<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299</id><updated>2011-12-20T18:45:38.954-06:00</updated><category term='wire fence poetry blackandwhite'/><category term='whimsical boa emerald'/><title type='text'>Katie's Poetry</title><subtitle type='html'>My poetry accompanied by my personal photos taken throughout my travels.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-2802901383147181669</id><published>2010-06-13T01:48:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T01:53:10.631-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wire fence poetry blackandwhite'/><title type='text'>Straddling the Fence</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TBR_p2A4oWI/AAAAAAAAB_s/Lq3ifKLhjOE/s1600/bw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482147003267326306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TBR_p2A4oWI/AAAAAAAAB_s/Lq3ifKLhjOE/s400/bw.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I straddled the fence&lt;br /&gt;tearing jean&lt;br /&gt;and skin...&lt;br /&gt;hiding&lt;br /&gt;my thoughts&lt;br /&gt;of doubts within...&lt;br /&gt;deep....&lt;br /&gt;in consideration.&lt;br /&gt;deliberation,&lt;br /&gt;or unconscious&lt;br /&gt;procrastination?&lt;br /&gt;I hung,&lt;br /&gt;in decorative mode,&lt;br /&gt;a yard ornament,&lt;br /&gt;in cat burglar fashion,&lt;br /&gt;dressed in black...&lt;br /&gt;contemplating,&lt;br /&gt;jumping dogs,&lt;br /&gt;locked doors...&lt;br /&gt;the B &amp;amp; E&lt;br /&gt;of....&lt;br /&gt;the back entry....&lt;br /&gt;climbing over&lt;br /&gt;the window sill....&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;all the while,&lt;br /&gt;I clung,&lt;br /&gt;between here&lt;br /&gt;and there....&lt;br /&gt;knowing….&lt;br /&gt;One wrong move…&lt;br /&gt;Was all it took….&lt;br /&gt;To lose…&lt;br /&gt;In…pick-up sticks,&lt;br /&gt;Operation,&lt;br /&gt;Hopscotch,&lt;br /&gt;to name a few ….&lt;br /&gt;Never mind the fact&lt;br /&gt;Of what to do ……&lt;br /&gt;About….&lt;br /&gt;Straddling the fence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-2802901383147181669?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2802901383147181669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=2802901383147181669&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2802901383147181669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2802901383147181669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2010/06/straddling-fence.html' title='Straddling the Fence'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TBR_p2A4oWI/AAAAAAAAB_s/Lq3ifKLhjOE/s72-c/bw.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-639017911812189552</id><published>2010-06-07T23:43:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T23:50:04.515-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrate your day with a smile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TA3KzR_TlJI/AAAAAAAAB_c/7f2VANT1D70/s1600/S+045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480259303930827922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TA3KzR_TlJI/AAAAAAAAB_c/7f2VANT1D70/s400/S+045.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Visages elevé&lt;br /&gt;dansez pour saluer le soleil&lt;br /&gt;célèbrent et sourient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raised faces&lt;br /&gt;dance to greet the sun&lt;br /&gt;celebrate and smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-639017911812189552?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/639017911812189552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=639017911812189552&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/639017911812189552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/639017911812189552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebrate-your-day-with-smile.html' title='Celebrate your day with a smile'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/TA3KzR_TlJI/AAAAAAAAB_c/7f2VANT1D70/s72-c/S+045.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-2223209125712831152</id><published>2009-06-06T21:10:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T21:47:54.632-05:00</updated><title type='text'>World within Worlds..(and fragments of memory lane )</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/Sishx1GeA0I/AAAAAAAAB-w/j4-B7vtKx7s/s1600-h/3592555001_90d3c9b8c4_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344402522756744002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/Sishx1GeA0I/AAAAAAAAB-w/j4-B7vtKx7s/s400/3592555001_90d3c9b8c4_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I wasn't lost....&lt;br /&gt;simply&lt;br /&gt;in another world...&lt;br /&gt;perhaps parallel ...&lt;br /&gt;perhaps,&lt;br /&gt;rambling in my head...&lt;br /&gt;directions clouded&lt;br /&gt;by emotions&lt;br /&gt;fragmented thoughts...&lt;br /&gt;I remember Sylvia&lt;br /&gt;and being stoned&lt;br /&gt;in Shirley's Lottery...&lt;br /&gt;bit scary if&lt;br /&gt;one thinks about it...&lt;br /&gt;other times&lt;br /&gt;I might have been&lt;br /&gt;at the wrong angle...&lt;br /&gt;if there were such a thing...&lt;br /&gt;just another turn&lt;br /&gt;in the road...&lt;br /&gt;I think that one was called&lt;br /&gt;marriage...&lt;br /&gt;I still&lt;br /&gt;laugh...&lt;br /&gt;it wasn't Shakespeare...&lt;br /&gt;In my early years,&lt;br /&gt;they spoke in tongues&lt;br /&gt;or some kind of&lt;br /&gt;gibberish..&lt;br /&gt;that eventually&lt;br /&gt;broke down into&lt;br /&gt;a variety of languages&lt;br /&gt;separated by accents,.&lt;br /&gt;I thought I was Shirley Temple&lt;br /&gt;everyone always said so....&lt;br /&gt;pulling my curls,&lt;br /&gt;pinching my cheeks...&lt;br /&gt;until they heard me sing&lt;br /&gt;and trip over my feet..&lt;br /&gt;at least my shoes are cuter now..&lt;br /&gt;I still&lt;br /&gt;live&lt;br /&gt;within worlds&lt;br /&gt;sometimes&lt;br /&gt;here,&lt;br /&gt;sometimes&lt;br /&gt;there....&lt;br /&gt;but,&lt;br /&gt;I always&lt;br /&gt;find...&lt;br /&gt;my way home.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-2223209125712831152?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2223209125712831152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=2223209125712831152&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2223209125712831152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2223209125712831152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2009/06/world-within-worldsand-fragments-of.html' title='World within Worlds..(and fragments of memory lane )'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/Sishx1GeA0I/AAAAAAAAB-w/j4-B7vtKx7s/s72-c/3592555001_90d3c9b8c4_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-782100962440695472</id><published>2009-02-14T21:19:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T21:22:44.401-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A moment of reflection</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SZeJ8Lq9BbI/AAAAAAAAB9M/4UUGZ7GhIbI/s1600-h/mtmx+015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302858753270154674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SZeJ8Lq9BbI/AAAAAAAAB9M/4UUGZ7GhIbI/s400/mtmx+015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Simplicity&lt;br /&gt;a moment of clarity&lt;br /&gt;smooth&lt;br /&gt;rough&lt;br /&gt;too much,&lt;br /&gt;never enough&lt;br /&gt;a shifting&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;perception,&lt;br /&gt;instantaneous&lt;br /&gt;conception&lt;br /&gt;found.... then&lt;br /&gt;lost&lt;br /&gt;in the revolution&lt;br /&gt;of a kaleidoscopic point ....&lt;br /&gt;reflection.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-782100962440695472?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/782100962440695472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=782100962440695472&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/782100962440695472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/782100962440695472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/moment-of-reflection.html' title='A moment of reflection'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SZeJ8Lq9BbI/AAAAAAAAB9M/4UUGZ7GhIbI/s72-c/mtmx+015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-8711611255155937302</id><published>2008-05-15T16:24:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:40.504-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Yesterday's Song.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SCysCNOCRCI/AAAAAAAABcI/YwhlzXhwZF8/s1600-h/2492710993_189590b29f_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200720823614325794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SCysCNOCRCI/AAAAAAAABcI/YwhlzXhwZF8/s400/2492710993_189590b29f_b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;moody skies,&lt;br /&gt;rushing water&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mossy streams .&lt;br /&gt;matching&lt;br /&gt;eyes..&lt;br /&gt;swollen,&lt;br /&gt;aching&lt;br /&gt;from allergies&lt;br /&gt;and men...&lt;br /&gt;same difference sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;I wonder at perceptions,&lt;br /&gt;communications... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;realizations.&lt;br /&gt;V makes me smile&lt;br /&gt;and laugh...&lt;br /&gt;baaaad company indeed....&lt;br /&gt;every gift,&lt;br /&gt;every day treasured&lt;br /&gt;despite..&lt;br /&gt;the stormy weather&lt;br /&gt;outside&lt;br /&gt;and within..&lt;br /&gt;I count the days&lt;br /&gt;casually...&lt;br /&gt;knowing&lt;br /&gt;my time is coming..&lt;br /&gt;and I too ,&lt;br /&gt;will soon be gone.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday's song....&lt;br /&gt;playing on the oldies. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-8711611255155937302?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8711611255155937302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=8711611255155937302&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/8711611255155937302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/8711611255155937302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/05/yesterdays-song.html' title='Yesterday&apos;s Song.'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SCysCNOCRCI/AAAAAAAABcI/YwhlzXhwZF8/s72-c/2492710993_189590b29f_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-4051283377136771849</id><published>2008-05-09T19:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T19:54:58.701-05:00</updated><title type='text'>1000 years</title><content type='html'>A thousand years&lt;br /&gt;I've loved and lost&lt;br /&gt;I loved you then,&lt;br /&gt;I love you now&lt;br /&gt;A thousand tears&lt;br /&gt;I've cried ...&lt;br /&gt;although &lt;br /&gt;I've &lt;br /&gt;laughed ...&lt;br /&gt;twice&lt;br /&gt;as much.&lt;br /&gt;I smile &lt;br /&gt;in ironic tenderness&lt;br /&gt;and remember...&lt;br /&gt;our first touch...&lt;br /&gt;eyes flirting..&lt;br /&gt;dancing,&lt;br /&gt;stroking,&lt;br /&gt;minds wandering&lt;br /&gt;with a thousand&lt;br /&gt;wicked thoughts&lt;br /&gt;that made me giggle.&lt;br /&gt;heated eyes&lt;br /&gt;winking&lt;br /&gt;promises&lt;br /&gt;to be kept &lt;br /&gt;a thousand times&lt;br /&gt;minus one...&lt;br /&gt;in the end &lt;br /&gt;reality&lt;br /&gt;bites us all&lt;br /&gt;another cancer call...&lt;br /&gt;still...&lt;br /&gt;I've hoped...&lt;br /&gt;for a thousand years,&lt;br /&gt;missed you...&lt;br /&gt;a thousand times&lt;br /&gt;and perhaps someday...&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;a thousand years &lt;br /&gt;or so...&lt;br /&gt;we'll meet&lt;br /&gt;again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-4051283377136771849?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/4051283377136771849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=4051283377136771849&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/4051283377136771849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/4051283377136771849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/05/1000-years.html' title='1000 years'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-5017654249836322367</id><published>2008-04-17T20:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:41.387-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Standing in the Shadow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SAf3-FDpugI/AAAAAAAABbw/Ep30exrd2Ns/s1600-h/Sunday+161.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190389741449230850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SAf3-FDpugI/AAAAAAAABbw/Ep30exrd2Ns/s400/Sunday+161.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt; I stood in the shadow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;of yesterday's tree.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Staring ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;across the river&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;slowly dying,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;the barren hills&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;beneath a clear sky.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Beauty ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;in a land &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;gone to waste &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;through generations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;of neglect, pollutions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;gone unchecked...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;And as I stood there&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;I wondered...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;years from now,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;What will be left?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-5017654249836322367?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/5017654249836322367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=5017654249836322367&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/5017654249836322367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/5017654249836322367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/04/standing-in-shadow.html' title='Standing in the Shadow'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/SAf3-FDpugI/AAAAAAAABbw/Ep30exrd2Ns/s72-c/Sunday+161.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-2935623460012202547</id><published>2008-04-10T18:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:41.709-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Tagged by A. Decker...Six Word Memoir</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here are the rules: As copied from A. Decker ( &lt;a href="http://resonant-enigma.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://resonant-enigma.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; ) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Write your own six word memoir.&lt;br /&gt;2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.&lt;br /&gt;3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post.&lt;br /&gt;4. Tag more blogs with links.&lt;br /&gt;5. Enjoy&lt;br /&gt;Also, I would add, I think you're supposed to alert the people you tag that they, too, are so lucky. ;-) Not sure how many, let's just see . . . how 'bout . . .&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;***************************************************************************************&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R_7FUXi_FOI/AAAAAAAABbo/ufSboIZ63OA/s1600-h/2387604108_bff6df2b6d_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187800774486201570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R_7FUXi_FOI/AAAAAAAABbo/ufSboIZ63OA/s400/2387604108_bff6df2b6d_b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Death started ticking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at my birth. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-2935623460012202547?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2935623460012202547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=2935623460012202547&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2935623460012202547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2935623460012202547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/04/tagged-by-deckersix-word-memoir.html' title='Tagged by A. Decker...Six Word Memoir'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R_7FUXi_FOI/AAAAAAAABbo/ufSboIZ63OA/s72-c/2387604108_bff6df2b6d_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-9184373279989780537</id><published>2008-03-27T19:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:41.970-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A Winter's Dark Mood</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R-w8prhrMeI/AAAAAAAABbY/GtvwYWjCFE4/s1600-h/zoo+385.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182583957952868834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R-w8prhrMeI/AAAAAAAABbY/GtvwYWjCFE4/s400/zoo+385.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt; The dark mood arrives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;cloaked in winter's farewell breeze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;clinging on too long.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-9184373279989780537?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/9184373279989780537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=9184373279989780537&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/9184373279989780537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/9184373279989780537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/dark-winters-mood.html' title='A Winter&apos;s Dark Mood'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R-w8prhrMeI/AAAAAAAABbY/GtvwYWjCFE4/s72-c/zoo+385.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-4314876225822422758</id><published>2008-03-16T20:56:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:42.199-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whimsical boa emerald'/><title type='text'>An Emerald Beauty</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R93QFhiKthI/AAAAAAAABa4/5sdgi-37zBs/s1600-h/zoo+008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178523939865540114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R93QFhiKthI/AAAAAAAABa4/5sdgi-37zBs/s400/zoo+008.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt; Emerald Beauty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;St. Urho chasing grasshoppers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;No pinching St Patrick!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt; "Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, meine täättä hiiteen"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;(  "Grasshopper, grasshopper, get the hell out of here," )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;The snakes are already gone! lol.. not! I love this Emerald Boa's colour!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-4314876225822422758?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/4314876225822422758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=4314876225822422758&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/4314876225822422758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/4314876225822422758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/emerald-beauty.html' title='An Emerald Beauty'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R93QFhiKthI/AAAAAAAABa4/5sdgi-37zBs/s72-c/zoo+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-1912610944358854612</id><published>2008-03-11T14:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:42.419-06:00</updated><title type='text'>City Kaleidoscope</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9bhJRiKtcI/AAAAAAAABaQ/MHYw9rjOitY/s1600-h/B+124.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176572371150747074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9bhJRiKtcI/AAAAAAAABaQ/MHYw9rjOitY/s400/B+124.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Shifting Reflections &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;perpendicular points&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;city kaleidoscope&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-1912610944358854612?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1912610944358854612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=1912610944358854612&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/1912610944358854612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/1912610944358854612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/city-kaleidoscope.html' title='City Kaleidoscope'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9bhJRiKtcI/AAAAAAAABaQ/MHYw9rjOitY/s72-c/B+124.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-841188483188322522</id><published>2008-03-06T14:59:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:42.759-06:00</updated><title type='text'>World lost</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9BbXkQEkjI/AAAAAAAABZo/8OET3KjNBBo/s1600-h/2231598092_a4752b1221_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174736432274903602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9BbXkQEkjI/AAAAAAAABZo/8OET3KjNBBo/s400/2231598092_a4752b1221_b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#c0c0c0;"&gt; Foot prints remain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;my world lost in shifting lines&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solitude reigns&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-841188483188322522?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/841188483188322522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=841188483188322522&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/841188483188322522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/841188483188322522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/world-lost.html' title='World lost'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R9BbXkQEkjI/AAAAAAAABZo/8OET3KjNBBo/s72-c/2231598092_a4752b1221_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-2380717047377290553</id><published>2008-03-01T18:04:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:12:43.111-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Empty is a State</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R8dObWIu8SI/AAAAAAAABY4/npibv7MQ17c/s1600-h/2296254851_f63455ac7c_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172188928763949346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R8dObWIu8SI/AAAAAAAABY4/npibv7MQ17c/s400/2296254851_f63455ac7c_b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;The emptiness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;desolate starkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;echoing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;in black and white.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;No laughter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;found&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;layered within&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;when life is ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;left of right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;No words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;escaping &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;in a bubble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;of happiness and glee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;but a quietness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;and moodiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;that delves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;deep...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;inside of me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;I love this photo... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-2380717047377290553?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2380717047377290553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=2380717047377290553&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2380717047377290553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/2380717047377290553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/empty-is-state.html' title='Empty is a State'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/R8dObWIu8SI/AAAAAAAABY4/npibv7MQ17c/s72-c/2296254851_f63455ac7c_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35521299.post-1836303479862793363</id><published>2007-09-27T11:15:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T02:13:00.718-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Traveling the blogland</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/RvvXlAc4qGI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/4CVe94WfmUE/s1600-h/IMG_0098.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114918832585615458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/RvvXlAc4qGI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/4CVe94WfmUE/s400/IMG_0098.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,0);font-size:180%;" &gt;He came from &lt;a href="http://i-land-i-site.blogspot.com/"&gt;Floots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to say hello...&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;asked me where&lt;br /&gt;he was at...&lt;br /&gt;he needed directions&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;a href="http://pursuanceoftruth.blogspot.com/"&gt;Janice's&lt;/a&gt; place&lt;br /&gt;and then&lt;br /&gt;he was off to &lt;a href="http://laughingghosts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pat's&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;From here to there&lt;br /&gt;a skip&lt;br /&gt;and a jump..&lt;br /&gt;then..&lt;br /&gt;he signed&lt;br /&gt;"if only I knew "&lt;br /&gt;I'd go&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;a href="http://jamesalockhart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Andrew's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for lunch...&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;spin&lt;br /&gt;by &lt;a href="http://slowpete.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pete's&lt;/a&gt; for a brew...&lt;br /&gt;Then..&lt;br /&gt;shoot by &lt;a href="http://fishywords.blogspot.com/"&gt;CJ's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Cocaine Jesus to you )&lt;br /&gt;for scones and tea......&lt;br /&gt;maybe &lt;a href="http://bazza26.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bazza'ull&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;be home later&lt;br /&gt;and ...&lt;br /&gt;a snack&lt;br /&gt;he'll fix for me....&lt;br /&gt;then ...&lt;br /&gt;towards twilight&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;a href="http://ramblingsfromthereservation.wordpress.com/"&gt;BG's&lt;/a&gt; I will flee..&lt;br /&gt;to hear her yell ...&lt;br /&gt;louder and louder...&lt;br /&gt;Now,&lt;br /&gt;wouldn't that be a scream?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://glimpsesintangible.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pauline's&lt;/a&gt; for the night...&lt;br /&gt;to savor...&lt;br /&gt;the rich , thick flavor&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;Manhattan chowder....&lt;br /&gt;such&lt;br /&gt;a delicious...&lt;br /&gt;possibility!&lt;br /&gt;Come&lt;br /&gt;the break of day&lt;br /&gt;I'll find my way&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;a href="http://someoneelseshoroscope.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kate's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for&lt;br /&gt;an espresso&lt;br /&gt;with&lt;br /&gt;mini moo cream...&lt;br /&gt;Take a left to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stilllifepoetry.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kent's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for a seat&lt;br /&gt;in his pulpit...&lt;br /&gt;with ...&lt;br /&gt;his three sons and wife,&lt;br /&gt;waving to &lt;a href="http://goldennib.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nessa,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quick hug to&lt;a href="http://cerebrations.wordpress.com/"&gt; Cindra,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;blow a kiss to &lt;a href="http://wjimmyjames.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hola a la &lt;a href="http://annals-of-gawpo.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gawpo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then a Northern trip&lt;br /&gt;to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://laughing1wolf.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tony's&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;for the latest&lt;br /&gt;"on dit" ..&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;a little chat and chit...&lt;br /&gt;I'll Say "hello"&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;a href="http://soitsonlywords.blogspot.com/"&gt;Fotoface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then&lt;br /&gt;scoot on home...&lt;br /&gt;before I'm missed&lt;br /&gt;by Floots!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35521299-1836303479862793363?l=katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1836303479862793363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35521299&amp;postID=1836303479862793363&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/1836303479862793363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35521299/posts/default/1836303479862793363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katiespoetrycorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/traveling-blogland.html' title='Traveling the blogland'/><author><name>Katie McKenna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2770/3954/1600/Gypsydance.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-PC6CUjuss/RvvXlAc4qGI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/4CVe94WfmUE/s72-c/IMG_0098.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry></feed>
