<?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-7235198</id><updated>2011-07-14T14:24:04.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>rainy afternoons</title><subtitle type='html'>"In the melancholy of an autumn eve with its shrill voiced insects.  The only caller is the wind whistling over the reeds."
                               Fujiwara Ietaka</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-114577010729530654</id><published>2006-04-22T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T22:28:27.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>reasons</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i have a million reasons to not be with you. but within your arms, i lose all reason.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-114577010729530654?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/114577010729530654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=114577010729530654' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/114577010729530654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/114577010729530654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/2006/04/reasons.html' title='reasons'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-114483462693955169</id><published>2006-04-12T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T02:42:55.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>firsts</title><content type='html'>the first everything was with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i bet you didn't know that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the first excited flutter.&lt;br /&gt;the first nervous sweaty palm.&lt;br /&gt;the first flip of my hair.&lt;br /&gt;the first warmth i felt.&lt;br /&gt;the first hand to hold mine.&lt;br /&gt;the first kiss....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;did i forget to tell you that?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-114483462693955169?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/114483462693955169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=114483462693955169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/114483462693955169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/114483462693955169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/2006/04/firsts.html' title='firsts'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-113256425357230884</id><published>2005-11-21T01:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T01:10:53.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ho hum....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;im so bored!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-113256425357230884?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/113256425357230884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=113256425357230884' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/113256425357230884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/113256425357230884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/2005/11/ho-hum.html' title='ho hum....'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-111280010783071672</id><published>2005-04-06T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-06T08:11:17.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>my well</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;flesh entombed in the dark, unyielding deepness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;wrenching the beat, encumbering the sweet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;swimming in the shallows,welcoming the stench of tomorrow's past&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;every breath, a labor. every smile, a kind of pain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;where there are no words. where there is no solace, although alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;just the shell holding me. just the transluscence haunting, taunting the depth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;the color is none to be seen. where the rain does not kiss the sun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;the place of want but there are no sighs. not a sound, not even my cry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;not even my scent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;the I.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-111280010783071672?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/111280010783071672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=111280010783071672' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/111280010783071672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/111280010783071672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/2005/04/my-well.html' title='my well'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-111159475939656571</id><published>2005-03-23T08:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T05:59:43.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>gud nyt</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;you woke me. in the stillness of my sighs, with my hands grasping air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;i look at your face, unlined by falling sand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;and i flutter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;why...towards the end, all i do is sigh with my breath coming out with whispers of you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;i know you could smell my want&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;with my hair breathing your scent as i pass. can't u not see me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;scream your name?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;you came...and my skin is aware of it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;i now know that you can taste my agony of desire, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;the need splashing over&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;frightening you with its depth. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;and you flee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;you belong with her blush. and i ...am left with my sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-111159475939656571?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/111159475939656571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=111159475939656571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/111159475939656571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/111159475939656571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/2005/03/gud-nyt.html' title='gud nyt'/><author><name>purple rain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07006229946383776870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-110110742613592998</id><published>2004-11-21T22:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-11-21T23:10:26.136-08:00</updated><title type='text'>sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;beyond me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;i see you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;with the wind, the waters, the earth..... ahead, beneath and above. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;my eyes, my only friend. penetrating the gloss, giving you more than a glance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;i touch you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;all i feel is the emptiness of distance, both space and time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;still i feel your strength with your softness. rough but calm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;i smell you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;of sea and wood. spice and leather. fresh baked bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;surrounding my wholeness, seeking inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;i hear you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;asking me, i answer but you cannot hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;your voice, not just for me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;i taste you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;honeyed and salted and strong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;sweetness enfolded in brown. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;all mine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;in my mind. beyond me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DMkhoSQmvKE/SoKOiM_jlMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/AEvVz4hE9LA/S220/SSL10291.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235198.post-108685464214106533</id><published>2004-06-10T00:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-06-10T01:04:02.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>hey fish!</title><content type='html'>hey fish, i envy you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nobody taught you how to swim but you do.&lt;br /&gt;You flip and flop in oceans, rivers, and lakes &lt;br /&gt;with the sun as your lamp in your watery home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In your place, plants dance to the rhythm of your breath.&lt;br /&gt;Stars wave at you when you pass by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you are sad, clams spout white tears.&lt;br /&gt;When you are happy, seahorses jump in joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh fish, i wish i can cruise waves with you.&lt;br /&gt;I hope to feel the warmth of the seas' sandy bottom,&lt;br /&gt;not just its murky depths.&lt;br /&gt;To lose myself in the anonymity of the blue.&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/7235198-108685464214106533?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/108685464214106533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=108685464214106533' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/108685464214106533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7235198/posts/default/108685464214106533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I welcome the soft breeze&lt;br /&gt;                glad for a respite form the heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I embrace the silence that the sounds of everyday can not stifle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quiet and solitude stay even as as I hear &lt;br /&gt;                a distant dog barking,&lt;br /&gt;                a motorcyle whirring, &lt;br /&gt;                and the leaves dancing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7235198-108662468856864653?l=rainyafternoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rainyafternoons.blogspot.com/feeds/108662468856864653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7235198&amp;postID=108662468856864653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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