<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A.K. Burke - Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[A.K. Burke - Author]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:55:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Developing My Book Rating System]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a writer, I am also a very hungry and avid reader. Although I have preferred genres, I enjoy  all the types of worlds, narratives, and...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/developing-my-book-rating-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d4921eb5db992d7dcd3d0f</guid><category><![CDATA[gen]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:44:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acts of Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the New York Times’ “ 100 Small Acts of Love.” McAfee, Melonyce and Pearson, Catherine. Feb 13, 2024. I know she is slowly leaving,...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/acts-of-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bd107fc3975c78e10c01c0</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:37:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brumal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The creature broke through the ice— Why it was there in the first place, I simply couldn’t guess; but their hesitant hooves cracked...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/brumal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b63509e71211226b80227c</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:47:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIM Discography Project - Part I: Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past week, I was reintroduced to cento poetry, which, as Wikipedia puts it, " is a poetical  work wholly composed of verses  or...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/him-discography-project-part-i-greatest-lovesongs-vol-666</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679bb8100c594b58f6e8eb6d</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[him discography project]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:49:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poems in My Unfinished Folder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fellow poets, do you ever think of a line or stanza that feels like it might unfold into a larger piece, only for it to sit in your...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/poems-in-my-unfinished-folder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6786bb245163273b22bb0d48</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:32:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Brief Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, and welcome to those that have wandered their way to my site! This blog will likely be used to primarily discuss upcoming...]]></description><link>https://akbauthor.wixsite.com/akburke/post/a-brief-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678162dbcf1d081454167dca</guid><category><![CDATA[gen]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:13:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Burke</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>