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	<title>Journeys, a poem</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[JOURNEYS Carrie Jones We both dreamt of journeys last night. He rode a Harley, but didn’t know the shifting pattern, Told the others he was with he’d find it on his phone and catch up. I drove with my long-dead dad, talking. He was taking me to his house To meet his girlfriend who is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>A S-Word Birthday Poem</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Pits, a poem</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>THE EFFORT &#8211; a poem about grandmothers and pie</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[THE EFFORT by Carrie Jones My grandmothers—all dead— Wander through my head in couplets Though I need to make a pie today, For dinner, and it just feels like so much effort, So much effort just to get me To this day, to this pie making. My nana was strong: gardener, hospital volunteer, Bridge player, [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[THE EFFORT by Carrie Jones My grandmothers—all dead— Wander through my head in couplets Though I need to make a pie today, For dinner, and it just feels like so much effort, So much effort just to get me To this day, to this pie making. My nana was stron]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Baditude Catitude A Poem</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14514</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I wrote a poem. I changed the title 8,000 times and I&#8217;m not happy with the amounts of &#8220;Her&#8221; in it, but here it is.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I wrote a poem. I changed the title 8,000 times and I&#8217;m not happy with the amounts of &#8220;Her&#8221; in it, but here it is.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Baditude Catitude A Poem]]></itunes:title>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I wrote a poem. I changed the title 8,000 times and I&#8217;m not happy with the amounts of &#8220;Her&#8221; in it, but here it is.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>HANCOCK COUNTY JAIL NUMBER 14455</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/hancock-county-jail-number-14455/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14414</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[HANCOCK COUNTY JAIL NUMBER 14455]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/POEMS-LOGO.jpg?fit=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:duration>00:01:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/POEMS-LOGO.jpg?fit=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Post Seizure Poem</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/post-seizure-poem/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14348</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s random poem. I had a hard time drafting this week.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s random poem. I had a hard time drafting this week.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s random poem. I had a hard time drafting this week.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s random poem. I had a hard time drafting this week.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post-2.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>Post Seizure Poem</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:00:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s random poem. I had a hard time drafting this week.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post-2.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Try To Understand the Cat</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/try-to-understand-the-cat/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14298</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I’m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I’m not sure how I’ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don’t want to [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I’m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I’m not sure how I’ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet),]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Try and Understand the Cat]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I’m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I’m not sure how I’ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don’t want to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I’m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I’m not sure how I’ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don’t want to [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post-1.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:02</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I’m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I’m not sure how I’ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don’t want to [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post-1.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>LET IT BE, for Marge Piercy</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/let-it-be-for-marge-piercy/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14247</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I&#8217;m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don&#8217;t want to [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I&#8217;m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current compari]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Let It Be for Marge Piercy]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I&#8217;m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don&#8217;t want to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I&#8217;m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don&#8217;t want to [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>LET IT BE, for Marge Piercy</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:00:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[So, in 2024, I&#8217;m trying (goal here) to write a poem every workday and share one of these drafts every week. I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;ll do. The reason for this is because I am afraid of the sound of my voice (past bullying and current comparisons to a Muppet), and I don&#8217;t want to [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Mothers</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/mothers/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14163</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A poem You can hear the rain in the background. Apologies. It is impressively stormy here today.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A poem You can hear the rain in the background. Apologies. It is impressively stormy here today.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Mothers]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A poem You can hear the rain in the background. Apologies. It is impressively stormy here today.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A poem You can hear the rain in the background. Apologies. It is impressively stormy here today.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>Mothers</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A poem You can hear the rain in the background. Apologies. It is impressively stormy here today.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/My-Post.png?fit=1198%2C1198&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Story&#8217;s Structure</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-storys-structure/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=13811</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I wrote a poem this morning. You can hear Sparty snoring in the background. He has been sick so I couldn&#8217;t bear to move him. Apologies for that. THE STORY'S STRUCTURE The beginning is here. You set up what might happen. You show all the character’s flaws, What they need to learn, the lie they [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I wrote a poem this morning. You can hear Sparty snoring in the background. He has been sick so I couldn&#8217;t bear to move him. Apologies for that. THE STORYS STRUCTURE The beginning is here. You set up what might happen. You show all the character’s ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Story's Structure]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote a poem this morning. You can hear Sparty snoring in the background. He has been sick so I couldn&#8217;t bear to move him. Apologies for that. THE STORY'S STRUCTURE The beginning is here. You set up what might happen. You show all the character’s flaws, What they need to learn, the lie they [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/30479b69-7c1e-4dd4-91df-f2488bee33b6-The-Story-s-Structure-A-Poem-01.mp3" length="4513757" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I wrote a poem this morning. You can hear Sparty snoring in the background. He has been sick so I couldn&#8217;t bear to move him. Apologies for that. THE STORY'S STRUCTURE The beginning is here. You set up what might happen. You show all the character’s flaws, What they need to learn, the lie they [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>The Story&#8217;s Structure</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:03:08</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I wrote a poem this morning. You can hear Sparty snoring in the background. He has been sick so I couldn&#8217;t bear to move him. Apologies for that. THE STORY'S STRUCTURE The beginning is here. You set up what might happen. You show all the character’s flaws, What they need to learn, the lie they [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Second-poem-header-1.png?fit=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Billy Collins</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/billy-collins/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 14:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=13049</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[I Fell in Love With Billy Collins Today]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/7121f228-8231-4f84-b545-42b9f69f82d8-I-Fell-in-Love-With-Billy-Collins-mixdown-01.mp3" length="2170074" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/My-Post-1.png?fit=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/My-Post-1.png?fit=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Billy Collins</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/My-Post-1.png?fit=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Tough Enough</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/tough-enough/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=12823</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[https://livinghappy.substack.com/]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[https://livinghappy.substack.com/]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Tough Enough]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[https://livinghappy.substack.com/]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/cc719ff1-a2ca-4d73-b7c8-3e88075fecda-Tough-Enough.mp3" length="1948246" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[https://livinghappy.substack.com/]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Tough Enough</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[https://livinghappy.substack.com/]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Off The Record</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/off-the-record/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12559</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Off the Record]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/f564a1c2-ef02-4a88-bc94-befb7bb41534-Off-the-Record-mixdown-01.mp3" length="3467068" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Medium-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Medium-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Off The Record</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Medium-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Sea Smoke Rolls</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/the-sea-smoke-rolls/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=12525</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Sea Smoke Rolls]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/65cd8bfb-aef9-447d-aba7-509cbf77e4e2-The-Sea-Smoke-Rolls.mp3" length="2287078" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>The Sea Smoke Rolls</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>To My Trolls, Coming Into My World</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/to-my-trolls-coming-into-my-world/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12455</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[To My Trolls, Coming Into My World]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/9d08b6a7-d4e6-48ed-8c93-8388a984db71-To-My-Trolls-Coming-Into-My-World.mp3" length="3674463" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>To My Trolls, Coming Into My World</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:32</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Reveille</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/reveille/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12376</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Reveille]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/1ccc37fe-c939-41de-8860-53d6f2a7bdb4-Reveille.mp3" length="2434883" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Reveille</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:41</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Ask</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-ask/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12333</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Ask]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/035f32c5-94f5-4cbb-95d4-29065b94cd39-The-Ask.mp3" length="1982289" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>The Ask</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Christmas Cheer</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/christmas-cheer/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12282</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Christmas Cheer]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/13f5a4e6-4c4b-43c1-be7f-e85e339062fe-Christmas-Cheer.mp3" length="2407993" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Christmas Cheer</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:39</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Grammy Barnard Poem: A DREAM</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/grammy-barnard-poem-a-dream/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12241</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Grammy Barnard Poem. Grammy Barnard died at the age of 102 and I was the youngest child by a lot of her youngest child, so in my head she was always older. I think she was in her 70s when I was born. These poems make [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Grammy Barnard Poem. Grammy Barnard died at the age of 102 and I was the youngest child by a lot of her youngest child, so in my head she was always older. I think she was in her 70s when I was born. These poems ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Grammy Barnard Poem: A DREAM]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Grammy Barnard Poem. Grammy Barnard died at the age of 102 and I was the youngest child by a lot of her youngest child, so in my head she was always older. I think she was in her 70s when I was born. These poems make [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/513fa005-9548-4b6b-beeb-df8467d6b955-A-Dream-A-Grammy-Barnard-Poem-mixdown-01.mp3" length="2330312" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Grammy Barnard Poem. Grammy Barnard died at the age of 102 and I was the youngest child by a lot of her youngest child, so in my head she was always older. I think she was in her 70s when I was born. These poems make [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>Grammy Barnard Poem: A DREAM</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:36</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Grammy Barnard Poem. Grammy Barnard died at the age of 102 and I was the youngest child by a lot of her youngest child, so in my head she was always older. I think she was in her 70s when I was born. These poems make [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>&#8220;Fluff&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/fluff/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12217</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Fluff]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/a0f8c0d8-0f84-417b-b06f-a5cafbeac0d6-Fluff.mp3" length="2359623" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>&#8220;Fluff&#8221;</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:37</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Messages From Ghosts</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/messages-from-ghosts/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12188</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Messages From Ghosts</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:26</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Earplugs</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/earplugs/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12174</guid>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>Earplugs</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:50</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The &#8220;Y&#8221; An Overheard Poem</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-y-an-overheard-poem/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12139</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s poem.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s poem.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The y, an overheard poem]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s poem.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s poem.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>The &#8220;Y&#8221; An Overheard Poem</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s poem.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Truth by Grammy Barnard</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/truth-by-grammy-barnard/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12116</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another poem by Grammy Barnard. She was well into her seventies when I was born and lived to be over 100. She wrote a lot of poems about people being unfaithful. Poor Grammy. Here you go!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another poem by Grammy Barnard. She was well into her seventies when I was born and lived to be over 100. She wrote a lot of poems about people being unfaithful. Poor Grammy. Here you go!]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another poem by Grammy Barnard. She was well into her seventies when I was born and lived to be over 100. She wrote a lot of poems about people being unfaithful. Poor Grammy. Here you go!]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another poem by Grammy Barnard. She was well into her seventies when I was born and lived to be over 100. She wrote a lot of poems about people being unfaithful. Poor Grammy. Here you go!]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Truth by Grammy Barnard</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:49</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Let&#8217;s Talk About Trolls</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/lets-talk-about-trolls/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12064</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A poem Happy Halloween!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A poem Happy Halloween!]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Let's Talk About Trolls]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A poem Happy Halloween!]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A poem Happy Halloween!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-4.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>Let&#8217;s Talk About Trolls</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:57</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A poem Happy Halloween!]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-4.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Looking Up</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/looking-up/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12026</guid>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>Looking Up</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:23</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-2.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>The Cafeteria</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-cafeteria/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11959</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Cafeteria]]></itunes:title>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Cafeteria.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>The Cafeteria</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:23</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Cafeteria.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>I&#8217;m Going To Pretend</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/im-going-to-pretend/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11925</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[I'm Going To Pretend I'm Not Tired]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/2b44b60f-7be0-405f-b232-488766b42e65-I-m-Going-To-Pretend-I-m-Not-Tired-mixdown-01.mp3" length="2119996" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>I&#8217;m Going To Pretend</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:27</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>&#8220;The Paternity of Dogs&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-paternity-of-dogs/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11881</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Paternity of Dogs]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/b6225567-2647-4b5c-82ba-f65ef15ec0e9-The-Paternity-of-Dogs-01.mp3" length="4762363" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>&#8220;The Paternity of Dogs&#8221;</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:03:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carrie-does-poems-copy-1.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>She Has A Poem</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/she-has-a-poem/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11841</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[She Has A Poem]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/8cdfd09a-2f03-4ca5-ba79-edc324325397-She-Has-A-Poem.mp3" length="2689576" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-3.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<ssp:image>
		<ssp:url>https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-3.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1</ssp:url>
		<ssp:title>She Has A Poem</ssp:title>
	</ssp:image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:01:51</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/carrie-does-poems-copy-1-3.png?fit=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Grammy Barnard Poem Melancholy</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/grammy-barnard-poem-melancholy/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11748</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[One of my grandmothers painted and wrote poems when she wasn&#8217;t busy raising her three children. This is one of her poems. Grammy Barnard Poem #3 Melancholy, May 19, 1927 Cold and dark desolation’s arms &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Embrace my heart and sound alarms Of fearful, loveless days to be endured &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To which my heart of [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One of my grandmothers painted and wrote poems when she wasn&#8217;t busy raising her three children. This is one of her poems. Grammy Barnard Poem #3 Melancholy, May 19, 1927 Cold and dark desolation’s arms &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#16]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Melancholy]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of my grandmothers painted and wrote poems when she wasn&#8217;t busy raising her three children. This is one of her poems. Grammy Barnard Poem #3 Melancholy, May 19, 1927 Cold and dark desolation’s arms &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Embrace my heart and sound alarms Of fearful, loveless days to be endured &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To which my heart of [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/0c56b774-cbf3-4f63-9ade-31f12f93aee5-Melancholy-01.mp3" length="2753349" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of my grandmothers painted and wrote poems when she wasn&#8217;t busy raising her three children. This is one of her poems. Grammy Barnard Poem #3 Melancholy, May 19, 1927 Cold and dark desolation’s arms &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Embrace my heart and sound alarms Of fearful, loveless days to be endured &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To which my heart of [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>FINDING THE STORIES, WRITING DESPITE BANNING</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/finding-the-stories-writing-despite-banning/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11642</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;FINDING THE STORIES&#8221; What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is oppressed? What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is barely surviving in your own life? When your mother cries to sleep every night because she can’t find a job, pay bills, fix [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[FINDING THE STORIES WRITING DESPITE BANNING]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;FINDING THE STORIES&#8221; What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is oppressed? What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is barely surviving in your own life? When your mother cries to sleep every night because she can’t find a job, pay bills, fix [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Enchanted</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-enchanted/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>When I Was Born They Thought I Was Blind</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[When I Was Born They Thought I Was Blind]]></itunes:title>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>When I Was Born They Thought I Was Blind</ssp:title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Hurricane</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/the-hurricane/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11528</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group of diners that come in and sit at a high table. One friend has lost a porch. Another lost their oyster building. Another lost half their roof. Someone lost a car to a big tree. Someone and someone else and [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group of diners that come in and sit at a high table. One friend has lost a porch. Another lost their oyster building. Another lost half their roof. Someone lost a car to a big tr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Hurricane]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group of diners that come in and sit at a high table. One friend has lost a porch. Another lost their oyster building. Another lost half their roof. Someone lost a car to a big tree. Someone and someone else and [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group of diners that come in and sit at a high table. One friend has lost a porch. Another lost their oyster building. Another lost half their roof. Someone lost a car to a big tree. Someone and someone else and [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<ssp:image>
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		<ssp:title>The Hurricane</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group of diners that come in and sit at a high table. One friend has lost a porch. Another lost their oyster building. Another lost half their roof. Someone lost a car to a big tree. Someone and someone else and [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Up the Court</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[up the court]]></itunes:title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>spoiler: the sandwich is an objective correlative￼</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[spoiler: the sandwich is an objective correlative]]></itunes:title>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Hairy Arms</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA["Hairy Arms" for Sarah At McKelvie Middle School, my friend, complained about the dark hair on her arms, comparing her arms to mine and another friend's. We sat outside on the field in seventh grade, lined up, ready for our early man unit and she was almost crying. She hated her hairy arms, called them [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hairy Arms for Sarah At McKelvie Middle School, my friend, complained about the dark hair on her arms, comparing her arms to mine and another friends. We sat outside on the field in seventh grade, lined up, ready for our early man unit and she was almost]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Hairy Arms]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["Hairy Arms" for Sarah At McKelvie Middle School, my friend, complained about the dark hair on her arms, comparing her arms to mine and another friend's. We sat outside on the field in seventh grade, lined up, ready for our early man unit and she was almost crying. She hated her hairy arms, called them [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Hairy Arms" for Sarah At McKelvie Middle School, my friend, complained about the dark hair on her arms, comparing her arms to mine and another friend's. We sat outside on the field in seventh grade, lined up, ready for our early man unit and she was almost crying. She hated her hairy arms, called them [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["Hairy Arms" for Sarah At McKelvie Middle School, my friend, complained about the dark hair on her arms, comparing her arms to mine and another friend's. We sat outside on the field in seventh grade, lined up, ready for our early man unit and she was almost crying. She hated her hairy arms, called them [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/POEMS-LOGO.jpg?fit=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>POLARITIES</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/polarities/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11376</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[POLARITIES If I were a man, would I take up all the space? I am a woman. I try to claim spaces. None are mine. If I were a man, would I shout into the world? I am a woman. I sometimes wonder what it is to not whisper. If I were a man, would [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[POLARITIES If I were a man, would I take up all the space? I am a woman. I try to claim spaces. None are mine. If I were a man, would I shout into the world? I am a woman. I sometimes wonder what it is to not whisper. If I were a man, would ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[POLARITIES]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[POLARITIES If I were a man, would I take up all the space? I am a woman. I try to claim spaces. None are mine. If I were a man, would I shout into the world? I am a woman. I sometimes wonder what it is to not whisper. If I were a man, would [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[POLARITIES If I were a man, would I take up all the space? I am a woman. I try to claim spaces. None are mine. If I were a man, would I shout into the world? I am a woman. I sometimes wonder what it is to not whisper. If I were a man, would [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/POEMS-LOGO.jpg?fit=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
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		<ssp:title>POLARITIES</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Imprinted</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/imprinted/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Imprinted The tight curls on her lover’s neck? Lord studied them. Made litanies to survive. Whitman, of course, sang of electric bodies and armies he loved, of girth. Chen Chen focused on ice cream Connoisseurs, jigglypuffys and wigglytuffs. Donika Kelly spoke of small animals Knowing thresholds of each other, meeting. Meeting at those thresholds Litanies [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Imprinted The tight curls on her lover’s neck? Lord studied them. Made litanies to survive. Whitman, of course, sang of electric bodies and armies he loved, of girth. Chen Chen focused on ice cream Connoisseurs, jigglypuffys and wigglytuffs. Donika Kelly]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Imprinted]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Imprinted The tight curls on her lover’s neck? Lord studied them. Made litanies to survive. Whitman, of course, sang of electric bodies and armies he loved, of girth. Chen Chen focused on ice cream Connoisseurs, jigglypuffys and wigglytuffs. Donika Kelly spoke of small animals Knowing thresholds of each other, meeting. Meeting at those thresholds Litanies [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Imprinted The tight curls on her lover’s neck? Lord studied them. Made litanies to survive. Whitman, of course, sang of electric bodies and armies he loved, of girth. Chen Chen focused on ice cream Connoisseurs, jigglypuffys and wigglytuffs. Donika Kelly spoke of small animals Knowing thresholds of each other, meeting. Meeting at those thresholds Litanies [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:02:13</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Imprinted The tight curls on her lover’s neck? Lord studied them. Made litanies to survive. Whitman, of course, sang of electric bodies and armies he loved, of girth. Chen Chen focused on ice cream Connoisseurs, jigglypuffys and wigglytuffs. Donika Kelly spoke of small animals Knowing thresholds of each other, meeting. Meeting at those thresholds Litanies [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>What Kind of Person Does That?</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/what-kind-of-person-does-that/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2022 12:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11298</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[What kind of person does that? A person person. What kind of person does that though, really? A person. That’s not an answer. That’s a nothing answer. It’s just an answer you don’t want to hear. If you know that, why’d you say it then? I didn’t know it until I said it. That’s how [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What kind of person does that? A person person. What kind of person does that though, really? A person. That’s not an answer. That’s a nothing answer. It’s just an answer you don’t want to hear. If you know that, why’d you say it then? I didn’t know it u]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[What Kind of Person Does That?]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What kind of person does that? A person person. What kind of person does that though, really? A person. That’s not an answer. That’s a nothing answer. It’s just an answer you don’t want to hear. If you know that, why’d you say it then? I didn’t know it until I said it. That’s how [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What kind of person does that? A person person. What kind of person does that though, really? A person. That’s not an answer. That’s a nothing answer. It’s just an answer you don’t want to hear. If you know that, why’d you say it then? I didn’t know it until I said it. That’s how [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Because (a poem)</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/because-a-poem/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11272</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Because she’s not some drugged up doper or anything like that, but shivers have taken control of her whole entire body because it’s cold, cold, cold in Bar Harbor, Maine and it isn’t even winter yet. Because she’s huddled behind the dumpster outside of Geddy’s. There’s a giant lobster claw at the front part of [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Because she’s not some drugged up doper or anything like that, but shivers have taken control of her whole entire body because it’s cold, cold, cold in Bar Harbor, Maine and it isn’t even winter yet. Because she’s huddled behind the dumpster outside of G]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Because]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Because she’s not some drugged up doper or anything like that, but shivers have taken control of her whole entire body because it’s cold, cold, cold in Bar Harbor, Maine and it isn’t even winter yet. Because she’s huddled behind the dumpster outside of Geddy’s. There’s a giant lobster claw at the front part of [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Because she’s not some drugged up doper or anything like that, but shivers have taken control of her whole entire body because it’s cold, cold, cold in Bar Harbor, Maine and it isn’t even winter yet. Because she’s huddled behind the dumpster outside of Geddy’s. There’s a giant lobster claw at the front part of [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:52</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Myths About Presidents</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/myths-about-presidents/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11238</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Myths About Presidents 26. He didn’t Ride A moose. The photo is fake Like a lot Of presidential things. 16. He dreamt His death, Found himself Waking in a coffin And asked who Was dead In the White House. Dream mourners said, “The president.” He denied the dream. Nobody listened. The story was too good. [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Myths About Presidents 26. He didn’t Ride A moose. The photo is fake Like a lot Of presidential things. 16. He dreamt His death, Found himself Waking in a coffin And asked who Was dead In the White House. Dream mourners said, “The president.” He denied t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Myths About Presidents]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Myths About Presidents 26. He didn’t Ride A moose. The photo is fake Like a lot Of presidential things. 16. He dreamt His death, Found himself Waking in a coffin And asked who Was dead In the White House. Dream mourners said, “The president.” He denied the dream. Nobody listened. The story was too good. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Myths About Presidents 26. He didn’t Ride A moose. The photo is fake Like a lot Of presidential things. 16. He dreamt His death, Found himself Waking in a coffin And asked who Was dead In the White House. Dream mourners said, “The president.” He denied the dream. Nobody listened. The story was too good. [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Myths About Presidents</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:02:52</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Twenty Years Outdated</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/twenty-years-outdated/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11206</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[These firefighters show up at a hotel fire, maybe Started in the laundry room during the off season, hoses Frozen from winter temperatures, ice across roads; The crumbling structure is about to fall, flames shooting out windows. In our small town, three-hundred people Are listening to the scanner because we can’t be there, But our [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[These firefighters show up at a hotel fire, maybe Started in the laundry room during the off season, hoses Frozen from winter temperatures, ice across roads; The crumbling structure is about to fall, flames shooting out windows. In our small town, three-]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>bonus</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Twenty Years Outdated]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[These firefighters show up at a hotel fire, maybe Started in the laundry room during the off season, hoses Frozen from winter temperatures, ice across roads; The crumbling structure is about to fall, flames shooting out windows. In our small town, three-hundred people Are listening to the scanner because we can’t be there, But our [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:03:20</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Holes and Vettes</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/holes-and-vettes/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=11176</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Holes and Vettes Bar Harbor. Maine. 2022. A baseball field. Corvettes line up in rows, engines still For once and owners preening From their folding chairs, legs poking Into the same grass that supports Life Flight helicopters in emergencies And soccer cleats. This earth withstands so much. It’s a yearly gathering that’s paused two years [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Holes and Vettes Bar Harbor. Maine. 2022. A baseball field. Corvettes line up in rows, engines still For once and owners preening From their folding chairs, legs poking Into the same grass that supports Life Flight helicopters in emergencies And soccer c]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Holes and Vettes]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Holes and Vettes Bar Harbor. Maine. 2022. A baseball field. Corvettes line up in rows, engines still For once and owners preening From their folding chairs, legs poking Into the same grass that supports Life Flight helicopters in emergencies And soccer cleats. This earth withstands so much. It’s a yearly gathering that’s paused two years [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Holes and Vettes Bar Harbor. Maine. 2022. A baseball field. Corvettes line up in rows, engines still For once and owners preening From their folding chairs, legs poking Into the same grass that supports Life Flight helicopters in emergencies And soccer cleats. This earth withstands so much. It’s a yearly gathering that’s paused two years [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>King Kong Trolls</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/king-kong-trolls/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=11125</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[King Kong Trolls The self-appointed writer-guru on Substack with four- thousand devotees to his biweekly missives has decided there are no more geniuses, really, not any more. Someone needs to tell him that he just doesn’t know where to look. The geniuses aren’t banging their chests, King-Kong like in their glory despite being ground dwellers, [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[King Kong Trolls The self-appointed writer-guru on Substack with four- thousand devotees to his biweekly missives has decided there are no more geniuses, really, not any more. Someone needs to tell him that he just doesn’t know where to look. The geniuse]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[King Kong Trolls]]></itunes:title>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[King Kong Trolls The self-appointed writer-guru on Substack with four- thousand devotees to his biweekly missives has decided there are no more geniuses, really, not any more. Someone needs to tell him that he just doesn’t know where to look. The geniuses aren’t banging their chests, King-Kong like in their glory despite being ground dwellers, [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/2ab6b0bc-7da0-483e-8a86-dcd9f5e13b79-King-Kong-Troll-mixdown-01.mp3" length="3298178" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/carriejonesbooks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Podcast.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Loneliness</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/loneliness/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=11081</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Loneliness He is known as he enters the emergency room, jeans sagging off his waist as an orderly ambles To meet him. He is hunching at the precipice between lobby and hall, intake and bathroom, and Ready to be seen. It is hard to be seen these days in a little Maine town full of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Mourning, a poem for my dad]]></itunes:title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Out of Our Cages</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Out of Our Cages Poets speak of blossoms from brown paper bags, Walks of calmness through April days, And critics decry the lack of meter In a poem that moved thousands, Presidents and mothers included. We all climb hills. We all tumble down. We all seek meaning in signs And laden flattened boughs with words. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>The Retouch</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Spring</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This poem is (I think) part of me delving into a character of a young adult novel work in progress. Spring My nerves are jangled, frayed. Panic touches the under layers of all my skin, and I take off, breezing past Jackie and Joe in as fast a walk as I’m capable of without actually [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<item>
	<title>When Your Father Isn&#8217;t Your Father</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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<item>
	<title>Ode To Another Nightingale</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/ode-to-another-nightingale/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Ode To Another Nightingale “My heart aches,” he says as if that will change her mind. He quotes Keats, memorizes it the way others memorize song lyrics, drunk, but not on hemlock or an opiate. Drunk one minute and the next. Keats is not pretentious enough a poet to impress someone who sings with dryads [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ode To Another Nightingale “My heart aches,” he says as if that will change her mind. He quotes Keats, memorizes it the way others memorize song lyrics, drunk, but not on hemlock or an opiate. Drunk one minute and the next. Keats is not pretentious enoug]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Ode To Another Nightingale]]></itunes:title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Poem About Gabby Dog</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/podcast/poem-about-gabby-dog/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Gabby Dog Poem There can be no doubt, her fluffy, furry, slobbery self was meant to save us just not the way she thought, not from little gray squirrels allegedly terrorizing the house, standing on porch railings as they stashed nuts into their cheeks; nor from Fed-Ex drivers, obviously nefarious, with those cardboard boxes that [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Gabby Dog Poem There can be no doubt, her fluffy, furry, slobbery self was meant to save us just not the way she thought, not from little gray squirrels allegedly terrorizing the house, standing on porch railings as they stashed nuts into their cheeks; n]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Parent Not Expected</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/parent-not-expected/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=10344</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Parent Not Expected I know nothing about the weather I was born in or how the sky whispered or stormed. I know nothing about the man who helped make me, other than his name and he smoked cigarettes, constantly, until he got skin cancer. I know his mother had thick, dark hair, immigrated here, which [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Parent Not Expected I know nothing about the weather I was born in or how the sky whispered or stormed. I know nothing about the man who helped make me, other than his name and he smoked cigarettes, constantly, until he got skin cancer. I know his mother]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Parent Not Expected I know nothing about the weather I was born in or how the sky whispered or stormed. I know nothing about the man who helped make me, other than his name and he smoked cigarettes, constantly, until he got skin cancer. I know his mother had thick, dark hair, immigrated here, which [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Lettuce</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/the-lettuce/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=10340</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The Lettuce Again this summer I’ve forgotten to harvest the lettuce that we planted when the ground was barely workable, warm enough to support the tenderness of seedlings, brown, pale, and white, barely opening to the world, the air, the sun. We are still human, he tells me, even though I think that we may [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Lettuce Again this summer I’ve forgotten to harvest the lettuce that we planted when the ground was barely workable, warm enough to support the tenderness of seedlings, brown, pale, and white, barely opening to the world, the air, the sun. We are sti]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Everything Makes Us Scared</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/everything-makes-us-scared/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Everything Makes Us Scared The professor and his wife argue about the party though they love each other. Chairs are meant to be where exactly on the porch? Burgers pre-made or created on site? He’s a hippie from the Marines. Everywhere is danger, possibilities of pain. He wasn’t in a lot of war, but it [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Everything Makes Us Scared The professor and his wife argue about the party though they love each other. Chairs are meant to be where exactly on the porch? Burgers pre-made or created on site? He’s a hippie from the Marines. Everywhere is danger, possibi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Everything Makes Us Scared The professor and his wife argue about the party though they love each other. Chairs are meant to be where exactly on the porch? Burgers pre-made or created on site? He’s a hippie from the Marines. Everywhere is danger, possibilities of pain. He wasn’t in a lot of war, but it [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Everything Makes Us Scared The professor and his wife argue about the party though they love each other. Chairs are meant to be where exactly on the porch? Burgers pre-made or created on site? He’s a hippie from the Marines. Everywhere is danger, possibilities of pain. He wasn’t in a lot of war, but it [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>A Wish, a Grammy Barnard Poem</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/a-wish-a-grammy-barnard-poem/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[So, this week I&#8217;ve decided to read one of my grandmother&#8217;s poems instead. Full disclosure: I have a lot of grandmothers and they are all dead and this one was about 4&#8217;10 at maximum height and this grandmother was already 75 when I was born. Luckily, she lived a long time so I got to [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So, this week I&#8217;ve decided to read one of my grandmother&#8217;s poems instead. Full disclosure: I have a lot of grandmothers and they are all dead and this one was about 4&#8217;10 at maximum height and this grandmother was already 75 when I was b]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>&#8220;You Aren&#8217;t Allowed To Write About Me&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/you-arent-allowed-to-write-about-me/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://carriejonesbooks.blog/?p=10111</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[“You Aren’t Allowed To Write About Me” If by aren’t allowed, you mean you forbid it, then who are you to forbid? If by write, you mean think, tell stories, try to understand, to recreate you in a way that isn’t such a jackass, I’m sorry, but you can only be improved, and you’re missing [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“You Aren’t Allowed To Write About Me” If by aren’t allowed, you mean you forbid it, then who are you to forbid? If by write, you mean think, tell stories, try to understand, to recreate you in a way that isn’t such a jackass, I’m sorry, but you can only]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[You aren't allowed to write about me]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[“You Aren’t Allowed To Write About Me” If by aren’t allowed, you mean you forbid it, then who are you to forbid? If by write, you mean think, tell stories, try to understand, to recreate you in a way that isn’t such a jackass, I’m sorry, but you can only be improved, and you’re missing [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Mean People Suck</title>
	<link>https://carriejonesbooks.blog/mean-people-suck/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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