<?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-4458367869394793836</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:35:44.611-08:00</updated><category term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Sparrow Grass</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-1042796482468001581</id><published>2008-11-03T19:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:03:16.028-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Very End of Nice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogspotter/3001769696/" title="180px-Lightning_strike_jan_2007 by Rroll97, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/3001769696_b278052a1f_o.jpg" width="180" height="120" alt="180px-Lightning_strike_jan_2007" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've tried to be so nice&lt;br /&gt;Being nice is practically a vice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've tried to be so kind&lt;br /&gt;Being kind is difficult I find&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You turn your back, you shrug and walk away&lt;br /&gt;Indifferent to the things I have to say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're drawn to things that twinkle and entice&lt;br /&gt;Yes, this will be the very end of nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4458367869394793836-1042796482468001581?l=sparrow-grass.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/1042796482468001581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4458367869394793836&amp;postID=1042796482468001581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/1042796482468001581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/1042796482468001581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/2008/11/so-nice.html' title='The Very End of Nice'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-298284829554680106</id><published>2008-08-16T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T19:42:33.598-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Doctors Disagree</title><content type='html'>The laboratory is all a mess&lt;br /&gt;And what took place is just a guess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's clear enough to me ...&lt;br /&gt;The doctors disagree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They had a clever plan for a Monster Man&lt;br /&gt;but agreement was the key ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a quantum shake-up over hair and makeup&lt;br /&gt;The doctors disagree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4458367869394793836-298284829554680106?l=sparrow-grass.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/298284829554680106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4458367869394793836&amp;postID=298284829554680106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/298284829554680106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/298284829554680106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/2008/08/doctors-disagree.html' title='The Doctors Disagree'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-3453218569520596845</id><published>2007-11-06T11:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T21:05:39.687-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Marilyn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogspotter/1891958151/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/1891958151_bdb79059ef_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="mrln2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was Marilyn in '62&lt;br /&gt;killing all my demons&lt;br /&gt;with Vodka Gimlets, a few&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and I was Aprhrodite&lt;br /&gt;in &lt;em&gt;Something's Got to Give&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;resplendent in the dailies&lt;br /&gt;with four months still to live&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello Mr. Cukor&lt;br /&gt;I'm sorry that I'm late&lt;br /&gt;I found myself detained&lt;br /&gt;by a new barbiturate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I was blonde Venus&lt;br /&gt;at the age of thirty-six&lt;br /&gt;seeking absolution &lt;br /&gt;with the milligrams I would mix&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now an image flickers&lt;br /&gt;Blonde actress on the screen&lt;br /&gt;in quiet desperation&lt;br /&gt;yes, I was Norma Jean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4458367869394793836-1843548384579499783?l=sparrow-grass.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/1843548384579499783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4458367869394793836&amp;postID=1843548384579499783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/1843548384579499783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/1843548384579499783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/2007/11/beyond-ordinary-night.html' title='Beyond the Ordinary Night'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2049/1892904056_d6a33d7e72_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-6814785317318667871</id><published>2007-11-06T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T21:06:38.370-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Look</title><content type='html'>Look and you will see&lt;br /&gt;A different side of me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talk and you will find&lt;br /&gt;Another facet of my mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Touch and you will feel&lt;br /&gt;A part of me that's real&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4458367869394793836-6814785317318667871?l=sparrow-grass.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/6814785317318667871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4458367869394793836&amp;postID=6814785317318667871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/6814785317318667871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/6814785317318667871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/2007/11/look.html' title='Look'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-7022982209748824060</id><published>2007-11-06T09:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T21:06:45.921-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Variety Says</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Variety&lt;/em&gt; says, "The play's a hit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;But &lt;em&gt;TIME&lt;/em&gt; will say, "It's just a skit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;where leading actors lose their way -- the victims of a sad cliche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;and angry divas primp and preen -- to dominate the dying scene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Come join with me, the play's begun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;We're going to have theatric fun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;We'll get no Tony for our part&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Although we play with mind and heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;And with each Act, we'll have to say,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;"This play's a rage, in every way" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4458367869394793836-7022982209748824060?l=sparrow-grass.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/feeds/7022982209748824060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4458367869394793836&amp;postID=7022982209748824060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/7022982209748824060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4458367869394793836/posts/default/7022982209748824060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparrow-grass.blogspot.com/2007/11/variety-says.html' title='Variety Says'/><author><name>blogspotter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11934438551956575651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458367869394793836.post-5533601543471179722</id><published>2007-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T21:06:51.693-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Things I Do</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;There are those&lt;br /&gt;And they are few&lt;br /&gt;Who understand&lt;br /&gt;The Things I do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are those&lt;br /&gt;And they are wise&lt;br /&gt;Who see my face&lt;br /&gt;Through any guise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come be with me and you will see -- a colorful Reality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you can be among the few&lt;br /&gt;Who understand&lt;br /&gt;The Things I do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007 blogSpotter&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 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