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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>A place for all my misconstrued wisdoms, mangled wordsmithery and utter, dire cynicism. And no, I am not going to put a fancy theme. I refuse to pander to your superficiality. Get a fucking grip, it’s the words that are important, not whether or not they look pretty.</description><title>Mercer's Poems</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mercerspoems)</generator><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Quitting's for quitters so I quit quitting. </title><description>Yesterday - being in a very bad place mentally - I decided to announce my twitter and tumblr...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23606208788</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23606208788</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:50:47 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Closing Time </title><description>This blog is soon to be closed. It was fun while it lasted but it has got to the stage where it...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23553936464</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23553936464</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:32:50 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Thoughts</title><description>&amp;lt;Insert provocative image of stick thin model with face cut off but tits showing&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Insert...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23520711390</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23520711390</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:16:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Lucifer </title><description>Think back to the simple days of smiles and cigarette smoke wisping. Whispering, telling jokes to...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23513995774</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23513995774</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:48:53 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Intentionally Left Blank </title><description>I&amp;#8217;m living the dream, opportunity lays itself before my feet in the guise of stacks of dead...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23513019980</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/23513019980</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:36:22 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Incarnation </title><description>Solemnly the spirit whisped through bitter airof secrets kept and tears wept. Strength - he thought....</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22896202893</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22896202893</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:23:33 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>When...</title><description>When you used to care, winds would sing to me like old warbling folk singers. Soul kissing strings...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22895727518</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22895727518</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:02:31 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Coming Soon... Through the Cooking Gas! </title><description>It&amp;#8217;s been a while since I have made any sort of formal announcement about any new piece of...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22303513938</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22303513938</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 04:47:00 +0100</pubDate><category>novel</category><category>writing</category><category>author</category><category>promo</category><category>amazon</category><category>kindle</category><category>absurdity</category><category>philosophy</category><category>meaning</category><category>life</category><category>meaning of life</category><category>suicide</category><category>death</category><category>through the cooking gas</category><category>through the cooking gas (and what Alan found there)</category><category>new novel</category><category>new book</category><category>coming soon</category><category>advert</category><category>advertisment</category><category>promo</category><category>promotion</category><category>self promo</category><category>self promotion</category></item><item><title>Easy as a Bee, See? It really is that shamelessly punny. Buy it...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ea6lsmpS1r36e9po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Easy as a Bee, See? &lt;br/&gt;It really is that shamelessly punny. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Buy it now&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;US link - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;UK link - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;*image freely obtained from the internet. If this is your image, I have no idea how you managed to tell it apart from the MILLIONS of other images of bees on comb…Still, fair play - and I’ll remove it if requested*  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22252113081</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22252113081</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:18:21 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Easy as a Bee, See? The funniest book you’re not reading!...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3e9yryylS1r36e9po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Easy as a Bee, See? &lt;br/&gt;The funniest book you’re not reading! &lt;br/&gt;…Possibly because you’re not reading a book at all, thus any would be funnier. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;GET IT NOW! &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;US link - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;UK link - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;*image was freely obtained from the internet. If this you’re image - YOU’RE AWESOME! Also, I will remove it if asked.*  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22251998656</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22251998656</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:13:39 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Easy as a Bee, See? Even the bees demand you buy it! US visitors...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3e9ieGdNR1r36e9po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Easy as a Bee, See? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Even the bees demand you buy it! &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;US visitors - Click here &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335960043&amp;sr=1-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;UK Visitors - Click here &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335958366&amp;sr=1-3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and keep the bees happy! &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;*image used is freely obtained from the internet. If this is your image, and you have a problem with me using it get in touch and I will remove it straight away* &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;*also, if I actually get any sales of it, you can have a decent cut…which will be like, 20p or whatever, but it’s better than nothing*  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22251756313</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/22251756313</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:03:49 +0100</pubDate><category>self promo</category><category>self promotion</category><category>book</category><category>kindle</category><category>author</category><category>novel</category><category>paperback</category><category>amazon</category><category>indie</category><category>art</category><category>artist</category><category>independent artist</category><category>piss-poor</category><category>broke</category><category>shit-out-of-luck</category><category>really need you to buy this</category><category>look I did a funny and everything</category></item><item><title>A Sincere Message </title><description>Currently, my twitter seems to exist for the purpose of pushing my books. However, it is this way...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21846526937</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21846526937</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:22:00 +0100</pubDate><category>self-promo</category><category>self-promotion</category><category>help needed</category><category>charity</category><category>education</category><category>disability</category><category>mental</category><category>mental illness</category><category>mental health</category><category>health</category><category>healthcare</category><category>university</category><category>rising costs</category><category>tuition fees</category><category>student loans</category><category>student finance</category><category>help me</category><category>donate</category><category>donation</category></item><item><title>Easy As A Bee, See?</title><description>Available now on Kindle and in paperback, experience the novel that literally no one is talking...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21387860163</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21387860163</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:56:22 +0100</pubDate><category>author</category><category>kindle</category><category>book</category><category>books</category><category>writing</category><category>writer</category><category>novel</category><category>story</category><category>promo</category><category>self-promo</category><category>promotion</category><category>self-promotion</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>bees</category><category>owls</category></item><item><title>How To Win At Life by Being A Smug, Self-Righteous, Smarmy, Grinning, Self-Help Twat</title><description>My book, How To Win At Life By Being A Smug, Self-Righteous, Smarmy, Grinning, Self-Help Twat,...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21374471977</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21374471977</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><category>poet</category><category>poem</category><category>poetry</category><category>poetic</category><category>poems</category><category>self-help</category><category>self help</category><category>self-improvement</category><category>self improvement</category><category>book</category><category>author</category><category>writer</category><category>writing</category><category>promo</category><category>self-promo</category><category>promotion</category><category>self-promotion</category><category>buy this!</category><category>philosophy</category><category>philosophical</category><category>human</category><category>humanity</category><category>life</category><category>life lessons</category><category>How to win at life</category><category>how to win at life by being a smug self righteous smarmy grinning self help twat</category><category>mental health</category><category>depression</category><category>issues</category><category>Karl Mercer</category></item><item><title>Alcoholic Ambling and Suicide Scribblings </title><description>My first poetry compilation, Alcoholic Ambling and Suicide Scribblings, is available now in Kindle...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21374302907</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21374302907</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:19:09 +0100</pubDate><category>books</category><category>poems</category><category>poetry</category><category>promo</category><category>promotion</category><category>self-promo</category><category>self-promotion</category><category>writer</category><category>author</category><category>poet</category><category>poetry</category><category>poetic</category><category>poem</category><category>poems</category><category>buy this!</category><category>good book</category><category>recommendation</category><category>recommended</category><category>read</category><category>reading</category><category>paperback</category><category>kindle</category><category>kindle promotion</category><category>Mercers Poems</category><category>mercer</category><category>Karl</category><category>Karl Mercer</category><category>Karl A. Mercer</category><category>Alcoholic</category><category>Alcoholism</category></item><item><title>Still Alive!</title><description>As GLaDOS might say. Those of you who get this reference, you&amp;#8217;re awesome. Those who...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21373566930</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/21373566930</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:28:49 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Jubilee </title><description>Ceremoniously perched, the crow, her craggy beak spoke lies.  When all she did was caw the knells of...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20468868358</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20468868358</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:25:11 +0100</pubDate><category>Poem</category><category>poet</category><category>poetry</category><category>jubilee</category><category>queen</category><category>royal family</category><category>royal jubilee</category><category>queen's jubilee</category><category>satire</category><category>rant</category><category>anger</category><category>anti-royalist</category><category>royalist</category><category>royalism</category><category>royal blood</category><category>heredity</category><category>inequality</category><category>SCREW THE QUEEN THE ELITIST INBRED</category><category>inbreeding</category><category>inbred</category><category>dirty royal family</category></item><item><title>Nostalgia</title><description>Crying in thoughts, each memory a tear. A seer&amp;#8217;s crystal ball with a direct link to the...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20330464439</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20330464439</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:07:09 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Cave Painting</title><description>You and I, pursed lips - parched and thirsty on bare rock.  A dreamscape - Aboriginal painting on...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20205734387</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20205734387</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:02:44 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>More Arrests for Tweeting!? </title><description>I think most of us (at least those with sense) would agree that racism is a terrible thing. The...</description><link>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20004429561</link><guid>http://mercerspoems.tumblr.com/post/20004429561</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:02:47 +0100</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><category>tweet</category><category>criminal</category><category>law</category><category>legal</category><category>criminality</category><category>twitter</category><category>facebook</category><category>network</category><category>social</category><category>social network</category><category>networking</category><category>social networking</category><category>internet</category><category>freedoms</category><category>internet freedoms</category><category>racism</category><category>racist</category><category>oppression</category><category>tyranny</category><category>tyrannical</category><category>oppressive</category><category>censorship</category><category>censor</category><category>police</category><category>politics</category><category>political</category><category>offense</category><category>offensive</category><category>offending</category></item></channel></rss>
