<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hel's Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:06:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Woman rolling her eyes in boredom 'Boredom is the desire for desires'. Tolstoy might have been right. And the song with the line: 'When...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/boredom-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679792f17e336e410e34df67</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5f53354e35614159574e6f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heartbreak (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by Sara Pascoe and Celia Martinez I didn't have a heartbreak I didn't love so young I was the heartbreaker, I feel And for that...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/heartbreak-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6777f2204631621cd809bd40</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:42:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7bb53_370fa9ebb4bd4df39a8c4043ed149957~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_626,h_417,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're at that time of year again When 'it gets crisp in the fall' When the ghostly beam flickers over the ice-cold river When the clouds...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/autumn-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6767f3d666fab5e9487cb240</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7bb53_636d61ecefc94faba57b78be1847577c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Poem About People-Watching]]></title><description><![CDATA[A busy cafe I'm in a coffee shop And a couple is sitting across from me Talking quietly. I wish for their lives. I make up a story in my...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/a-poem-about-people-watching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669e7932ba078de7a38ff3ee</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5655523559763865516b55~mv2_d_4480_6720_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mish-Mash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confused energies all mish-mashed I wish I could stop and turn it into cash. I think I think I wanna have fun But then I think, 'I am...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/mish-mash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6643bc7058b0db5973fb1d54</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:40:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_44ed343aafcf440c82fa884dbea2cbd7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Love Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tear-stained eyes Gentle caresses To ease a broken, shattered heart Something to sweeten your coffee, dear? No, thank you. We  used to go...]]></description><link>https://helenflower5.wixsite.com/my-site/post/a-love-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6643bb53f39e8d860d4e3a2b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:31:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_7be95cac0f7b433ca4c68557b62c83c5~mv2_d_5000_3333_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Helen Flower</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Isolated Islands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here, on Orkney, you can drive 3 miles and experience hail and bright sunshine one after the other. 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