<?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-13843179</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:22:52.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketches and Scribbles</title><subtitle type='html'>A Collection of My Poetry.
And some of it is good.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-112996213944097813</id><published>2005-10-21T23:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:22:19.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Love Song</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Life's supended&lt;br /&gt;Frozen feelings -  This is my&lt;br /&gt;Interaction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Fire burning&lt;br /&gt;Liquid stirring - Calling to me&lt;br /&gt;Satisfaction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Hope awaits&lt;br /&gt;Touch responds to your caress&lt;br /&gt;Attraction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your eyes on me&lt;br /&gt;I see the look and to me come&lt;br /&gt;Fearless thoughts - my sanction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Sanctity is not for me&lt;br /&gt;This craze for you stands undenied&lt;br /&gt;In some fraction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Hear me now&lt;br /&gt;For the wait is done - I break my mould&lt;br /&gt;With steps in air, I gasp, my breath...&lt;br /&gt;Rarefaction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Pretty girl&lt;br /&gt;Goes back to sleep&lt;br /&gt;Snuggling now&lt;br /&gt;Heads to dreams&lt;br /&gt;This is my&lt;br /&gt;Last action.&lt;br /&gt;~*~*~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13843179-112996213944097813?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/112996213944097813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=112996213944097813' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996213944097813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996213944097813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/10/love-song.html' title='Love Song'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-112996181491454585</id><published>2005-10-21T23:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:16:54.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To the Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dipping through the wind and the clouds, darting through the heavy air to reach the thinner one that left spots into her eyes - ah, &lt;strong&gt;Shadow&lt;/strong&gt; was reminded of the time she had been flying TO the Gathering rather than now, when she was flying from it...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;To the Gathering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The fierce delight of the kill,&lt;br /&gt;The exultation as my wings tense&lt;br /&gt;And with eyes keen on prey,&lt;br /&gt;My talons flex before they hit the soft flesh&lt;br /&gt;And the yielding weakness&lt;br /&gt;Of what was once a dove but now…&lt;br /&gt;Is but a morsel to keep me alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know no other way to be&lt;br /&gt;I cannot imagine – being without&lt;br /&gt;The wind in my wings, the high rising warmth&lt;br /&gt;And the call of the blood in my throat&lt;br /&gt;Of the scream that strikes fear&lt;br /&gt;In the heart of most creatures but…&lt;br /&gt;For me is a cry of my freedom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wild I am and I rule the clouds&lt;br /&gt;The sky and all that lies within these&lt;br /&gt;This is my domain, this fringe between plain&lt;br /&gt;And deep forest, the one with the Tower&lt;br /&gt;Of darkness and death and evil uncounted&lt;br /&gt;In the secrets that are wrought inside but…&lt;br /&gt;There I will go, see for myself.&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/13843179-112996181491454585?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/112996181491454585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=112996181491454585' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996181491454585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996181491454585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/10/to-gathering.html' title='To the Gathering'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-112996193166130431</id><published>2005-10-21T23:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:18:51.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reason</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;Reason should not serve to justify belief&lt;br /&gt;Would that belief arose from Reason&lt;br /&gt;And the mind was the celebrated point&lt;br /&gt;Emotions were considered a reflection&lt;br /&gt;Of neurochemicals and pressures in the brain&lt;br /&gt;But this is the world of rationalisation&lt;br /&gt;Here the Science of Thought is replaced&lt;br /&gt;By the Art of feelings and “instinct”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;Like a well rehearsed lesson, I repeat&lt;br /&gt;Beliefs that I have seen over 1276 pages&lt;br /&gt;It took verboseness to a new height&lt;br /&gt;A completely different meaning to parasite&lt;br /&gt;The world of producer consumer that is natural&lt;br /&gt;Seems cruel, unfair, unreal and unnatural&lt;br /&gt;When compared to the Mind of Man&lt;br /&gt;A fantasy as a book, does the system work?&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/13843179-112996193166130431?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/112996193166130431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=112996193166130431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996193166130431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/112996193166130431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/10/reason.html' title='Reason'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-111986709994707757</id><published>2005-06-27T03:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:14:08.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>College</title><content type='html'>Dear god, is this guy obnoxious or what?&lt;br /&gt;Here I am, minding my own buissness,&lt;br /&gt;Sincere, actually reading up tutorials,&lt;br /&gt;He tells me to switch off my mail account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, here I was, minding my own buisness,&lt;br /&gt;I admit it must have looked suspicious&lt;br /&gt;With me typing when everyone else's mouse was on the move&lt;br /&gt;But you can't blame me for that, can you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more day here, and I'll go quite insane&lt;br /&gt;Depressing is the realisation - it's my bane&lt;br /&gt;There is now more to bear - the new is&lt;br /&gt;They now have marks for attendance here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~*~*~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13843179-111986709994707757?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/111986709994707757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=111986709994707757' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111986709994707757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111986709994707757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/06/college.html' title='College'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-111986704538707634</id><published>2005-06-27T03:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:12:03.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasso and Me</title><content type='html'>Frustrated minds cause no beauty to be&lt;br /&gt;And are not creative, ever, I was told&lt;br /&gt;Ha! say I, pointing to the otherwise plain wall&lt;br /&gt;Where hangs a weatherbeaten imitation Picasso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trimphant at something I do not understand&lt;br /&gt;I strut around, for finally, it is one for me&lt;br /&gt;Then I wonder - was this master of squiggles&lt;br /&gt;Spotches of great Meanings, as irritated as me?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13843179-111986704538707634?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/111986704538707634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=111986704538707634' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111986704538707634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111986704538707634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/06/picasso-and-me.html' title='Picasso and Me'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13843179.post-111940478804385079</id><published>2005-06-21T18:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:10:42.096-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eastern / Western</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Eastern &lt;/span&gt;/ Western&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;Stark&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Realization&lt;/span&gt;, Bland Truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The final barrier is breached,&lt;br /&gt;I now compartmentalize myself.&lt;br /&gt;Name, label, fix, breakdown.&lt;br /&gt;Answers are in there, Search!&lt;br /&gt;Irony that another brings – me.&lt;br /&gt;When did I stop feeling thoughts?&lt;br /&gt;Logic, Science, exact components,&lt;br /&gt;Confirm there are must be a pattern.&lt;br /&gt;Search! For ultimate infinite.&lt;br /&gt;A beginning there is, and an end.&lt;br /&gt;Both beyond explanation, recognition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Way is lost, Knowledge forgotten&lt;br /&gt;The Sum is more than the part&lt;br /&gt;Feel describe, know all as One.&lt;br /&gt;Answers do not exist, Remembrance!&lt;br /&gt;Irony that I am – another.&lt;br /&gt;When does one explain away truth?&lt;br /&gt;Art, Motion, Beauty, Freedom to Be,&lt;br /&gt;Remembrance of Nothing-Everything.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing is there but cycles.&lt;br /&gt;No beginning and no ends to reach.&lt;br /&gt;For journey is the destination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;~*&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;~*~&lt;/span&gt;*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13843179-111940478804385079?l=poetdaughter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/feeds/111940478804385079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13843179&amp;postID=111940478804385079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111940478804385079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13843179/posts/default/111940478804385079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetdaughter.blogspot.com/2005/06/eastern-western.html' title='Eastern / Western'/><author><name>Camphor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/camphor/blueflower.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
