<?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>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:37:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[NOT I DO, BUT I AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is me last night. I babysat my brother's pit bull, Enzo (with whom I'm wildly in love), which meant I had my brother's whole mountain cabin all to myself. I said I was going to take advantage of the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/not-i-do-but-i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/not-i-do-but-i-am</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAspi9LssChkGUNFSRTcUtZwxkCqpgVi9LMqPqjQbW8Cy6jyFUwnLTsSeG31dLV3yLxV31dEgTLREwvTFNuB6g8st1vNRYVQ1xc8QrVFW5tjc1XJFfz5mBK8LjRgzKTWy9fHJ4ZFJ1af7SQNrv2dGLJE7jTH8eUDFx4zVp22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confessions of a Conduit: What Magdalene Wrote in the Sand when the Mob was Gone]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am obsessed with Mary Magdalene. A third of my first poetry collection, Siren Song, was dedicated to Mary Magdalene persona poems. She fascinates me partly because I think she was a force more powerful]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/confessions-of-a-conduit-what-magdalene-wrote-in-the-sand-when-the-mob-was-gone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/confessions-of-a-conduit-what-magdalene-wrote-in-the-sand-when-the-mob-was-gone</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8nehKVw5SyYnhveJ67VTxrLEHEP3ybEt6ssxbWqpCDgh4FdKUeiwyoFngYrYH9cjYqyVqEvatqaEHdujDL7kJGMS8HyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TAKING MY BODY BACK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past six months, I've lost 25 pounds. I know it's not a ton, compared to some, but I'm super happy about it because of what it symbolizes. I did it for many reasons, the main one being self-love.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/taking-my-body-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/taking-my-body-back</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vr9W3KHHba3orUVJFTDjzeaEY1VuGQ2A6AkdbySBfRW2faSEMAS6smMvaf2LxvUvsSLPa9x2C3HawVFoP8HTuvMJaSzCgWvzBFXooX8hc7hdsee15TUeZwXdRenpB41fQ15z4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be. Be. Be.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every human being is a litmus test for other human beings. The way I respond to you has a lot to do with me and a little to do with you. The way you respond to me has a lot to do with you and a little]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/be-be-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/be-be-be</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:50:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZVVKmXhtvgKqwbwBkEW2Zw4TQ1mz832BDqTkdP5eSe2fJyDVtauBhcQNk7rA9dEeFuLNXpmXM66cTTTKmwc8dXC4F4xsttQPKPcwnynk5891rxNiG7tEts1bcWq1xLmEAVx9j28f26sTnJUV2zh5Np2cri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOVE YOU!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few things make your stay on earth less pleasant than hating the package you came in. All circumstances, all places, all people, pass out of your field of vision, but your body is with you every second]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/love-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/love-you</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vr5E4gtvzrJBqMbiMAWgmND3vomfw13RUx552Rs6KqwG3HTGSr4HxFU2auHS8E17UTHYqnp6ubhkarrL4MXjwqkhk9vRTencuvPKiyYgqGdmpDfzeVh8HACBcwNxwCpUhXphrv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAGSEED DETHRONED: AKA APOCALYPSE AVERTED (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I slept almost zero last night, mostly because I was up writing this. I am grateful to my anti-muse, the un-illustrious Hagseed (the central character in a book of poems I'm working on called The Hagseed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/hagseed-dethroned-aka-apocalypse-averted-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/hagseed-dethroned-aka-apocalypse-averted-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiSs5eeSkEtNEgm9cUGtz3zkxfErcvAe6LjkPGvfdydrYtKXktHRaKp3wYB6jqRoAyWVGBdGMfZy75wFCqCdrbwdYQid3dR8fGjU86?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Love Song for 2017:]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s almost here, a year that 30 years ago, I could have never fathomed living to see. 2018. Weird. I still swear it’s 1999, 2000 tops, but here we are, almost in the third decade of the new millennium.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/a-love-song-for-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/a-love-song-for-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2cgAqr8tXheAZgkJ8ZBtnGR8FguAcripLBjB1ctQt8FoiBS7cX1fzq7BiGCxo9ihJd7LXD31Ra5E5jLuA6N2Zqjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT THEY COULDN’T STEAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[They have made a ruin of our temple. They have slaughtered 777 sacred cows and ground them into meat. They set up tents in parks, pass out Pabst Blue Ribbon, serve up blasphemy burgers with sour sides]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/what-they-couldn-t-steal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/what-they-couldn-t-steal</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5xwZ4vn43wAJ9sfgPtjHdqKoxNTsivn2o7mK5ToFeXSfxa2YNMp3SR8q5UTX7xVgdGGuCH8Ys6tRDtRGCEr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day of the Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corpses howl in the streets, clacking corroded teeth, and I should be scared, but I’m not. I weave them marigold crowns, lie down among the headstones, call them to me to talk. We know secrets, we dead]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/day-of-the-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/day-of-the-dead</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr28BsfgZ6yiCW86TqnmhNmDWs8inwg8gmYpTi1z5fNyki6psVqBKtjk7yM2UXkpM5UpyEqpC2yZW5cMqtawKGPa6HGyk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pushing Forty Woman Roller Skates Using Only Her Uncle Cleetus Body]]></title><description><![CDATA[” (In the interest of transparency, I should begin by saying I wrote this a few years ago. I'm no longer pushing forty. I'm pulling it.) In P.E. class, I was that kid. The Lucy from Charlie Brown kid.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/a-pushing-forty-woman-roller-skates-using-only-her-uncle-cleetus-body</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/a-pushing-forty-woman-roller-skates-using-only-her-uncle-cleetus-body</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:41:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6pu4ZRycQdDWezzYuk9QQk5myGwXv66QaMf8cduYas1y5dXNfGcUx62u5GkeKwDC67H2CeZgHfJa6bAdkj1sLFjvi1mbJcN8rSqs1WqM5UmUBzH6o4xjWNTd4Pe69ShqoQb5MBZvyoGq5aGzpz5r8RjJFmAbTQgJCVzgSCwk4hKykT58GZFVCei51Dz928HbCHNea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WELCOME TO MY JUNGLE]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a stupid title. If you're still reading, you're a very generous person who gives even losers the benefit of the doubt. I commend you for it. Titles are not my specialty. I've published three books.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/welcome-to-my-jungle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@tawniwaters/welcome-to-my-jungle</guid><category><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tawniwaters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 19:13:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf2x8KA6N157HmRnJJ8yBnC3qAuxh7NVhrgyucqPnnwp8roGNewArYECUoGsPNQFChnNL8fk8VQGpQE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>