[LibGdx] Trouble parsing XML?

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

I have the following XML I need to parse in my LibGdx game

<items>
	<item id="1" name="sword">
		<description text="Just a regular sword."/>
		<wieldable slot="HAND"/>
		<weapon damage = "3"/>
	</item>
</items>

and I get an error on this code, any ideas?

XmlReader reader = new XmlReader();
Element root = reader.parse(items/Items.xml);

The error message is:
Exception in thread “LWJGL Application” com.badlogic.gdx.utils.SerializationException: Error parsing XML on line 1 near: items/Items.xml