<?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-134874043415158303</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:25:24.621-07:00</updated><title type='text'>candleBARN</title><subtitle type='html'>Cautious Clay's Poetry blog. 
&lt;br&gt;Main blog at &lt;a href="http://cautiousclay.tumblr.com"&gt;cautiousclay.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-1288946802353060947</id><published>2009-05-02T09:37:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:38:02.768-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE MATCH</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Marvelous, uncompromising success, enacted&lt;br /&gt;inside the very core of the worlds&lt;br /&gt;most interesting, most engaging&lt;br /&gt;mannerisms.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Exceptional glimpses into the dense,&lt;br /&gt;unknowable, flaking edges of&lt;br /&gt;the least seen applications involved.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Euphoric attempts to rob the essence&lt;br /&gt;of all basic utterances uttered only&lt;br /&gt;by the most poigniant rythyms held&lt;br /&gt;sacred to even affected or detatched&lt;br /&gt;surveyors.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Fascinating, engaging dialogue,&lt;br /&gt;permeated at every sector of it's&lt;br /&gt;spherical, tidy substructure with&lt;br /&gt;basic, innate, universal episodes&lt;br /&gt;that determine the ending order&lt;br /&gt;of all events pertaining to sleep,&lt;br /&gt;nourishment, and love.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-1288946802353060947?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/1288946802353060947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=1288946802353060947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/1288946802353060947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/1288946802353060947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/match.html' title='THE MATCH'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-2626242843678006333</id><published>2009-05-02T09:37:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:37:43.218-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PLENTY</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I gets on my nerves. It graits on&lt;br /&gt;my nerves. It exasperates me.&lt;br /&gt;It makes me crazy. It irks me.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;It gets at my nerves. It astounds&lt;br /&gt;me. It messes with me. It hurts&lt;br /&gt;to think about. It just kills me.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;It just floors me. It just gets all&lt;br /&gt;over my nerves. It graits on my&lt;br /&gt;nerves. I hate it. It blows my mind.&lt;/p&gt;   It kills me. It just gets on all&lt;br /&gt;my nerves. It exasperates me&lt;br /&gt;to no end. I just can't stand it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-2626242843678006333?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/2626242843678006333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=2626242843678006333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2626242843678006333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2626242843678006333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/plenty.html' title='PLENTY'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-668164813211686796</id><published>2009-05-02T09:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:37:19.265-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SAMANTHA</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Samantha was a cat&lt;br /&gt;at my Aunt Ann's house.&lt;br /&gt;A smooth diary held&lt;br /&gt;the clasp on it.&lt;br /&gt;Wait just a little longer.&lt;br /&gt;Hand me a down comb.&lt;br /&gt;The free world walks&lt;br /&gt;into a bar.&lt;br /&gt;Me and the down-home&lt;br /&gt;boys would and will&lt;br /&gt;get into nothing more&lt;br /&gt;or less than Aunt Ann's&lt;br /&gt;house.&lt;br /&gt;Montana offered me a&lt;br /&gt;brisky Nebraska, only&lt;br /&gt;to India give it, and&lt;br /&gt;arm Austria with a palette&lt;br /&gt;of palette knives that were&lt;br /&gt;created for the sole&lt;br /&gt;circus of clowning and&lt;br /&gt;miming around the streets&lt;br /&gt;of greed&lt;br /&gt;without answering the&lt;br /&gt;original question I had&lt;br /&gt;asked it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;But back to Samantha.&lt;br /&gt;Samantha was a long,&lt;br /&gt;black, slithering memory&lt;br /&gt;in nostalgic sepia colors&lt;br /&gt;that ate food and bit&lt;br /&gt;people at Aunt Ann's house.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;She wore an amazingly&lt;br /&gt;alarmingly sharp tweed&lt;br /&gt;coat that she kept clean&lt;br /&gt;by licking it.&lt;br /&gt;Her arms had black&lt;br /&gt;cat hair and were very&lt;br /&gt;large and muscular from&lt;br /&gt;gym training and exercise.&lt;br /&gt;The weekly allowance Samantha&lt;br /&gt;was given was roughly&lt;br /&gt;One hundred and sixty-two&lt;br /&gt;dollars and zero-fourth&lt;br /&gt;one hundredths&lt;br /&gt;with a line after it&lt;br /&gt;on the check.&lt;br /&gt;If Samantha ever had&lt;br /&gt;bills to pay, she would&lt;br /&gt;stack them like a card&lt;br /&gt;house in front of my front&lt;br /&gt;door on the welcome matt,&lt;br /&gt;and since my door opens&lt;br /&gt;to the outside, an "outty",&lt;br /&gt;I would knock over the&lt;br /&gt;bills and feel embarrassed&lt;br /&gt;as friends and neighbors&lt;br /&gt;walked by.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-668164813211686796?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/668164813211686796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=668164813211686796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/668164813211686796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/668164813211686796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/samantha.html' title='SAMANTHA'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-2684965586969092526</id><published>2009-05-02T09:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:36:57.621-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GRAND FORKS</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Granted, it's quiet, being just inside-&lt;br /&gt;No. Outside the U.S. North Dakota&lt;br /&gt;stretches thought. Friendless. Past the land called "bad".&lt;br /&gt;This slow prairie is home to a strata&lt;br /&gt;of noble laggards, lookers on. Uff-da.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Being here is watching intramurals.&lt;br /&gt;WATCHING them. America's bleachers. Sit.&lt;br /&gt;I miss being involved, invisible.&lt;br /&gt;I miss America, sound, feeling fat.&lt;br /&gt;I hate this squelch of verbs, this life pulled taut.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-2684965586969092526?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/2684965586969092526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=2684965586969092526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2684965586969092526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2684965586969092526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/grand-forks.html' title='GRAND FORKS'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-4299486108325241259</id><published>2009-05-02T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:36:37.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GETTING THINGS DONE</title><content type='html'>My neck hurts from&lt;br /&gt;watching you dart&lt;br /&gt;around, planning&lt;br /&gt;and cleaning things.&lt;br /&gt;You have to stand still&lt;br /&gt;to do dishes, and&lt;br /&gt;when you get to that&lt;br /&gt;I come behind and pinch&lt;br /&gt;at your shoulders.&lt;br /&gt;You hold up a plate&lt;br /&gt;and I look at you&lt;br /&gt;in it. Your eyes are&lt;br /&gt;lines crossing out things&lt;br /&gt;in fives.&lt;br /&gt;Behind your eyes, your&lt;br /&gt;brains loaves sit&lt;br /&gt;stiff in their seatbelts.&lt;br /&gt;I want to free them,&lt;br /&gt;let them hang down&lt;br /&gt;and sigh. I wish&lt;br /&gt;I could type HOW&lt;br /&gt;into your shoulders.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-4299486108325241259?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/4299486108325241259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=4299486108325241259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/4299486108325241259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/4299486108325241259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/getting-things-done.html' title='GETTING THINGS DONE'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-4746356337902174816</id><published>2009-05-02T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T09:35:12.331-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"OH THE INSIDE OF THAT BROWN CUP"</title><content type='html'>Art books sit on the bookshelf.&lt;br /&gt;The brown suitcase passes&lt;br /&gt;for a brown dog at your feet.&lt;br /&gt;Now you enter the kitchen area.&lt;br /&gt;The see-through brown cup up&lt;br /&gt;there on the shelf.&lt;br /&gt;Now mingling through dishes&lt;br /&gt;in the still wet dishes rack.&lt;br /&gt;You have found your blue&lt;br /&gt;mug. And now you can drink&lt;br /&gt;some coffee.&lt;br /&gt;You are pretending the phone&lt;br /&gt;will ring now but it doesn't.&lt;br /&gt;You have a green phone.&lt;br /&gt;Yes you do. The Ocean&lt;br /&gt;sounds CD is being read&lt;br /&gt;by the red CD light in&lt;br /&gt;your CD player.&lt;br /&gt;Oh, you could handle 2&lt;br /&gt;or 3 noons sometimes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-4746356337902174816?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/4746356337902174816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=4746356337902174816' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/4746356337902174816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/4746356337902174816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2009/05/oh-inside-of-that-brown-cup.html' title='&quot;OH THE INSIDE OF THAT BROWN CUP&quot;'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-2895906040471314210</id><published>2007-05-20T00:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T02:35:33.117-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/Rk_9QvbMZvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/lCjjA6KJUXE/s1600-h/monk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/Rk_9QvbMZvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/lCjjA6KJUXE/s320/monk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066546569865357042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;H arng at one of dem dat carvy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't tell you any more no more not them in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A bu&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;g is an ancient artificial cration, done so by the magistrate of boots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Yes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;I cna see tthurs no talkking too u.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-2895906040471314210?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/2895906040471314210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=2895906040471314210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2895906040471314210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/2895906040471314210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2007/05/o-h-arng-at-one-of-dem-dat-carvy.html' title=''/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/Rk_9QvbMZvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/lCjjA6KJUXE/s72-c/monk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134874043415158303.post-8986041664254648451</id><published>2007-05-19T23:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T02:39:40.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ON onothar note</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/RlAW7vbMZwI/AAAAAAAAAFU/xSc_wR7D8bg/s1600-h/late-night-painting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/RlAW7vbMZwI/AAAAAAAAAFU/xSc_wR7D8bg/s400/late-night-painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066574796390426370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Sometimes I can feel the bank of overdraft. It almost consumes me when it longingly looks like that... like some kind of awful sweet boba cake. Spoke though. It tried to count that one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/134874043415158303-8986041664254648451?l=candlebarn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/feeds/8986041664254648451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=134874043415158303&amp;postID=8986041664254648451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/8986041664254648451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/134874043415158303/posts/default/8986041664254648451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candlebarn.blogspot.com/2007/05/on-onothar-note.html' title='ON onothar note'/><author><name>Clay Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08738246135518073583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/98/216038425_d4dcd5c5d5_s.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_66TsSwk0vd4/RlAW7vbMZwI/AAAAAAAAAFU/xSc_wR7D8bg/s72-c/late-night-painting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
