<?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.post113206395916718349..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/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5678218225372267869</id><published>2010-07-03T06:02:13.538-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T06:02:13.538-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Words, rich and dense, heavy with oily design. Tha...</title><summary type='text'>Words, rich and dense, heavy with oily design. Thank you for this surprising page of lush brain grease.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/5678218225372267869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/5678218225372267869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1278151333538#c5678218225372267869' title=''/><author><name>Moonchild</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13223509982245972792</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2116304321"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311257571370501</id><published>2005-11-27T12:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T12:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Apologies for my idiosyncratic and almost less tha...</title><summary type='text'>Apologies for my idiosyncratic and almost less than interesting response here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But,I continue to be astonished this tour-de-force &#39;review&#39; hasn&#39;t garnered more comments. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe it makes quite an impression,this &#39;review&#39;, but perhaps doesn&#39;t issue forth a &#39;natural&#39;, immediate response by readers. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(However, the &#39;quick&#39; response, the &#39;native&#39;, in Oppen&#39;s sense of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113311257571370501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113311257571370501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1133112540000#c113311257571370501' 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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113270228814519080</id><published>2005-11-22T18:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T18:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I donot think that using transitional words makes ...</title><summary type='text'>I donot think that using transitional words makes a poem read as narrtive; it just makes it read with idiomatic phrasing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113270228814519080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113270228814519080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132702260000#c113270228814519080' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113237842369828511</id><published>2005-11-19T00:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-19T00:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s particularly useful/helpful to s...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s particularly useful/helpful to say ...&quot;as dense and more faceted than, say, Zukofsky&#39;s 80 Flowers&quot;....As Asa Benveniste had written of that text: ...&quot;he never minimised his pursuit of the complexities of his language.  He always went far beyond Pound or Bunting and this one is the ultimate purity of word, without any waste, with a minimum, if any, use of the transitions we all </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113237842369828511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113237842369828511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132378380000#c113237842369828511' title=''/><author><name>alvarodecampos2</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18441777515788124111</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-143247388"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113233041880907459</id><published>2005-11-18T11:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T11:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, these are great poems and in a way I&#39;m glad h...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, these are great poems and in a way I&#39;m glad he wrote them before I could get it in my head to try</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113233041880907459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113233041880907459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132330380000#c113233041880907459' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113231848055787310</id><published>2005-11-18T07:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T07:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I loved this post. Thank you so for giving me the ...</title><summary type='text'>I loved this post. Thank you so for giving me the pleasure of reading that beautiful sonnet</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113231848055787310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113231848055787310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132318440000#c113231848055787310' title=''/><author><name>Renee Wagemans</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13744468339480337662</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2031923779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113226319363111257</id><published>2005-11-17T16:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T16:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Then Ron felt like some watcher of the skies    Wh...</title><summary type='text'>Then Ron felt like some watcher of the skies&lt;BR/&gt;    When a new planet swims into his ken;&lt;BR/&gt;Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes&lt;BR/&gt;    He star&#39;d at the Pacific--and all his men&lt;BR/&gt;Look&#39;d at each other with a wild surmise--&lt;BR/&gt;    Silent, upon a peak in Darien.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113226319363111257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113226319363111257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132263180000#c113226319363111257' 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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113224832752318743</id><published>2005-11-17T12:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T12:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CXLVII  is magnificent.  I agree.</title><summary type='text'>CXLVII  is magnificent.  I agree.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113224832752318743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113224832752318743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132248300000#c113224832752318743' title=''/><author><name>Nada</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113224551477296323</id><published>2005-11-17T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T11:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>envy is certainly understandable in this casereadi...</title><summary type='text'>envy is certainly &lt;BR/&gt;understandable &lt;BR/&gt;in this case&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;reading the long poem&lt;BR/&gt;I felt a twinge of it&lt;BR/&gt;myself&lt;BR/&gt;coming out in the&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;gee wish I&#39;d writ that. . . &quot; form</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113224551477296323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113206395916718349/comments/default/113224551477296323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html?showComment=1132245480000#c113224551477296323' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</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/2005/11/very-first-page-is-so-strong-it-nearly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113206395916718349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113206395916718349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry></feed>