<?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-7089702810484439706</id><updated>2011-04-21T22:14:19.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Poetry Anthology</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' 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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-7089702810484439706.post-8742410935063304899</id><published>2009-04-08T01:35:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T01:36:14.831-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Haiku of Hope</title><content type='html'>Sun sets another&lt;br /&gt;Day of dreams still unfulfilled&lt;br /&gt;Hope springs tomorrow&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-8742410935063304899?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/8742410935063304899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/04/haiku-of-hope.html#comment-form' 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stretching towards a dream&lt;br /&gt;Always out of reach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-2918995469386102721?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/2918995469386102721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/04/life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/2918995469386102721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/2918995469386102721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/04/life.html' title='Life'/><author><name>Chair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00097016970959733745</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-7089702810484439706.post-5375859310357812163</id><published>2009-04-03T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T01:01:53.117-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marxist question</title><content type='html'>Do anarchists drink&lt;br /&gt;Herbal tea because proper&lt;br /&gt;Tea is theft?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-5375859310357812163?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/5375859310357812163/comments/default' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089702810484439706.post-3314341201886860844</id><published>2009-02-10T04:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T04:17:53.376-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Smoking Room</title><content type='html'>Mutters in the corner,&lt;br /&gt;Halfheard mumblings of conversations,&lt;br /&gt;Uninteresting lives.  Dull.&lt;br /&gt;Smoke from tabs mixing with&lt;br /&gt;Cold breath, dancing their escape.&lt;br /&gt;Staring. &lt;br /&gt;Dreaming.&lt;br /&gt;Slate grey walls holding up a shanty roof.&lt;br /&gt;Rain falls, pitter pat&lt;br /&gt;Random thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;Huddle together - apart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-3314341201886860844?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/3314341201886860844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/02/smoking-room.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/3314341201886860844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/3314341201886860844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/02/smoking-room.html' title='The Smoking Room'/><author><name>Chair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00097016970959733745</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-7089702810484439706.post-1945895650126756510</id><published>2009-02-09T22:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T22:43:47.667-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In Suspicious Circumstances</title><content type='html'>They found him in the ice cream parlour&lt;br /&gt;Covered in nuts and syrup&lt;br /&gt;They say he topped himself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-1945895650126756510?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/1945895650126756510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-suspicious-circumstances.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/1945895650126756510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/1945895650126756510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-suspicious-circumstances.html' title='In Suspicious Circumstances'/><author><name>Chair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00097016970959733745</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-7089702810484439706.post-5364268613699478131</id><published>2008-12-15T05:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T01:50:55.948-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laval</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YQD9i77vmH8/SdxlSBQ09GI/AAAAAAAAAYE/nnkCmiC8ewk/s1600-h/P2261957.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322240219896149090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YQD9i77vmH8/SdxlSBQ09GI/AAAAAAAAAYE/nnkCmiC8ewk/s320/P2261957.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Spring rain falls&lt;br /&gt;Dampens clothes &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YQD9i77vmH8/Sdxk6j6lZXI/AAAAAAAAAX8/YDcPdsbViH4/s1600-h/P2261957.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not spirits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-5364268613699478131?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/5364268613699478131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/laval.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/5364268613699478131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/5364268613699478131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/laval.html' title='Laval'/><author><name>Chair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00097016970959733745</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://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YQD9i77vmH8/SdxlSBQ09GI/AAAAAAAAAYE/nnkCmiC8ewk/s72-c/P2261957.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089702810484439706.post-9155563187324883603</id><published>2008-12-15T04:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T05:34:42.461-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Question</title><content type='html'>In life it is a healthy thing&lt;br /&gt;To, every now and them,&lt;br /&gt;Hang a question mark on things&lt;br /&gt;You oft take for granted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-9155563187324883603?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/9155563187324883603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/question.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/9155563187324883603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7089702810484439706/posts/default/9155563187324883603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/question.html' title='Question'/><author><name>Chair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00097016970959733745</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-7089702810484439706.post-4261951082337885999</id><published>2008-12-15T04:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T04:59:57.508-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>World awaits on fresh&lt;br /&gt;fallen, silent shroud of snow&lt;br /&gt;To thaw when you smile.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-4261951082337885999?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/4261951082337885999/comments/default' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089702810484439706.post-3221813857195748600</id><published>2008-12-13T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T06:14:46.929-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Summertime</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;My friends come round,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and there we lie,&lt;br /&gt;Looking for clouds&lt;br /&gt;in a cloudless sky.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7089702810484439706-3221813857195748600?l=finbar-poetry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/feeds/3221813857195748600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://finbar-poetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/summertime.html#comment-form' title='0 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