase you, the deeper you sink in. ― Mirella Muffarotto Joys of Higher Education]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-2-higher-aspirations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-2-higher-aspirations</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdetf4bEWBqvoboLkbTarBq8JpGzxSc217paHiCbA9ShNpcKiuXKjq1q3q1mHpNWXFYjpXJAfw8BVWEBzNguCrAocQPwEW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twin Flames                 ...Part 1              ...Nightly Ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[You and I, are embers from the same fire, dust from the same star, echoes of the same love. — Craig Crippen Shelter from Storms Do you ever find yourself thinking about absurd things that couldn’t possibly]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-1-nightly-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/twin-flames-part-1-nightly-ritual</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmSUBFdVfaYc26SE3Gzwvoq5e5x87c5qvBfyDad72CgwMS4sxuvwUfMo1U5AivUUH5CrmZHmUCw4EM4A8s2eYCypmoQjciLU9giJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands. ― Pablo Neruda Hanna Hanna left her cell phone on the counter.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-years-tjnpn0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-years-tjnpn0</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgW8K46AfSN5NR7pAguG6L7q1eTiVR4pxotihDf8widpMdyfejfgMHe7BHWGtbBLp1c8qxaV4jg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Headstrong                               ...Living for Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ― André Gide Acceptance She sat watching night clouds. It was all so lovely and peaceful. One billowing stately argosy drifted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/headstrong-living-for-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/headstrong-living-for-life</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HeUxwVQDDrmhrcC8ypY9zmaS9HLAniLrrkYEGWG1tB4H2M61KJB5kmouGeH1QFudTqoNWkoMbxF4yXo9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a Name                        ...Finding Significance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble ― Charles Spurgeon Lost If you believe my high school yearbook, Frankie was most likely to succeed.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/making-a-name-finding-significance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/making-a-name-finding-significance</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUdvZHYUfhwDd1M8hPRSHs4jV1j6Ryu4FbXdoNv9pHbHURUNUQUC4dEyWnwHseUb8FiT3kr2RwNoKpYcXJSA35tbu96cwe6fYUoHKYMRnsPRs4xbpcLdSe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>