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		<title>Tarot: The High Priestess</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tarot card for today is The High Priestess. Its symbolic essence rests in intuition, mystery, inner knowing, and the quiet wisdom that exists beneath the surface of conscious thought. This card invites you to step back from noise and &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/24/tarot-the-high-priestess/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tarot: Element of Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today’s National Poetry Month tarot-connected prompt is the element of Fire, whose essence is tied to transformation and desire. My contemplation ended up as the essay below. It explores our intimate connection to Fire. We think of ourselves as stable, &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/23/tarot-element-of-fire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tarot: Suit of Wands, minor arcana of Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All tarot cards are associated with one of the classical elements: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water. The last five poems (see the index page) are related to the major arcana cards of Fire; the Suit of Wands is the minor &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/22/tarot-suit-of-wands-minor-arcana-of-fire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>please please pleas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[please please please  daily needs needs needs  rarelyfeeds feeds fed hunger  barely   squeezed    eased   said   knees bleed pleas   Please.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tarot: Judgement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tarot card for today is Judgement. Its symbolic essence touches on awakening, reckoning, renewal, and the call to accountability. The card reminds us that moments arrive when we must take honest stock of what has been done, what has been &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/21/tarot-judgement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>iota</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[wee   tiny insignificance   i wait  between ticks for crumbs of attention please read me hear me touch me see me free me feed me need me want me hug me  oops i am sorry i intrudednever mind me it slipped out i am &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/20/iota/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tarot: The Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tarot card for today is The Sun. Its symbolic essence touches on vitality, joy, clarity, and illumination. The card reminds us that truth thrives in the open, that warmth nurtures growth, and that simple, honest expression carries its own kind &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/20/tarot-the-sun/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ramble: A note on Blither Blather</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I rewrote a poem to associate with the tarot card The Tower. It’s interesting writing poetry. Or maybe it’s only interesting in my head. Poems can be simple straightforward architecture. We read the literal words. Understand the figurative meaning.  “Roses &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/19/ramble-a-note-on-blither-blather/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blither Blather How We Shatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tarot card for today is The Tower. Its symbolic essence touches on upheaval, revelation, sudden change, and the collapse of false foundations. The card reminds us that what is unstable cannot endure, and that truth often arrives like lightning—sharp, disruptive, &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/19/blither-blather-how-we-shatter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tarot: Temperance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tarot card for today is Temperance. Its symbolic essence touches on balance, moderation, harmony, and integration. The card reminds us to blend opposing forces with care, to move with patience, and to find the steady middle path where things can &#8230; <a href="https://merlinspielen.com/2026/04/18/tarot-temperance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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