<?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-4930073459766412463</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:27:53.214-07:00</updated><category term='haiku'/><category term='bird in the hand'/><category term='no soap'/><category term='close shave'/><title type='text'>The Velvet Burn</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Velvet Burn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683970822359407693</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><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930073459766412463.post-5583011802653653329</id><published>2009-04-14T19:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T19:06:14.019-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haiku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='no soap'/><title type='text'>No Soap Required</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;The third of Mr. Grant's themes, let give this one a look and make your shots count:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; No Soap Required&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;As always, your haiku go in the comments.  What do you got?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4930073459766412463-5583011802653653329?l=thevelvetburn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/feeds/5583011802653653329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/no-soap-required.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/5583011802653653329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/5583011802653653329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/no-soap-required.html' title='No Soap Required'/><author><name>The Velvet Burn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683970822359407693</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>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930073459766412463.post-1315819055930872857</id><published>2009-04-14T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T19:03:30.970-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haiku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bird in the hand'/><title type='text'>A Bird in the Hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;This is your theme and your theme is this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; A Bird in the Hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Remember, put your haiku in the comment field, and give us enough information to contact you with, on the chance you survive the coming battle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4930073459766412463-1315819055930872857?l=thevelvetburn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/feeds/1315819055930872857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/bird-in-hand.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/1315819055930872857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/1315819055930872857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/bird-in-hand.html' title='A Bird in the Hand'/><author><name>The Velvet Burn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683970822359407693</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>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930073459766412463.post-7901821940498124322</id><published>2009-04-14T18:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T18:57:08.717-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haiku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='close shave'/><title type='text'>A Close Shave</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;For the first three themes, we have Fenton Grant, winner of the first haiku war, and his suggestions.  These themes are loose, so give us your best haiku that somehow work in the following theme:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; A Close Shave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Give us your haiku in the comment field, and in about two weeks time, we'll decide a winner and let you decide how to roll on.  Gentlemen, fire when ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4930073459766412463-7901821940498124322?l=thevelvetburn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/feeds/7901821940498124322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/close-shave.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/7901821940498124322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/7901821940498124322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/close-shave.html' title='A Close Shave'/><author><name>The Velvet Burn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683970822359407693</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>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930073459766412463.post-6302749228083918169</id><published>2009-04-13T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T19:18:34.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;bring on the game then&lt;br /&gt;if you dare to battle me&lt;br /&gt;haiku to the death&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;"&gt;This all began with a simple war, by no means the simplest, but a war none the less, and though there was a victor, the battles would not cease.  This will remain as a &lt;a href="http://www.welcometothevelvet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4320"&gt;testament&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4930073459766412463-6302749228083918169?l=thevelvetburn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/feeds/6302749228083918169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/bring-on-game-then-if-you-dare-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/6302749228083918169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4930073459766412463/posts/default/6302749228083918169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thevelvetburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/bring-on-game-then-if-you-dare-to.html' title=''/><author><name>The Velvet Burn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683970822359407693</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>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
