[hatchet]

Try this

foreach ($items[1] as $key => $item)
{
	preg_match("|<title>(.*)</title>|s", $item, $title);
	preg_match("|<link>(.*)</link>|s", $item, $link);
             preg-match("|<description>(.*)</description>|s", $item, $description);

	$itemlist[$key]['title'] = $title[1];
	$itemlist[$key]['link'] = $link[1];
            $itemlist[$key]['description'] = $description[1];
}

Then in your echo statement use $item['description'] to place the description.