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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:19:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Famous Poetry</category><category>Others' Poetry</category><category>My Poetry</category><title>Whispers Through the Trees</title><description /><link>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhispersThroughTheTrees" /><feedburner:info uri="whispersthroughthetrees" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>WhispersThroughTheTrees</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-2984311309753855957</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-30T16:22:00.449-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Paradise Never Gained</title><atom:summary>
Paradise lost or paradise never gained?
With a lonely darkness, my heart is stained

A forgetten soul out in the desert,
no one there to see the hurt

Pains of life suffered in isolation,
away from the mass population

Segregation of the mind,
equal to that of any kind

No where to go, nowhere to hide
Turn towards the inside
It is safe,
On myself, I can depend
A helping hand, no where to lend

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/Wa6VX-TXo30/paradise-never-gained.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBWL6j2o6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/kYKilRuNpVI/s72-c/Paradise+Never+Gained+Huacachina+Peru.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/Wa6VX-TXo30" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/paradise-never-gained.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-1999331907084933534</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-28T16:21:00.226-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Day of the Dead</title><atom:summary>
Dia de Los Muertos
the dead are coming,
they're coming for you
coming for you

They're digging up their graves
walking through the streets
run for your lives
hope you have fast feet

Dia de Los Muertos
the dead are everywhere
they're all over the place
all over the place

They're all chasing after you
it's a dead race

Got to run and hide
no one to confide

They're attackng the alive
try to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/0PEEczIHc0A/day-of-dead.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBUTxdl8qI/AAAAAAAAAHM/45pw0yBYOX0/s72-c/Day+of+the+Dead.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/0PEEczIHc0A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-of-dead.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-2660789980710785475</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-26T16:20:00.269-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Someone Wicked This Way Comes</title><atom:summary>
Echoing thunderclap
erupting volcano
roaring river
someone wicked this way comes

Shaking earthquake
relentless hurricane
crashing flood
someone wicked this way comes

He travels the earth wrecking havoc
reveling in the pain and suffering
out of his way, run in fear for
someone wicked this way comes

Born of sin and hate
without remorse he acts
for his deeds he has no regret
someone wicked this </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/4mlHOzJboDU/someone-wicked-this-way-comes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBSPGjfrKI/AAAAAAAAAHE/C6cgc9LtkW0/s72-c/Someone+Wicked+This+Way+Comes.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/4mlHOzJboDU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/someone-wicked-this-way-comes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-1265088508861182783</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-24T16:18:00.248-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Just An Act</title><atom:summary>
Anger, rage
center stage

vaudeville players
reality slayers

spectators think it an act
they just think of those last hacked

into little pieces
as their rage to kill increases
but they must wait for their releases

wolves hidden among the sheep
must hunt without a peep

blend in with the normal crowd
move within a cloaked cloud

single out the weakest victim
those most likely to succumb
like </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/P5NfGWaOYPY/just-act.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBOV-ow8YI/AAAAAAAAAG8/1J-Js3tiBNQ/s72-c/Just+An+Act.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/P5NfGWaOYPY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/just-act.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-444446363324401935</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-22T16:16:00.357-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Deal with the Devil</title><atom:summary>
When you make a deal with the devil
be prepared for your wildest dreams
to come true
your afterlife will be endless screams
when payment becomes due
repayment is a bitch
how deep did you dig your ditch?
was it worth it for a finite life?
an infinite universe of strife
you enjoyed the earthly pleasures and desires
now you burn in Hell's fires

(I wrote this after watching "The Devil's Advocate" </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/eaU8zJx1g2k/deal-with-devil.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBJrM8lg2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/3sRKmeQrlSs/s72-c/Deal+with+the+Devil.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/eaU8zJx1g2k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/deal-with-devil.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-145111570046393269</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-20T16:15:00.270-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Lunar Vengeance</title><atom:summary>
Sometimes I breathe you in
I think thoughts of erotic sin
When I breathe you out
your soul leaves my mouth
Our kisses, portals
across the love of immortals

You passed away without warning
since then I have been in constant mourning
I cannot live without you
there is nothing I can do
for I cannot die
the pain makes me cry
endless screams from within
cause murderous thoughts of sin
I want to kill</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/H58b3UAhAf0/lunar-vengeance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBIoDv8i3I/AAAAAAAAAGs/B9tdIvznZ14/s72-c/Lunar+Vengeance.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/H58b3UAhAf0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/lunar-vengeance.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-4318659566414106996</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-18T16:13:00.612-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Kiss the Rain</title><atom:summary>
I must kiss the rain
to soothe her pain

the droplets pitter-patter
in a meadow pool
like the beating of my heart

a lone lily pad
floats in its center
pelted this way and that
I feel its pain

My love bridges a path to her
across tumultuous waters
of the abyss of solitude
within the recesses of her soul

(I wrote this for Katie based on one of her nicknames.)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/QCbAIs7sfC4/kiss-rain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBHhK0MueI/AAAAAAAAAGk/xtyxz0jcCBk/s72-c/Kiss+the+Rain.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/QCbAIs7sfC4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/kiss-rain.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-5556459811106081393</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-16T16:12:00.735-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Famous Poetry</category><title>Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas</title><atom:summary>Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/3nhRP645_e0/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/3nhRP645_e0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-5497250600187034986</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-14T16:10:00.800-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Desert Rose</title><atom:summary>
I lived in a barren desert filled with sand
always seeking a helping hand
none was ever seen by my own eyes
no one ever heard my pain or sighs
I had given up on everyone
nothing else could be done
I reclined myself to this desolate pit
then upon looking up into the distance I saw it!
I just stared and froze
it was a ruby red desert rose
a thing of such beauty grew in my isolation
I crawled on my</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/K_Op2UnrFRw/desert-rose.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SLBGgIq8gpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/mnJsUydLBHM/s72-c/Desert+Rose.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/K_Op2UnrFRw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/desert-rose.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-794535924963512997</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-12T16:09:00.504-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>The Mask Falls</title><atom:summary>
sometimes the mask falls
people who never mattered
begin to matter

(I wrote this haiku after hearing about it in an episode of "Dexter".)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/Lc5zEu7td70/mask-falls.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SK_r_ovkZ1I/AAAAAAAAAGU/zfWEkwUeOAg/s72-c/The+Mask+Falls.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/Lc5zEu7td70" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/mask-falls.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-961564405016750849</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-10T16:07:00.660-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Dark Passenger</title><atom:summary>
the dark passenger
whenever he is driving
I feel most alive

(I wrote this haiku after hearing about "the dark passenger" on an episode of "Dexter".)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/jqNup4cmarM/dark-passenger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SK7fKJWCcAI/AAAAAAAAAGM/T0HsPcfBv7k/s72-c/Image4.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/jqNup4cmarM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/dark-passenger.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-92831827731507839</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-08T16:06:00.496-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Famous Poetry</category><title>Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye</title><atom:summary>Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/TdCT3LIQHkE/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/TdCT3LIQHkE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-9054779378480616997</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-06T16:05:00.454-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>A Thousand Whispering Voices</title><atom:summary>
Can you hear them all?
thousand whispering voices
you belong to one</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/GUnxdNKMnc4/thousand-whispering-voices.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SK19J-Sd-FI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ewJnmfsZqC0/s72-c/A+Thousand+Whispering+Voices.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/GUnxdNKMnc4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/thousand-whispering-voices.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-6516374920305583929</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-04T15:55:00.280-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Dark Moonlight</title><atom:summary>
the moonbeams pelted the land
from the mountains to the sand
everything it hit turned dark

(This is the beginning of an idea I have for a horror story.)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/vlBeDQL30rI/dark-moonlight.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SK1xtdz7HTI/AAAAAAAAAF0/XijrH9n7n1Y/s72-c/Dark+Moonlight.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/vlBeDQL30rI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/dark-moonlight.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-4177398154366328421</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-02T15:00:02.157-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>To Those Left Behind</title><atom:summary>
When you feel an angel close to your heart
know that we are not far apart

We won't ever be what I want us to be
We won't ever lie down together
I won't awaken with you to see
I won't be able to hold you tight
To comfort one another

Fate hasn't dealt me a good hand
My life is full of tiny grains of sand
all loose and falling between my fingers
Every time I start to get a grip
another grain </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/_aVmH9wpzxs/to-those-left-behind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SK10EjqS-zI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hLmZnnoG6DQ/s72-c/To+Those+Left+Behind.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/_aVmH9wpzxs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/to-those-left-behind.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-8209577558124370527</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-30T15:54:00.549-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Bloody Kiss</title><atom:summary>
A drop of blood on a red rose,
as sweet as my lips on your sensual throat.
Bloody kiss,
your warm body I miss.
Children of the night,
together for eternity as one.

(I wrote this while in a vampire mood.)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/3piqkYjHKs4/bloody-kiss.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKWizq6tJ_I/AAAAAAAAAFk/kYFNs2eH3y8/s72-c/Bloody+Kiss.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/3piqkYjHKs4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/bloody-kiss.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-5807284075961360258</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-28T15:41:00.691-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Others' Poetry</category><title>Zombie Haiku</title><atom:summary>

This is hilarious and good haikus. Playing words can ae fun! Check out his website as well.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/XKCjt6Oe5QQ/zombie-haiku.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/XKCjt6Oe5QQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/zombie-haiku.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-3770090383212566263</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-26T15:39:00.763-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Unforgotten Memories</title><atom:summary>
Time, time, where does it go?
sometimes it goes fast and other times slow.

All of our most cherished memories seem far in the past,
gone today, they never seem to last.
Now they seem opaque and faded,
by those memories our new ones seem jaded.

Our most despised memories linger,
as if pointing an accusatory finger.
forever frozen in our minds,
nightmares of all kinds.
they rise to the surface </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/tbxQkiVfSD8/unforgotten-memories.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKWhgAYaDWI/AAAAAAAAAFc/mfYN5xPC2kM/s72-c/Unforgotten+Memories.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/tbxQkiVfSD8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/unforgotten-memories.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-2047488856392157808</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-24T15:36:00.753-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Shattered</title><atom:summary>
Far away
appears unbreakable
unmoving
Sequoia
granite
withstand millenia of erosion
Move closer
and closer
reality is glass
sturdy but breakable
transparent
inside on display
weaknesses seen
pushed to the ground
shattered

(I wrote this as a experiment in brevity.)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/MMCy2t_ajCs/shattered.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKWfLpRkXaI/AAAAAAAAAFU/_abDyabr_XA/s72-c/Shattered.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/MMCy2t_ajCs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/shattered.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-4121715685451086694</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-22T15:34:01.022-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>So Cold Outside</title><atom:summary>
Oh, so cold outside
alone in a pale dullness
sky without clouds
sun nowhere to be seen
leaves frozen to the ground
their autumn crackle halted
not a sound greets me
street devoid of people
no cars driving by
walking by myself
no friends or family
lonely is the chill
that permeates my soul
in a sea of bleakness
I move without thought
purpose or intent
to a destination unknown

(I wrote this on a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/GoN1UvQMVqc/so-cold-outside.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKQ-aN27GPI/AAAAAAAAAE0/iHrVDqkhXfM/s72-c/So+Cold+Outside1.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/GoN1UvQMVqc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-cold-outside.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-4808460108127585835</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-20T15:32:00.164-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Watchers in this World</title><atom:summary>
We are watchers,
watchers in this world.

We see all,
we see little,
but we see nonetheless.

We see all of the world’s problems,
we see all of the world’s achievements.
We see the glory
we see the disgrace..

We are watchers,
watchers in this world.

We see people in their daily life,
in their happiness and sadness.
We see people in their good times and bad times,
and in all of their ups and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/rfAQJeRfkyQ/watchers-in-this-world.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKQ6DMLnGSI/AAAAAAAAAEs/fh_t1nteP94/s72-c/Watchers+in+this+World1.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/rfAQJeRfkyQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/watchers-in-this-world.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-2397644847182545554</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-18T15:31:00.852-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Of Wolves and Angels</title><atom:summary>
Of wolves and angels
Of Earth and Heaven

Wolves howling up at the moon
through eyes of courage and innocence

Angels gazing down upon the Earth
through eyes of strength and sympathy

Through the celestial skies their eyes meet
But do they see each other?
Both are beings of a similar nature

(I wrote this short poem for a group I made for my friend, Erin.)</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/r0k6NQ1-CYY/of-wolves-and-angels.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKKxlu4DyYI/AAAAAAAAAEY/92L_ngwemgI/s72-c/Of+Wolves+and+Angels1.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/r0k6NQ1-CYY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/of-wolves-and-angels.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-3170690896090078407</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-16T14:12:00.455-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>A Nowhere of Forgotten Souls</title><atom:summary>wind blows through the woods
blistery cold permeates my skin
loneliness pulses in my heart
pain flows throughout my body
my soul trapped in a cold world
where I do not belong
destined to forever travel alone
wind howls like torture spirits
merged into one entity
to this I am called
to this I belong
my life has led me here
a nowhere of forgotten souls
that the world will not accept
I let the ice </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/4_a1v4e-mZE/nowhere-of-forgotten-souls.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/4_a1v4e-mZE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/nowhere-of-forgotten-souls.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-3733848161877736522</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T14:03:00.281-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Like the Rain</title><atom:summary>
Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Listen to it speak

Do you hear the rain?
Listen to it speak
See it wash away
the remnants of the past
while becoming part of it

Let your heart
Be like the rain
flowing steadily
cleansing its path
let its pulsing warmth
remain unchanged
in its essence
yet do not allow it
to forget the past

(I wrote this after being influenced by Charlotte Martin's song "Every </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/dVY2zqQ9ais/like-rain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SKGUf_H2kkI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/RLsN358prEI/s72-c/Like+the+Rain1.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/dVY2zqQ9ais" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/like-rain.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491928927508300294.post-2713591840779927292</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-11T14:00:02.302-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Poetry</category><title>Theater of Time</title><atom:summary>
Through the fabric of time,
I see faint images of times gone by,
as if in a fancy, phantasmal theater.
A feature film festoon in festivity and pain.
Each image of past, present, future
flashes by like a strobe light fixture,
They cascade and flounder across the silver screen.
It's a forcast of what may be, will be, or never seen.
Gossimer strands of frailty.
To which is drawn our fate?

(This </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~3/CkwkMGtGOtM/theater-of-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John Gugie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VzQvvSG6BIc/SJ789g_G68I/AAAAAAAAAD4/-O6Y2RQ0MkM/s72-c/Theater+of+Time.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhispersThroughTheTrees/~4/CkwkMGtGOtM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://whispersthroughthetrees.blogspot.com/2009/08/theater-of-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

