<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post111979987950645626..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112015976663765251</id><published>2005-06-30T15:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-30T15:29:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ah butyeahwe all are, i guess.</title><summary type='text'>ah but&lt;BR/&gt;yeah&lt;BR/&gt;we all are, i guess.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015976663765251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015976663765251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120159740001#c112015976663765251' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112015975372464728</id><published>2005-06-30T15:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-30T15:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the kid is just tracing, y&#39;know? stencils etc..</title><summary type='text'>the kid is just tracing, y&#39;know? stencils etc..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015975372464728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015975372464728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120159740000#c112015975372464728' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112015262434181132</id><published>2005-06-30T13:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-30T13:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>god knows this won&#39;t be a popular view -- children...</title><summary type='text'>god knows this won&#39;t be a popular view -- children being such a touchy issue now-a-days) but whoa! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;this post hits me as a sort of a sucker-punch.  sucker punch meant for pinksy (wham blow to the jaw) that you brute and hug jab to Brock (I hope it didn&#39;t hurt too much but hey, you can always use that Award as a Shield) but &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;when it comes to pushing little innocent dimpled Julia </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015262434181132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112015262434181132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120152600000#c112015262434181132' title=''/><author><name>jeff w</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15525430085459131737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112006806980803838</id><published>2005-06-29T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T14:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>good points all aroundu d&#39; starsilli manthanx for ...</title><summary type='text'>good points all around&lt;BR/&gt;u d&#39; star&lt;BR/&gt;silli man&lt;BR/&gt;thanx for the laugh&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but hey, should not we beware &lt;BR/&gt;performing taxidermy on living objects?&lt;BR/&gt;so says the poetry yoda&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m with Dorn on that point&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and i like to give a poem a fair shot&lt;BR/&gt;this just proves your apex&lt;BR/&gt;that Julia Mayhew&lt;BR/&gt;is a he. . of a poet&lt;BR/&gt;make that &quot;heck&quot; so she can read it&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;u sure</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112006806980803838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112006806980803838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120068060000#c112006806980803838' title=''/><author><name>Lorna Dee Cervantes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09020619136188745312</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1018401473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112006188817463504</id><published>2005-06-29T12:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T12:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At SixtyAt sixty his poems seemedToo ashamed to be...</title><summary type='text'>At Sixty&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At sixty his poems seemed&lt;BR/&gt;Too ashamed to be devotional.&lt;BR/&gt;At fifty he was, perhaps, too&lt;BR/&gt;Guardedly emotional.&lt;BR/&gt;At forty: too lonelyall&lt;BR/&gt;At thirty: hesitant and ceremonial.&lt;BR/&gt;Twenty?  His “Back to Nature” phase.&lt;BR/&gt;Teens?  In the usual daze.&lt;BR/&gt;But at ten?&lt;BR/&gt;Ah, he was good.&lt;BR/&gt;Then.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, Rin Tin Tin gave this poem to me knowing that he will </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112006188817463504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112006188817463504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120061880000#c112006188817463504' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112005704256590956</id><published>2005-06-29T10:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T10:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for the example, Ron. the Brock poem has an...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for the example, Ron. the Brock poem has an underlying current of sadness, which i wish Brock would have written about instead-- it&#39;s the utter grief of a child who&#39;s been forced to pull a cold metal grate over his expansive and exuberant heart . . . poems shouldn&#39;t be prisons.  this one clearly is.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005704256590956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005704256590956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120057020000#c112005704256590956' title=''/><author><name>Scott Glassman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09765668936962074730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1630916886"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112005600239811034</id><published>2005-06-29T10:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T10:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thought this might seem pertinent to your post, wh...</title><summary type='text'>Thought this might seem pertinent to your post, which I just came across while reading Perelman&#39;s &#39;The Trouble with Genius.&#39; Perelman writes:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Examining a collage made by his young son, he [Zukofsky] calls it &quot;A reliable desire / Of a  genius / In the branch of a tree, / A thought the same as  the bough.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005600239811034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005600239811034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120056000000#c112005600239811034' title=''/><author><name>Brennen Wysong</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04182047699243623857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-68184959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112005378832345629</id><published>2005-06-29T10:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T10:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post, Ron. Wise advice to those of us attemp...</title><summary type='text'>Great post, Ron. Wise advice to those of us attempting to capture life on paper, in verse.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005378832345629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111979987950645626/comments/default/112005378832345629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html?showComment=1120053780000#c112005378832345629' title=''/><author><name>Michael Parker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01280355936107965244</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/when-i-say-as-i-have-been-known-to-do.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979987950645626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111979987950645626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2002640408"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry></feed>