<?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-5686431431756062986.post597293344082786629..comments</id><updated>2012-01-26T10:14:57.344-05:00</updated><category term='nostalgia'/><category term='Poetic Asides'/><category term='The Sunday Whirl'/><category term='Thursday Think Tank'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='art'/><category term='Marc Chagall'/><category term='Poetry Form - The Tritina'/><category term='Reverie One'/><category term='Happy Hour'/><category term='writing prompt'/><category term='mother-in-law'/><category term='prompt #85'/><category term='My Room'/><category term='dragon'/><category term='favorite writer'/><category term='6WS'/><category term='cruelty'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='dream catcher'/><category term='kids'/><category term='contest'/><category term='parenthood'/><category term='sonnet'/><category term='quatern'/><category term='The Perfect Poets Award'/><category term='carpe diem'/><category term='etheree'/><category term='cento'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Thursday Poets Rally'/><category term='hay(na)ku'/><category term='dizain'/><category term='labor of love'/><category term='Wordgathering'/><category term='Almost Anything'/><category term='movie'/><category term='John Lennon'/><category term='haiku'/><category term='photo'/><category term='short story'/><category term='craft'/><category term='Flashy Fiction'/><category term='color'/><category term='Ivan Shishkin'/><category term='Amateur Art'/><category term='Russia'/><category term='Naming Constellations'/><category term='Children&apos;s Liturgy of the Word'/><category term='Hopper'/><category term='niche'/><category term='place'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='love'/><category term='limerick'/><category term='painting'/><category term='adopt a dog'/><category term='congregate'/><category term='Shishkin Ivan'/><category term='Poetic Perils'/><category term='We Write Poems'/><category term='poem'/><category term='The Purple Treehouse'/><category term='Yu. Norshteyn'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #88'/><category term='Carry on Tuesday'/><category term='prose'/><category term='chorus'/><category term='marriage'/><category term='Russian Roots'/><category term='Funny Bunny Fridays Week 6'/><category term='Reverie Two'/><category term='Poets Rally 59'/><category term='wordle'/><category term='animation'/><category term='goodbye'/><category term='New Year&apos;s Eve'/><category term='Anne Tyler'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day'/><category term='prompt #89'/><category term='Tuesday Tryouts'/><category term='acrostic'/><category term='Francis Pharcellus  Church'/><category term='Phoenix'/><category term='Six Word Saturday'/><category term='children'/><category term='photo prompt'/><category term='seize the day'/><category term='visual prompt'/><category term='Poets United'/><category term='music'/><category term='Reverie Four'/><category term='Poetry Picnic Week 21'/><category term='life changing event'/><category term='In-Form Poet'/><category term='Poetic Bloomings'/><category term='new parent'/><category term='&apos;Hedgehog in the Fog&apos;'/><category term='Praha'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #90'/><category term='prompt #38'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #91'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Happy Amateur: 'Fight'</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/feeds/597293344082786629/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</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='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-27564297100407855</id><published>2012-01-26T10:14:57.344-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T10:14:57.344-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m so glad..  I loved your poem, and the prom...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m so glad..  I loved your poem, and the prompt it gave birth to.  Thank you very much!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/27564297100407855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/27564297100407855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327590897344#c27564297100407855' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/8355410136771298030'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8355410136771298030</id><published>2012-01-26T10:05:46.893-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T10:05:46.893-05:00</updated><title type='text'>it touched me..

&lt;a href="http://firmlyrooted.blog...</title><content type='html'>it touched me..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/escape.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;escape&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/8355410136771298030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/8355410136771298030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327590346893#c8355410136771298030' title=''/><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</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://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7FYbu9QDQ-o/TlPQUfi03gI/AAAAAAAAEdQ/r-yBLP-uGCs/s220/eyes.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1505704052'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5713861123550372963</id><published>2012-01-26T06:28:53.852-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T06:28:53.852-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Karen!</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Karen!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/5713861123550372963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/5713861123550372963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327577333852#c5713861123550372963' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1387238733532170368'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1387238733532170368</id><published>2012-01-26T05:40:35.971-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T05:40:35.971-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I love how this circles from the swinging anger ba...</title><content type='html'>I love how this circles from the swinging anger back to the heart. Very nice.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1387238733532170368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1387238733532170368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327574435971#c1387238733532170368' title=''/><author><name>Karen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035</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='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-734403025'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1225918748159794972</id><published>2012-01-25T20:41:49.015-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T20:41:49.015-05:00</updated><title type='text'>:-) !</title><content type='html'>:-) !</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1225918748159794972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1225918748159794972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327542109015#c1225918748159794972' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1846644805937584635'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1846644805937584635</id><published>2012-01-25T20:37:05.929-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T20:37:05.929-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet slippers!</title><content type='html'>Sweet slippers!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1846644805937584635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/1846644805937584635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327541825929#c1846644805937584635' title=''/><author><name>irene</name><uri>http://enerihot.wordpress.com</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='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2114768194'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-7268647189928341703</id><published>2012-01-25T10:46:15.646-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:46:15.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for your comment, Donald!</title><content type='html'>Thank you for your comment, Donald!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/7268647189928341703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/7268647189928341703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327506375646#c7268647189928341703' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2800609310356449018'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2800609310356449018</id><published>2012-01-25T10:44:41.457-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:44:41.457-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ahhh, the things tossed aside that are penned to o...</title><content type='html'>Ahhh, the things tossed aside that are penned to our deepest emotions. I think that true affection always finds forgiveness in the personal objects. Well done!&lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Donald</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2800609310356449018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2800609310356449018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327506281457#c2800609310356449018' title=''/><author><name>Donald Harbour</name><uri>http://woodennickel.wordpress.com</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='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1802911085'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5647030655851506510</id><published>2012-01-25T10:15:40.758-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:15:40.758-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Nan!</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Nan!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/5647030655851506510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/5647030655851506510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327504540758#c5647030655851506510' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2076889720114793985'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2076889720114793985</id><published>2012-01-25T10:11:20.682-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:11:20.682-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Poignant and sweet ending . . . the calm after the...</title><content type='html'>Poignant and sweet ending . . . the calm after the storm.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2076889720114793985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/597293344082786629/comments/default/2076889720114793985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html?showComment=1327504280682#c2076889720114793985' title=''/><author><name>nan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603</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='31' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P3D7c3clxk8/TCiZQqrLsgI/AAAAAAAAEeg/43plcBH_mA8/S220/nan+flower.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-597293344082786629' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/597293344082786629' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-303318501'/></entry></feed>
