<?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.post114665576181394927..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/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.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-114720528093397679</id><published>2006-05-09T16:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T16:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Seriously, Bob, how long does it take to write a p...</title><summary type='text'>Seriously, Bob, how long does it take to write a page of poetry?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I mean, unless you&#39;re Alexander Pope and writing long narratives in rhymed couplets where every single syllable must be JUST SO, it&#39;s not an issue.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Professional poets will tell you there&#39;s a complete disconnect between the money they make &quot;in the business&quot; and their own work.  If that&#39;s true, then it doesn&#39;t matter</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114720528093397679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114720528093397679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1147205280000#c114720528093397679' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114717895965750524</id><published>2006-05-09T08:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T08:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>...by any standard one might measure it by, lack o...</title><summary type='text'>...by any standard one might measure it by, lack of employment in the field one is most engaged in seems to be an occupational hazard for the vast majority of poets. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You love it or you don&#39;t, and if you happen to have a lucky streak in that direction, your love provides you with enough external validation to pay the rent. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When was it otherwise?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114717895965750524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114717895965750524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1147178940000#c114717895965750524' title=''/><author><name>Gene Justice</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17566942042906153492</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-149448922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114712832926240084</id><published>2006-05-08T18:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T18:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poets don&#39;t need money?  Well, I suppose not, if t...</title><summary type='text'>Poets don&#39;t need money?  Well, I suppose not, if they are able to make all the poems they want in spite of the wear &amp; tear of whatever moronic 9 to 5 job they have to take to support themselves.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--Bob Grumman</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114712832926240084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114712832926240084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1147128300000#c114712832926240084' title=''/><author><name>Bob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06510873404741557897</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1366556700"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114712067303617936</id><published>2006-05-08T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T16:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry is not a commodity game, though it may be a...</title><summary type='text'>Poetry is not a commodity game, though it may be an artifact.  Poetry is always a loss-leader in the monetary sense.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We fund arts because it&#39;s &quot;good&quot; for us.  Baseball is a pastime, a luxury, not a public service.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poets DON&#39;T NEED MONEY AND TEACHING JOBS AND GRANTS and crowds of groupies to write!!! All you need is a writing instrument.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you sit and stew about </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114712067303617936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114712067303617936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1147120620000#c114712067303617936' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114678289600230008</id><published>2006-05-04T18:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T18:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good God!  Errand boy?  Just because in Exorcism 2...</title><summary type='text'>Good God!  Errand boy?  Just because in Exorcism 2 I have Kent descending from heaven in a Swan Boat?  You show the lack of sense of history typified by the New Critic and so reprehended here.  History’s inevitability was demonstrated by Ron’s post on the Enola Gay which, by showing that the embodiment of nuclear death has an aura that Ron felt when he saw it, and by mentioning the thought of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114678289600230008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114678289600230008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146782880000#c114678289600230008' 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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114676666324026886</id><published>2006-05-04T14:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T14:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve Evans has an interesting &amp; polemical essay c...</title><summary type='text'>Steve Evans has an interesting &amp; polemical essay called Free (Market) Verse, forthcoming in the Baffler #17, that digs even more extensively at some of the points Ron&#39;s post begins to make here.  (It was released briefly in preview format so I had a chance to read it, but now we must wait for the print edition it seems).  One crux of the essay boils down to the increasing reference at Poetry and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114676666324026886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114676666324026886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146766620000#c114676666324026886' title=''/><author><name>Brent Cunningham</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16244764572301596523</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-622900660"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114676276776928549</id><published>2006-05-04T13:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T13:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The nice thing about Joe becoming Kent Johnson’s e...</title><summary type='text'>The nice thing about Joe becoming Kent Johnson’s errand boy is there’s no one to accuse you of being a New Critic.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114676276776928549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114676276776928549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146762720000#c114676276776928549' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114674488578598526</id><published>2006-05-04T08:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T08:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The &quot;study&quot; seems like another thinly veiled attem...</title><summary type='text'>The &quot;study&quot; seems like another thinly veiled attempt at&lt;BR/&gt;partitioning, corralling &amp; coopting the poetry&lt;BR/&gt;movement...sorry if the word movement is too strong.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--- eb</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114674488578598526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114674488578598526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146744840000#c114674488578598526' title=''/><author><name>e b bortz</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200367019990457349</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1619371590"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114674454451836082</id><published>2006-05-04T08:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T08:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok, I know this is hard but there is a podcast in ...</title><summary type='text'>Ok, I know this is hard but there is a podcast in which you are in Castle Dracula attending the exorcism of Kent Johnson.  It may be found by going to the site above -- along with many other wonderful expressions of the spirit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andrei Codresceau is there.  He has invited me -- tho actually he invited the deceased composer who has the same name as I do.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A party.  What do I know?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114674454451836082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114674454451836082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146744540000#c114674454451836082' 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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114671935517195878</id><published>2006-05-04T01:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T01:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Explicit Rex, Mean Joe.Huh?</title><summary type='text'>Explicit Rex, Mean Joe.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Huh?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114671935517195878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114671935517195878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146719340000#c114671935517195878' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114669340991776605</id><published>2006-05-03T17:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T17:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>seems to me, Ron, you&#39;re adding to the omfusion - ...</title><summary type='text'>seems to me, Ron, you&#39;re adding to the omfusion - this critique of worthless &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;questionaires - spanning several entries - points more to you, than to them - &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you have fixed ideas - the boils are flexible - though I appreciate someone &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;trying to pit them against themselves...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;kudos on the CBS thing - what a feather...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;w.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114669340991776605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114669340991776605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146693360000#c114669340991776605' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114668860040088731</id><published>2006-05-03T16:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T16:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No, that is not what you said in Castle Dracula, C...</title><summary type='text'>No, that is not what you said in Castle Dracula, Curtis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The only way to find out is to listen -- as many have!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I feel sorry for Jimmy tho!  The humanity of it!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668860040088731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668860040088731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146688560000#c114668860040088731' 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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114668783078123145</id><published>2006-05-03T16:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T16:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of surveys (and comment thread stealing, ...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of surveys (and comment thread stealing, slightly), the full results from the Terrain.org survey are now available at:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.terrain.org/survey</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668783078123145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668783078123145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146687780000#c114668783078123145' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114668487178271489</id><published>2006-05-03T15:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T15:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>“No you can’t make it 101 pages, make it, like, 11...</title><summary type='text'>“No you can’t make it 101 pages, make it, like, 113.”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;“ ‘Challenge peoples’ perceptions’ Does that sound too strident? What do you think?”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;“Yo, Mr. ‘It’s ready for the foundation’  -- Prozac Users hasn’t been changed to Poetry Users in two places!  ‘Socializing by Prozac Users.’ Don’t you have ’replace all’?  That’s my ass your messing with, copy boy! ”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;“I figure </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668487178271489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668487178271489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146684840000#c114668487178271489' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114668043812664248</id><published>2006-05-03T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T14:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kent Johnson is a Ponzi Scheme.</title><summary type='text'>Kent Johnson is a Ponzi Scheme.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668043812664248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114668043812664248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146680400000#c114668043812664248' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114667795983151462</id><published>2006-05-03T13:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T13:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;According to the report, the Internet holds great...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;According to the report, the Internet holds great potential as a delivery system for poetry. &quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Aw, Jeez. Welcome to 1996.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m actually finding this study incredibly ironic. I can still remember the days when the greatest dream I could imagine for my own work was to &lt;I&gt;be&lt;/I&gt; the next &lt;I&gt;Poetry&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, it&#39;s all about getting to know your gods well enough to catch </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667795983151462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667795983151462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146677940000#c114667795983151462' title=''/><author><name>Gene Justice</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17566942042906153492</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-149448922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114667528492516286</id><published>2006-05-03T12:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T12:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One lesson I take away from this from the list of ...</title><summary type='text'>One lesson I take away from this from the list of most popular poems is that none of the poems include seabirds loud with dawn.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will avoid this phrase.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The biggest problem I see is that poetry broadcasting is not mentioned.  Hell, we have to bring poetry to the people.  I know that Poetry magazine is following the in the spirit of Carl Sandburg.  But we can&#39;t all play an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667528492516286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667528492516286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146675240000#c114667528492516286' 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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114667358916892198</id><published>2006-05-03T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T12:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s a market survey, like any business would do. ...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s a market survey, like any business would do.  Hint: Poetry as business.  Next comes advertising to the target markets, along with some new quarterly objectives for Chritian Wiman to increase sales via the opportunities identified in the report.  The question is, who is willing to buy poetry based on marketing?  Well, as some people have reminded me, everything else works that way - so why </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667358916892198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667358916892198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146673560000#c114667358916892198' title=''/><author><name>Curt Stump</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05608837179255456958</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321715709"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114667337821126735</id><published>2006-05-03T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T12:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i thot gary just meant &quot;people who plan poetry rea...</title><summary type='text'>i thot gary just meant &quot;people who plan poetry readings&quot; when he said &quot;poetry programmers,&quot; noting that the trad listing venues ignored the fest but it didn&#39;t make no nevermind?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667337821126735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667337821126735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146673320000#c114667337821126735' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114667039856118627</id><published>2006-05-03T11:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T11:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?who wrote that?and su...</title><summary type='text'>Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;who wrote that?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and surely accusations of creating coffee-table gift-ware apply to the whole business of limited and &quot;fine&quot; editions, which various avant-gardes has been more guilty of than anyone...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667039856118627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114667039856118627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146670380000#c114667039856118627' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16265963954337715983</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1136741023"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114666732162987686</id><published>2006-05-03T10:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T10:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think audience is important for those who crave ...</title><summary type='text'>I think audience is important for those who crave audience, or for those who crave professional literary advancement.  For the rest of us--hooked on the adventure and fascination with the act of reading and writing what, for want of a better word, is called &quot;poetry&quot;--such preoccupations seem beside the point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the rare book business, I have a casual colleague who insists the way to &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666732162987686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666732162987686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146667320000#c114666732162987686' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114666512153038829</id><published>2006-05-03T10:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T10:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The material you quoted inspired me to use an essa...</title><summary type='text'>The material you quoted inspired me to use an essay generating machine to create the following essay on poetry,because the prose seemed so similar:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;An essay on poetry&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Think back to the first time you ever heard of poetry. Underestimate poetry at your peril. Until recently considered taboo amongst polite society, its influence on western cinema has not been given proper </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666512153038829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666512153038829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146665100000#c114666512153038829' title=''/><author><name>debby florence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06419753101145639606</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1035335840"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114666415021380639</id><published>2006-05-03T09:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T09:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, but how far is the horrifying &quot;social expressi...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, but how far is the horrifying &quot;social expression product&quot; from the coinage &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://blog.wired.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=1470196&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bruce Sterling&lt;/A&gt; found in Gary Sullivan&#39;s report from the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://garysullivan.blogspot.com/2006/04/notes-from-flarf-festival-its_23.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Flarf Festival&lt;/A&gt;: &lt;I&gt;poetry-programmer&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How much like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666415021380639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666415021380639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146664140000#c114666415021380639' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114666162331421612</id><published>2006-05-03T09:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T09:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Poetry is an expert discourse written byprofessio...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Poetry is an expert discourse written by&lt;BR/&gt;professionals, distributed to, and read by a larger&lt;BR/&gt;group of non-specialists.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ultimate presumption indeed.  That&#39;s kind of fun though, that quote, which reminds me of a play I saw as a kid in school where a robot goes around a group of basket weavers to narrate to other robots about the skills required for the weaving of baskets.  And I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666162331421612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114665576181394927/comments/default/114666162331421612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html?showComment=1146661620000#c114666162331421612' 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/2006/05/week-ago-monday-i-noted-what-i-took-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114665576181394927' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114665576181394927' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry></feed>