<?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.post111668713401163798..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/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111713107659317833</id><published>2005-05-26T14:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T14:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a terrific blog!  I&#39;ll be a regular reader...</title><summary type='text'>This is a terrific blog!  I&#39;ll be a regular reader.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A great literary site I know of is Lucid Moon, which publishes a range of authors, both known and unknown, poetry and prose.  It also contains a lot of small press info and links to related sites.  &lt;BR/&gt;www.lucidmoonpoetry.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If anyone&#39;s interested, I invite them to check out my blog at http://jackphillipslowe.blogspot.com&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111713107659317833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111713107659317833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117131060000#c111713107659317833' title=''/><author><name>JPL</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14982299854404152051</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1225327819"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111713102870459074</id><published>2005-05-26T14:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T14:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The lone dissenter who shall not be named is a hoo...</title><summary type='text'>The lone dissenter who shall not be named is a hoot.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But really,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why shouldn&#39;t everybody be doing poetry secondarily?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111713102870459074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111713102870459074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117131000000#c111713102870459074' title=''/><author><name>Gary Norris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00740521432968426533</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1513187447"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111707416650445092</id><published>2005-05-25T22:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T22:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I blog because I must as anyone can see at my plac...</title><summary type='text'>I blog because I must as anyone can see at my place.  Yes, because I must.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A glance there will show you I am not post avant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111707416650445092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111707416650445092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117074120000#c111707416650445092' 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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111705536054112787</id><published>2005-05-25T17:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T17:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111705536054112787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111705536054112787'/><author><name>C. Dale</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14204146508430363337</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2079778882"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111705217082268048</id><published>2005-05-25T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T16:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m a publishing poet (new work coming out later t...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m a publishing poet (new work coming out later this year in Terminus and The Chiron Review) and my blog has become more popular than my website. I&#39;ve made so many contacts throughout the country and this has allowed me to feature at venues in NYC and LA (to name a few places) as well as meet poets I want to bring here to Atlanta for the reading I host and for my radio show. If blogs connect </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111705217082268048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111705217082268048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117052160000#c111705217082268048' title=''/><author><name>Collin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1318193204"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111703133321885097</id><published>2005-05-25T10:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T10:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,One big benefit of blogs that you often cite i...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One big benefit of blogs that you often cite is community. I started mine for another purpose altogether. I wanted to join the discourse, to be sure, but I wanted to bring something to it other than the public reinforcement of or approval from my peer group. I wasn&#39;t asking for or offering endorsement. I had the intention to discover something meaningful to me, to my process, and to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111703133321885097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111703133321885097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117031280000#c111703133321885097' title=''/><author><name>hackzkztv</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04809989461583195705</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1003761333"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111702462594498136</id><published>2005-05-25T08:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T08:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tim,Most (not all) of the early bloggers were gene...</title><summary type='text'>Tim,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Most (not all) of the early bloggers were generally post-avant, but there&#39;s no necessary aesthetic bias in the form itself (tho there might be just in the process of self-reflection). There have been quite a few bloggers added here in the past few months I would not hesitate to call SoQ, and indeed the last batch I added en masse about two weeks ago were mostly slam poets. So I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111702462594498136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111702462594498136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117024620000#c111702462594498136' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111700906962297466</id><published>2005-05-25T04:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T04:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>blog is it. the old ways r dune. o&#39;vr. 100 yrs. si...</title><summary type='text'>blog is it. the old ways r dune. o&#39;vr. 100 yrs. since 20 start. now fin. hangyerhts/love this blog&lt;BR/&gt;adds to discOurse.right. cheers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111700906962297466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111700906962297466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1117009020000#c111700906962297466' title=''/><author><name>jarmerose</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08517281588175409042</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-483306616"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111699611581976847</id><published>2005-05-25T00:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T00:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since Shanna cited me, I guess I&#39;ll jump in here.A...</title><summary type='text'>Since Shanna cited me, I guess I&#39;ll jump in here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are bloggers coming to dominate print publications?  Well, it makes sense that journals edited by bloggers would have more bloggers in them, if only because other bloggers come to know of the journal by reading the editor&#39;s blog (I did not know, for instance, of the existence of The Hat until every poetry blogger started talking about it)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111699611581976847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111699611581976847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116996060000#c111699611581976847' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10730690023556714690</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1539190931"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111698886919947330</id><published>2005-05-24T22:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T22:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>blogs can also be useful for circulating naked pic...</title><summary type='text'>blogs can also be useful for circulating naked pictures of oneself or ones favorite poets. one reason favorite poets don&#39;t get good late nite/mtv clout is lack of naked pictures circulating. forks, rabbits, weather veins...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111698886919947330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111698886919947330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116988860000#c111698886919947330' title=''/><author><name>Mike H</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18008007361237334363</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-616797262"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111698514648686864</id><published>2005-05-24T21:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T21:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogs are arguably the most important means for a ...</title><summary type='text'>Blogs are arguably the most important means for a poet to communicate with their audience, important because of the intensity and singularity of what they contain, the blog, in a manner of speaking, is a poem in progress. They provide a means by which one may observe the manner in which a poet writes his or her own life. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poet&#39;s blogs mark a profound shift of attitude, and are helping to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111698514648686864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111698514648686864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116985140000#c111698514648686864' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Sendecki</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10629793042887940161</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1697163837"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111697848614932110</id><published>2005-05-24T19:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T19:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What&#39;s interesting is putting blogging in the larg...</title><summary type='text'>What&#39;s interesting is putting blogging in the larger context of the internet and poetry. What we think of as a &quot;web log&quot;, certainly, was possible with HTML from the early days of the graphical World Wide Web. It just wasn&#39;t very easy to do (though some were keeping online journals around that time). At the same time, I think blogs are just a refinement, through trial and error, of what people </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111697848614932110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111697848614932110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116978480000#c111697848614932110' title=''/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03049048345775521449</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1398879552"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111697175350229604</id><published>2005-05-24T17:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T17:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>sex machineIf you&#39;re referring to my question, I d...</title><summary type='text'>sex machine&lt;BR/&gt;If you&#39;re referring to my question, I don&#39;t at all think contacts gain acceptance, but they certainly do increase the chances of an actual read, which is nice. The editors I&#39;ve come to know have no problems at all rejecting one of my poems if it doesn&#39;t fit the issue or if they just think it&#39;s lousy:-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111697175350229604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111697175350229604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116971700000#c111697175350229604' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696998381031870</id><published>2005-05-24T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T17:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The quality of the work across the board is just ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The quality of the work across the board is just not as interesting as it once was, which is, perhaps, the fault of the blogs...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;does not follow? your &quot;seems&quot; are showing (and telling) the strain of that stretch. the activities of blogging and poem-writing are (for most of us) separate activities, like tim yu recently observed. the relationship of blog-by-poet to poem-by-blogger bears </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696998381031870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696998381031870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116969960000#c111696998381031870' 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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696769338543663</id><published>2005-05-24T16:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T16:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, I’ll be the lone voice of dissent here. I re...</title><summary type='text'>Okay, I’ll be the lone voice of dissent here. I read through the new issue of The Hat and think it’s gone quite downhill. The quality of the work across the board is just not as interesting as it once was, which is, perhaps, the fault of the blogs, of the way in which they’re able to fuel a cult of personality that seems to be more substantial then the poetry it produces, and which seems to turn </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696769338543663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696769338543663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116967680000#c111696769338543663' title=''/><author><name>no name</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03358608057485083027</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1025184539"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696751273095896</id><published>2005-05-24T16:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T16:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging does have a lighter side.  Then -- the mo...</title><summary type='text'>Blogging does have a lighter side.  Then -- the moon!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696751273095896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696751273095896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116967500000#c111696751273095896' 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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696354990287965</id><published>2005-05-24T15:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T15:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CARVE is an excellent magazine. I haven&#39;t seen the...</title><summary type='text'>CARVE is an excellent magazine. I haven&#39;t seen the new Hat yet, but have heard good things about it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As far as who publishes whom, I can weigh in, based on my own experiences as an editor for a journal that Ron would probably label &quot;SOQ&quot; (The Northwest Review) and for the newish journal _The Canary_.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At NWR nobody is ever solicited. All work comes from the slush pile. We end up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696354990287965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696354990287965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116963540000#c111696354990287965' title=''/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15550481318869019893</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-501229996"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696222048966269</id><published>2005-05-24T15:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T15:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi,I&#39;m a newbie blogger. Dropped by your site and ...</title><summary type='text'>Hi,&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m a newbie blogger. Dropped by your site and liked what I saw. I think I will become a regular. I am very interested in what blogging has been doing to poetry! &lt;BR/&gt;Best,&lt;BR/&gt;Nitoo Das.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696222048966269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696222048966269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116962220000#c111696222048966269' title=''/><author><name>~River~</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15632551517409658722</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1577373744"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111696050847380994</id><published>2005-05-24T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes! We should all start blogs and web journals, n...</title><summary type='text'>Yes! We should all start blogs and web journals, network and solicit from editors of other journals so that we can get published based upon who we know rather than actual talent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696050847380994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111696050847380994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116960480000#c111696050847380994' title=''/><author><name>Jason Bredle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18375914505959697747</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-670432993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111695722418580357</id><published>2005-05-24T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T13:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A quick glance at the Walt Whitman list suggests t...</title><summary type='text'>A quick glance at the Walt Whitman list suggests that, as is always the case with awards, it is Tony Tost who brings honor to the Walt Whitman awards, not the other way around. Whatever social impact this award had when it assured trade press publication has long since dissipated.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A&gt;http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/110&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695722418580357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695722418580357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116957180000#c111695722418580357' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111695483318238281</id><published>2005-05-24T13:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T13:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>RonThanks for your answer. Yes, I guess you&#39;re rig...</title><summary type='text'>Ron&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for your answer. Yes, I guess you&#39;re right about the dealing with rejection bit:-) I only started writing poetry in 1999, so I&#39;m a late starter compared to most, since I started at a far older age than any other poets I know who are serious about their writig--as I am. And yes, first two years, all rejections (well deserved), then gradually more and more acceptances and then some </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695483318238281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695483318238281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116954780000#c111695483318238281' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111695307291554001</id><published>2005-05-24T12:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T12:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i agree (in case anybody cares) that the hat and c...</title><summary type='text'>i agree (in case anybody cares) that the hat and carve are most excellent journals. i look forward to them. and i think the bulk of the new hat in relation to the older hats might be explained by the fact that the editors state they&#39;ve started, with this issue, to publish once a year (rather than twice)?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695307291554001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695307291554001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116953040000#c111695307291554001' 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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111695046984662000</id><published>2005-05-24T12:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T12:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As ever, there exist publication outlets tailored ...</title><summary type='text'>As ever, there exist publication outlets tailored to every sort of poetry writer.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Some journals are coterie rags; some are not.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Some journals publish good work; some do not.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Full disclosure: My work appears in the HAT because one of the editors, a friend, asked me for some poems.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I enjoy reading the HAT and would eventually have sent work there whether I&#39;d met </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695046984662000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111695046984662000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116950460000#c111695046984662000' title=''/><author><name>S.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07807353337376020652</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982865008"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111694948170821352</id><published>2005-05-24T11:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T11:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For better or worse, blogging is currently a relat...</title><summary type='text'>For better or worse, blogging is currently a relatively easy way to accrue cultural capital within certain communities. Whether or not this is one&#39;s intention (to further one&#39;s &#39;career&#39;) - &amp; I would assume in most cases that&#39;s not the blogger&#39;s primary intent - it seems that more than a few writers&#39; careers have been advanced solely via blogging. From the editorial side of things, it&#39;s easier to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111694948170821352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111694948170821352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116949440000#c111694948170821352' title=''/><author><name>dbuuck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03761833911183265443</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214706708"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111694267201726045</id><published>2005-05-24T09:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T09:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging can give a huge advantage in becoming kno...</title><summary type='text'>Blogging can give a huge advantage in becoming known.  For example, I am put in the same category here as Tony Tost, who won the Walt Whitman award.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111694267201726045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668713401163798/comments/default/111694267201726045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html?showComment=1116942660000#c111694267201726045' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/2005/05/jordan-davis-somewhere-in-west-village.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668713401163798' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668713401163798' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry></feed>