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	<title>Ian Merkel &#187; poetry</title>
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	<description>Creative writing, commentary, and then some.</description>
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		<title>Amazing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[you never cease to amaze me i don&#8217;t use that phrase often and if you&#8217;re not, you&#8217;re on your way. don&#8217;t make me say&#8230; don&#8217;t make me say&#8230; don&#8217;t make me stay away. you brighten up anyone&#8217;s day. don&#8217;t make me say&#8230; don&#8217;t make me say. little good it does my soul to see you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Movement is all about willpower. 
We are intricate machines, but useless without guidance.
Willpower is a form of guidance.  I will not be left offline.
I will not be left strewn on the floor.]]></description>
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		<title>Crisp</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The flavor of Granny Smith apples My taste buds brought to attention by the watercress in my salad The sting of wasabi mixed with my double black soy The prose of a Shakespeare comedy The intent in the command voice of a drill instructor A mother&#8217;s imperative remark to her pestering child The perfect application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing in bloom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing in bloom amongst your peers sharing the same common descriptor, yet holding your own. You are part of this composition in which we all belong, yet you are so much different from the rest. In your own beauty you defy being known as just another shiny pebble: you are the brightest gem of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Untitled</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proverbial bird has been released And the missing has since begun&#8230; I pass by her street and all I can sense is my missing her even more. I hope all the bards were correct in their assertion that the bird to whom I gave my heart might perchance return. Soundtracks are best played to [...]]]></description>
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