<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post4219236247212136689..comments</id><updated>2009-04-29T22:32:50.766+01:00</updated><category term='swallow'/><category term='lyric journeys'/><category term='fly'/><category term='archers'/><category term='fish'/><category term='moon'/><category term='photographs'/><category term='books'/><category term='Gobi desert'/><category term='magic'/><category term='winter'/><category term='war and peace'/><category term='willows'/><category term='summer'/><category term='travel'/><category term='Marrakesh'/><category term='wisteria'/><category term='spring'/><category term='lakes'/><category term='storm'/><category term='footprints'/><category term='mother'/><category term='steppe'/><category term='piano'/><category term='dance'/><category term='people and places'/><category term='narrative poem'/><category term='roses'/><category term='impermanence'/><category term='silence'/><category term='horse'/><category term='tatami'/><category term='Mongolia'/><category term='gers'/><category term='interpretations'/><category term='Haiku and Senryu'/><category term='stars'/><category term='cello'/><category term='Silk Road'/><category term='rain'/><category term='Wales'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='senryu'/><category term='autumn'/><category term='promises'/><category term='sonnets'/><category term='footsteps'/><category term='landscapes'/><category term='love poems'/><category term='Balinese Stories'/><category term='tanka'/><category term='Erotic'/><category term='mountains'/><category term='Kashmir'/><category term='snow'/><title type='text'>Comments on Poetry for a Night Owl: Sand and Dust</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.owlnight.com/feeds/4219236247212136689/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html'/><author><name>Beatrice V</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09492224274542764248</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nK4pLXAxo4c/TY9vH-pmlmI/AAAAAAAABtk/OpMvbdUIk1c/s220/2009.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-9084063277865282404</id><published>2009-04-29T20:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T20:43:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>such a sad ending.  i loved the imagery in this on...</title><summary type='text'>such a sad ending.  i loved the imagery in this one.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/9084063277865282404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/9084063277865282404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1241034180000#c9084063277865282404' title=''/><author><name>Tess</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04518741453497496022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k2IcS04Lzto/SL6KVgVFHoI/AAAAAAAAABk/GkRbajWOSBY/S220/sundownsalute2005+030.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1431697381'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-2686421086509143621</id><published>2009-04-25T15:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T15:23:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Once in a while you read a poem where and ordinary...</title><summary type='text'>Once in a while you read a poem where and ordinary comment would just seem trite.  This is it!  From imagery to thought it is superb.  Much admiration.  Cecelia</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2686421086509143621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2686421086509143621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1240669380000#c2686421086509143621' title=''/><author><name>Cecelia's Place</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15960620697156523192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mBSE39LZBZw/SZm9enExWuI/AAAAAAAAAIU/cvqE07SDcCM/S220/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-805004367'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-7936172537308206746</id><published>2009-03-31T15:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T15:52:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh B, this is beautiful. I wish I had a lover like...</title><summary type='text'>Oh B, this is beautiful. I wish I had a lover like this even if it were for a short while. Love it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;love-bd</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7936172537308206746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7936172537308206746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1238511120000#c7936172537308206746' title=''/><author><name>Beloved Dreamer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02625091389788114012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06352561969926667136'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nZYr6me39Ss/STwHzpeIW6I/AAAAAAAAA1U/GWkNRLd9ACc/S220/MLP0000062_T.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1505409422'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-5389700970980221388</id><published>2009-03-12T17:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-12T17:02:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Your magical lines made me unbearably lonely...</title><summary type='text'>Your magical lines made me unbearably lonely...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/5389700970980221388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/5389700970980221388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1236877320000#c5389700970980221388' title=''/><author><name>Chandini Santosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13150207369779168000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGRGIR_qnEY/SJvvktr25OI/AAAAAAAAARk/6NnTGsOxKaE/s1600-R/Chandini.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1557287643'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-5812265929991866306</id><published>2009-03-08T23:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-08T23:05:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I was drawn right into this one- and then the last...</title><summary type='text'>I was drawn right into this one- and then the last line- oh! I love it!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/5812265929991866306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/5812265929991866306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1236553500000#c5812265929991866306' title=''/><author><name>J. Andrew Lockhart</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12567156257114496618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4tCpjUHxRGI/Salg2A0w6SI/AAAAAAAAADg/L1s7gBoIY_8/S220/andy1234.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1508656900'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-9178571791191552682</id><published>2009-03-08T10:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-08T10:01:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I love sonnets and this one is just inspirational....</title><summary type='text'>I love sonnets and this one is just inspirational. It is like a warm summer kiss between the brances and an intense rush that sweeps you off your feet and then leaves you a bit overwhelmed. Brilliant. Brilliant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/9178571791191552682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/9178571791191552682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1236506460000#c9178571791191552682' title=''/><author><name>daydream</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n1U_OVnCX-s/SVooU6p4wGI/AAAAAAAABUw/A2xHAfdOVRo/S220/Guilty+Gear+XX+%23Reload+-+SLAYER.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1986778794'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-7920147812882348080</id><published>2009-03-05T20:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-05T20:15:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>&lt;i&gt;orange-blossom inebriated ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;beauti...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;orange-blossom inebriated ...&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;beautiful ....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;heartbreaking ....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxooo&lt;BR/&gt;rdm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7920147812882348080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7920147812882348080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1236284100000#c7920147812882348080' title=''/><author><name>red dirt mule</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HF23BcSx1N4/SUig8hrWS-I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/kGpDCR9sOAQ/S220/-1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-920464965'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-3038017003308712882</id><published>2009-03-03T19:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-03T19:14:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Very lovely, the feel of your words and thoughts b...</title><summary type='text'>Very lovely, the feel of your words and thoughts blowing gently across my being.&lt;BR/&gt;I have no idea how to post on the haiku page, but I did put something on the eroticism one and on both of mine. Can you believe I have actually been here for a couple hours. Read White Rose's beautiful writing and also Gypsy Wanderer. Very, very inspiring and beautifully crafted.&lt;BR/&gt;I can't use outlook express </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/3038017003308712882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/3038017003308712882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1236107640000#c3038017003308712882' title=''/><author><name>mysticgmekeepr</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12005968619382836095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15578517709969746642'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jv7uhUAoN7Y/Sa1Zi8uOepI/AAAAAAAAADI/Zp0rMWm_Uds/S220/Winter07+017.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1291607427'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-7095495507446039629</id><published>2009-03-02T11:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-02T11:12:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>hi beatrice &lt;br&gt;i came here after a long time.&lt;br&gt;...</title><summary type='text'>hi beatrice &lt;BR/&gt;i came here after a long time.&lt;BR/&gt;i loved your touch the moon.and this one sand and dust is so eloquent but the end gave it a different turn. beautiful as ever.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7095495507446039629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7095495507446039629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235992320000#c7095495507446039629' title=''/><author><name>jyotsana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11348544707786355970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZrqDVrOEKhs/SWnLchgTCjI/AAAAAAAAAdI/vlyjdHmkHiM/S220/jyo+n+jamu+small.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-593454179'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-7204041891709122426</id><published>2009-03-02T09:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-02T09:19:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Beatrice, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I understand you have a busy tim...</title><summary type='text'>Beatrice, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I understand you have a busy time organising things at your end and also busy with your readings.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Excuse me and leave aside what i said of you suggesting haikus for publishing there.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am not that very serious about poetry. Just jotting what strikes me...many a times it was communicating what I had to say to a very interfereing world. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hope you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7204041891709122426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/7204041891709122426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235985540000#c7204041891709122426' title=''/><author><name>Devika</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mK7CUBOCCtM/SToUxpxIPwI/AAAAAAAAAEY/DzkoWt6BARM/S220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-175116444'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4973389901093857490</id><published>2009-03-02T03:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-02T03:32:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Hi Beatrice, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So nice of you to say that he...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Beatrice, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So nice of you to say that here, my dear &lt;BR/&gt;I too miss friends, but the talkative me makes it up at others'  :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Alan Summers is a familiar name to me --read many at Seasonal Haiku blogs&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And me submitting to haiku blogs -- you may tell me of those ones you liked Beatrice...and then I will add...I can't makeout  myself, really.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;thank you so much, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/4973389901093857490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/4973389901093857490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235964720000#c4973389901093857490' title=''/><author><name>Devika</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mK7CUBOCCtM/SToUxpxIPwI/AAAAAAAAAEY/DzkoWt6BARM/S220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-175116444'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-8256205699529824274</id><published>2009-03-01T18:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-01T18:50:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>*Thanks Petra, I was cosntrained by having to make...</title><summary type='text'>*Thanks Petra, I was cosntrained by having to make this into a sonnet (not quite achieved -neither in meter nor rhyme, but close) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*Devika, thank you, I am enjoying your Abstract Deductions, there is a lovely feeling of calm on a page without comments -tempting, but when I tried it, I missed my friends here. Hope when you feel ready you will regale us with a haiku or tanka on the Spring </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/8256205699529824274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/8256205699529824274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235933400000#c8256205699529824274' title=''/><author><name>Beatrice V</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09492224274542764248</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02719426175734298236'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zae4qH3-POc/SaVwg3uNM1I/AAAAAAAABU8/FTg7STuxndk/S220/2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1858562184'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-2069830595641656991</id><published>2009-03-01T14:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-01T14:53:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>"The wily fortune teller" can never take away the ...</title><summary type='text'>"The wily fortune teller" can never take away the pain, but merely provide false hope.  Loved it, B.!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2069830595641656991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2069830595641656991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235919180000#c2069830595641656991' title=''/><author><name>petra michelle; Whose role is it anyway?</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03474448747236205303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10928554836745238293'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7gi6C76_owA/SPtYhnVXlpI/AAAAAAAAAtw/Z_yh4yNL4HY/S220/232323232%257Ffp53635%253Evq%253D3352%253E757%253E849%253EWSNRCG%253D32395367%253A9787vq0mrj.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1439276140'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-2598938458114429620</id><published>2009-03-01T14:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-01T14:40:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Oh! i loved this one, Beatrice :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;very expr...</title><summary type='text'>Oh! i loved this one, Beatrice :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;very expressive with wonderful imageries..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;wishes, &lt;BR/&gt;devika</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2598938458114429620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/4219236247212136689/comments/default/2598938458114429620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html?showComment=1235918400000#c2598938458114429620' title=''/><author><name>Devika</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mK7CUBOCCtM/SToUxpxIPwI/AAAAAAAAAEY/DzkoWt6BARM/S220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.owlnight.com/2009/03/sand-and-dust.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942127524127298405.post-4219236247212136689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942127524127298405/posts/default/4219236247212136689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-175116444'/></entry></feed>
