<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852221524761362290</id><updated>2009-02-21T03:15:52.025-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Calliope's Garden</title><subtitle type='html'>Poetic Musings of Linda Monture</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://calliopesgarden.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8852221524761362290/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://calliopesgarden.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Linda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01748345370046416917</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852221524761362290.post-2263497906879169373</id><published>2008-01-07T13:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-07T13:55:41.011-08:00</updated><title type='text'>QUANTUM LEAP</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Do I let the word “Love”,&lt;br /&gt;so long slumbering on my tongue,&lt;br /&gt;slip down and out of my mouth like a&lt;br /&gt;droplet of dew on a drenched leaf?&lt;br /&gt;Swelling as it trickles down the&lt;br /&gt;moist green cushion that feeds&lt;br /&gt;it along its lazy path.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hanging tenuously, trembling&lt;br /&gt;for that moment before gravity&lt;br /&gt;makes the final decision, and&lt;br /&gt;once separated, becomes a solitary&lt;br /&gt;glistening diamond on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;Unique unto itself, defined by&lt;br /&gt;its own momentum.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Does Love define my own momentum?&lt;br /&gt;And once spoken, my soul laid&lt;br /&gt;bare to the elements that&lt;br /&gt;surround me, vulnerable to the&lt;br /&gt;reciprocity of the one who&lt;br /&gt;holds the meaning of the word&lt;br /&gt;In his hands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8852221524761362290-2263497906879169373?l=calliopesgarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://calliopesgarden.blogspot.com/feeds/2263497906879169373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8852221524761362290&amp;postID=2263497906879169373' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8852221524761362290/posts/default/2263497906879169373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8852221524761362290/posts/default/2263497906879169373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://calliopesgarden.blogspot.com/2008/01/quantum-leap.html' title='QUANTUM LEAP'/><author><name>Linda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01748345370046416917</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01386086768078092472'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry></feed>