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		<title>Simplicity by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/simplicity-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The birds have come To sit among The lotus flowers That spread around A beautiful oasis Of a town The petals falling To the ground. The birds all making A beautiful sound As people gather From all around To celebrate the birth Of their home town The joy lives on The sun goes down. Filed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=874&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amygdela by The Tickly Turtle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anxiety rises My patience, now thin. Your eyes, like daggers Grim feelings within. Death comes passing Evil chills on skin. Lying in silence Awakening sin. Filed under: Poetry Tagged: amygdela, poetry<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=871&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Blog by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/my-blog-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ticklyturtle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My blog laid dormant No words are typed For weeks on end It sits un-hyped. I returned to see it Woe is me&#8230; Because I left it All sad and lonely&#8230; Filed under: Poetry Tagged: blog, poetry<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=868&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote of thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has read my blog,  thus far, and shown their support. It means a whole lot to me being a part of this blogging community of poets, writers, and great thinkers. I will keep on writing poetry once inspiration comes knocking on my door. Once again, Thank You. Filed under: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=861&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Uninspired by The Tickly Turtle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The uninspired Are undesired Lacking the spirit That is required And hopes that they May be admired Have gone to waste For they are Tired. Filed under: Poetry Tagged: poetry, uninspired<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=857&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplate by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/contemplate-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[contemplation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wake up To find myself Contemplating things About my life About myself My finite reality My mere existence. I exercise tolerance As the thoughts go Through my mind Like rivers, they flow So many, a memory Shrouded in mist Surrounded by many Energies of darkness. Optimism seems Like a stranger to mind For the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=852&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Usagi Noir by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/usagi-noir-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no place amongst them. I could never blend in Or fit in with them. I sit by myself, Completely isolated from The group of white. I never understood their Way of life. They watch me With scornful eyes. My thoughts, held captive; Fears, they paralyze. My soul in chains, Their scornful eyes. They [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=845&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love by The Tickly Turtle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ticklyturtle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love is like a Flower Blooming in the Spring Its petals a vibrant Color Dancing in the Wind To the beautiful Music That mother nature Sings. Filed under: Poetry Tagged: bloom, flower, love, poetry, spring<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=842&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of the Dragons by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/rise-of-the-dragons-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the long wait The time has come To rise together And act as one Under the goodness Of our eternal sun A new year For us dragons Has now Begun. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Usher in the year of the Dragon. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Filed under: Poetry Tagged: Chinese New Year, poetry, Year of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=839&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Total Isolation by The Tickly Turtle</title>
		<link>http://ticklyturtle.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/in-total-isolation-by-the-tickly-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Comment by the poet: This poem is for a digital song I worked on. It is for a video game that I saw playing out in in my mind upon working on the song. It involves a battle between humans for supremacy using highly sophisticated weapons and robotic units. I am not one to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ticklyturtle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20852936&amp;post=831&amp;subd=ticklyturtle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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