<?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.post113395783052463447..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/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.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>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114917478412195215</id><published>2006-06-01T11:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T11:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok!Thanks for this cool blog: http://www.superlong...</title><summary type='text'>Ok!Thanks for this cool blog: http://www.superlongpenis.go.ro</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/114917478412195215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/114917478412195215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1149174780000#c114917478412195215' title=''/><author><name>cyril</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11908672496776093869</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1644053235"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456481908011287</id><published>2005-12-14T07:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T07:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Tom--I will. Coolidge is a blast.Andy</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Tom--I will. Coolidge is a blast.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113456481908011287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113456481908011287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134564780000#c113456481908011287' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 14, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113449887698925917</id><published>2005-12-13T13:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-13T13:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>andy,in response to your statement that &quot;Also, I&#39;v...</title><summary type='text'>andy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;in response to your statement that &quot;Also, I&#39;ve, y&#39;know, never seen a poem that&#39;s just a list of funny names like this,&quot; check out the following by clark coolidge -- of whom dipalma once wrote: &quot;in the poetry of clark coolidge, fulgence is dugle&quot; (dipalma&#39;s contribution to the stations symposium on coolidge that ron edited back in the 1970s).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Collected Names&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;http://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113449887698925917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113449887698925917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134498840000#c113449887698925917' title=''/><author><name>tmorange</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13540323590390887131</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-348262623"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113447971373515501</id><published>2005-12-13T08:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-13T08:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DiPalma&#39;s wonderful stuff has also appeared in rec...</title><summary type='text'>DiPalma&#39;s wonderful stuff has also appeared in recent issues of Harvard Review, and he also read at Harvard a couple of years ago.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113447971373515501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113447971373515501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134479700000#c113447971373515501' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113411960722480493</id><published>2005-12-09T04:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T04:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what does &quot;textual surfaces&quot; mean?i&#39;m not trying t...</title><summary type='text'>what does &quot;textual surfaces&quot; mean?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m not trying to be difficult. people often use this type of expression but seldom explain it....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ps [hey p francis, nice pic, do you ever come to taipei? [smile</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113411960722480493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113411960722480493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134119580000#c113411960722480493' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113406596552362635</id><published>2005-12-08T13:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T13:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree. They put out some great fiction as well.</title><summary type='text'>I agree. They put out some great fiction as well.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113406596552362635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113406596552362635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134065940000#c113406596552362635' title=''/><author><name>Patry Francis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01352168828858437085</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310562406"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113405516484261068</id><published>2005-12-08T10:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T10:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>andy --I should have been clearer regarding the Jo...</title><summary type='text'>andy --&lt;BR/&gt;I should have been clearer regarding the Joyce, Oxen of the Sun reference: I&#39;ve only been able to &quot;understand/appreciate&quot; Joyce in the Listening.  Naxos AudioBooks has a 22 CD set of Jim Norton/with Marcella Riordan reading the entire book (to perfection) -- Listening to the Oxen of the Sun chapter is, to use the oft used term: Musical.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anonymous is axe-grinding.  Pay no </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113405516484261068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113405516484261068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134055140000#c113405516484261068' 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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113404686231126761</id><published>2005-12-08T08:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T08:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>anonymous I just read these things - such as di Pa...</title><summary type='text'>anonymous &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I just read these things - such as di Palma&#39;s naming poem above &lt;BR/&gt;- sure I see connections -but it&#39;s the same delight I got as a child reading Edward Lear -and &quot;nonsense&quot; is never non sense - there is a point where you do indeed &quot;go over into&quot; magic -this is not to say di Palma isn&#39;t telling us something profound (or not) -or that he is a &#39;great&#39; poet or that you or another</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113404686231126761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113404686231126761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134046860000#c113404686231126761' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113404464565262136</id><published>2005-12-08T07:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T07:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I like ray di palma also -didn&#39;t he write that fun...</title><summary type='text'>I like ray di palma also -didn&#39;t he write that funny piece - &quot;Writing Degree Zero&quot;? (of course it refers to Barthes but I was thinking the other day - how exactly? - (I read Barthes but forgot his thesis -exactly ) - I  stole some ideas from  Writing Degree Zero (I think di Palma was the author)...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113404464565262136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113404464565262136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134044640000#c113404464565262136' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403962662661080</id><published>2005-12-08T06:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T06:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, &#39;elegance&#39; is an in-opportune word to use (o...</title><summary type='text'>Well, &#39;elegance&#39; is an in-opportune word to use (of sorts) in reference to Palmer. I&#39;m not un-aware that it is, let&#39;s call it an accusation, often used when attempting to signal what may or may not be going on in his work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe I first heard this &#39;accusation&#39; referenced by Peter Gizzi in his _Exact Change_ interview with Palmer well over a decade ago.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I cannot as of yet</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403962662661080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403962662661080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134039600000#c113403962662661080' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403750632081998</id><published>2005-12-08T05:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T05:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>But, &quot;Anonymous,&quot; it isn&#39;t better as conversation ...</title><summary type='text'>But, &quot;Anonymous,&quot; it &lt;I&gt;isn&#39;t&lt;/I&gt; better as conversation than as art, for me, or for Wietor... rather the opposite. Why do you feel such a ferocious need for us to justify our love of it? That&#39;s a genuine question. &quot;It&quot; could be replaced by names of people, and it would be a relevant question in many spheres of life, I think... with different answers, depending on the substitution.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Must </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403750632081998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403750632081998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134037500000#c113403750632081998' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403631277863860</id><published>2005-12-08T05:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T05:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well...I tend to like that poem.  The ones Ron quo...</title><summary type='text'>Well...I tend to like that poem.  The ones Ron quotes in the blogentry fail to amaze me though.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Lagoon poem is quite the little impressionistic piece....all water lillies and pointalistic fantasies.  Well done.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403631277863860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113403631277863860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134036300000#c113403631277863860' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113402120080540055</id><published>2005-12-08T00:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T00:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The fact that there&#39;s [nothing else but names] ma...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The fact that there&#39;s [nothing else but names] makes it a concentrated meeting of what I can only call &#39;different stuff&#39;.&quot;  True, but you could just as easily group this stuff under a name different than &quot;different stuff,&quot; such as &quot;purposeless stuff,&quot; or &quot;stuff better to have a conversation about than present as a work of art.&quot;  We agree that here we see &quot;the function of names, without anything </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113402120080540055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113402120080540055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134021180000#c113402120080540055' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113402046296414672</id><published>2005-12-08T00:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T00:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;sonic delights&quot; : yes. there&#39;s a scene in Amadeus...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;sonic delights&quot; : yes. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there&#39;s a scene in Amadeus where Salieri picks up Mozart manuscripts and looks in shocked awe (tinged with divine terror) at the neat and tidy notes on the page; on the soundtrack each of the pieces is heard (as if by magic).  this element of &quot;hearing&quot; the DiPalma manuscript by simply looking at it presents itself clearly (almost like &quot;understanding the poem by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113402046296414672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113402046296414672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134020460000#c113402046296414672' 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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113401969667583688</id><published>2005-12-08T00:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T00:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That names poem reminds me of the &quot;Policeman&#39;s Bal...</title><summary type='text'>That names poem reminds me of the &quot;Policeman&#39;s Ball&quot; game on &lt;I&gt;I&#39;m Sorry I Haven&#39;t a Clue&lt;/I&gt; (classic BBC Radio 4 comedy show.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113401969667583688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113401969667583688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134019680000#c113401969667583688' title=''/><author><name>Simon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03035545713190516583</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113400414703548964</id><published>2005-12-07T20:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T20:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Also, I&#39;ve, y&#39;know, never seen a poem that&#39;s just ...</title><summary type='text'>Also, I&#39;ve, y&#39;know, never seen a poem that&#39;s just a list of funny names like this. The fact that there&#39;s nothing else makes it a concentrated meeting of what I can only call &quot;different stuff:&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The function of names, here without anything to fill them out.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The contexts this reminds one of (a gossip column, for instance: &quot;In attendance were...&quot;). This makes it even funnier. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113400414703548964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113400414703548964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134004140000#c113400414703548964' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113400352391456944</id><published>2005-12-07T19:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T19:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the &quot;how&quot; is in the doing; the ability &quot;to do&quot; is ...</title><summary type='text'>the &quot;how&quot; is in the doing; the ability &quot;to do&quot; is magic; the magic delight is its own light and this poem is loaded with light therefore it&#39;s a done deal: just a &quot;few words&quot; have been used to perfection to call down the Norse Gods of Poetry; next question.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113400352391456944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113400352391456944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1134003480000#c113400352391456944' 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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113399780478074028</id><published>2005-12-07T18:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T18:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How is this poem, THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAGOON, an...</title><summary type='text'>How is this poem, THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAGOON, anything else than just a list of funny names?  What makes it &#39;delicious&#39; and &#39;delightful&#39; and not inane?  I&#39;m assuming that the above section is the full poem and not an excerpt.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113399780478074028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113399780478074028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133997780000#c113399780478074028' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113398625879517311</id><published>2005-12-07T15:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T15:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The East Village:http://www.theeastvillage.com/tte...</title><summary type='text'>The East Village:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.theeastvillage.com/tten/dipalma/p2.htm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398625879517311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398625879517311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133986200000#c113398625879517311' 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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113398479656851005</id><published>2005-12-07T14:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T14:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, that&#39;s delightful. Where does that poem resi...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, that&#39;s delightful. Where does that poem reside?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398479656851005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398479656851005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133984760000#c113398479656851005' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113398360282292387</id><published>2005-12-07T14:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T14:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is magically delicious:THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE ...</title><summary type='text'>This is magically delicious:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAGOON&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mr Zeuch and his wife Mustafabelle&lt;BR/&gt;The Quinzies and the Pargs&lt;BR/&gt;Lord and Lady Foote-Smythe&lt;BR/&gt;The Baallgs and their daughters&lt;BR/&gt;Margareet and Gritae Baallg-Syffert&lt;BR/&gt;The Rhuele twins Hoost and Byle&lt;BR/&gt;And their cousins Leff and Lugre Wettewin&lt;BR/&gt;The Right Reverend Elvira Klaww and her niece&lt;BR/&gt;Benedicta</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398360282292387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398360282292387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133983560000#c113398360282292387' 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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113398159034969111</id><published>2005-12-07T13:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T13:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ron, this is amazing, beautiful stuff.  whenever y...</title><summary type='text'>ron, this is amazing, beautiful stuff.  whenever you can feed me (us) tactile/material syntax/poetry like this, mmm.  if you like ray&#39;s &quot;image sets&quot; here you might like &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://ferrumwheel.blogspot.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ferrum wheel&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.looktouch.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jessica&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398159034969111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113398159034969111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133981580000#c113398159034969111' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113397796914275518</id><published>2005-12-07T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T12:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I believe I know a few as hot and cool.  And I che...</title><summary type='text'>I believe I know a few as hot and cool.  And I checked with Christopher Ricks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113397796914275518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113397796914275518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133977920000#c113397796914275518' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113397700340825158</id><published>2005-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The afternoon grabs a corner of the room With lef...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The afternoon grabs a corner of the room With left-handed resolution&lt;BR/&gt;And so it is to be watched&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is from Di Palma&#39;s &quot;Hotel Des Ruines,&quot; something I came across by accident about ten years ago while house sitting in Philadelphia.  I&#39;ve never been a big fan of the American Poetry Review, but Di Palma had eight of these poems in the issue, and they were SO startling, SO beautiful,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113397700340825158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113395783052463447/comments/default/113397700340825158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html?showComment=1133976960000#c113397700340825158' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/2005/12/image-set-by-ray-dipalma-from-east.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395783052463447' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113395783052463447' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry></feed>