<?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.post113612286986841359..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/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/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>76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113689869124877735</id><published>2006-01-10T08:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T08:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>.The Block is in this discussion loop..</title><summary type='text'>.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=922&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Block&lt;/A&gt; is in this discussion loop.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113689869124877735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113689869124877735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136898660000#c113689869124877735' title=''/><author><name>Rus Bowden</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693465679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113681182973624731</id><published>2006-01-09T08:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T08:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>.The Town has taken the discussion up beginning wi...</title><summary type='text'>.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Town has taken the discussion up beginning with this post:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.the-town.org/cgi-bin/motet/motet.cgi?show+-ulHZpy+-h+Arts.WritersCircle+58+75&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Outside World: {Arts.WritersCircle.58.75}&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;(You may need to get membership, because you will be asked to log in.  You can do that clicking in from the main page here:  &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113681182973624731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113681182973624731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136811780000#c113681182973624731' title=''/><author><name>Rus Bowden</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693465679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113677330911173810</id><published>2006-01-08T21:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-08T21:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear annie:Wandering in the woods on a snowy eveni...</title><summary type='text'>Dear annie:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wandering in the woods on a snowy evening, you forgot to clarify your original point, and got distracted by Pat Robertson.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree with absolutely everything you said about the religious cults and televangelists, except the part about Smirk the Jerk.  Little Georgie learned early--despite having an IQ of about 89--that the way to make hay was to follow the money </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113677330911173810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113677330911173810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136773260000#c113677330911173810' 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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113661613520351555</id><published>2006-01-07T01:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T01:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PSSS: Pat Robertson *loves* Joan Houlihan.</title><summary type='text'>PSSS: Pat Robertson *loves* Joan Houlihan.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661613520351555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661613520351555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136616120000#c113661613520351555' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113661600352496929</id><published>2006-01-07T01:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T01:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And just to be clear: the only ones who sound like...</title><summary type='text'>And just to be clear: the only ones who sound like empty-headed holier-than-thou Hezzbollah twits are the Open Mike Joan Houlihan Sign Me Up crowd. That you think you &quot;own&quot; what a poem is or that Poetry is aligned against you: more like across all aesthetics the poems you guys write suck and are kyptonite to most publishers and readers. I mean, unless your last name is Gluck little orphan you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661600352496929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661600352496929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136616000000#c113661600352496929' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113661008563154065</id><published>2006-01-07T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T00:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PS: To paraphrase the great David Rees: &quot;If being ...</title><summary type='text'>PS: To paraphrase the great David Rees: &quot;If being an elitist means I&#39;m not the dumbest motherfucker in the room, OK, I&#39;m an elitist.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Joan is either too dumb to figure poems out that aren&#39;t like fucking underhanded to her or not intellectually curious enough to actually find out traditions. Or just a sad old lady who has been taught 3 things in workshops and repeats them over and over </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661008563154065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113661008563154065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136610060000#c113661008563154065' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113660969711418871</id><published>2006-01-06T23:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T23:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well I call Joan&#39;s brand of poetry Deep Voice (tm)...</title><summary type='text'>Well I call Joan&#39;s brand of poetry Deep Voice (tm) or alternately Dog-Licking-Its-Own-Balls Poems. Or also Short Stories With Linebreaks. I&#39;ll take PRETENSION any day over poems that ride the short bus to school!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113660969711418871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113660969711418871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136609640000#c113660969711418871' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113659870773477150</id><published>2006-01-06T20:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T20:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;So the question: does it succeed on its own terms...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;&quot;So the question: does it succeed on its own terms, can never be answered if the terms are not revealed--and they are best revealed in the poem itself.&quot;&lt;/I&gt; [--robert]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That the poems were not to be read as more mainstream poems would be read seems evident soon into each. We can give the poems JH selected that much.  The poems may not ask to be given anything else, and don&#39;t have to. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113659870773477150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113659870773477150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136598660000#c113659870773477150' title=''/><author><name>Rus Bowden</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693465679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113659639663248701</id><published>2006-01-06T20:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T20:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I continue to be puzzled by the hostility toward H...</title><summary type='text'>I continue to be puzzled by the hostility toward Houlihan&#39;s witty incisions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wandering in the snowy woods today, still bemused by the motives behind the poetry nonsense, and aghast at the televised remarks of Pat Robertson, I put the latter to rest -- at least momentarily -- by concluding that Robertson and his ilk (Falwell, Jones, Moon, Hubbard -- cultists all) are no more religious </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113659639663248701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113659639663248701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136596380000#c113659639663248701' title=''/><author><name>Annie G.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14897571005877020943</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1322817421"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113655356243624450</id><published>2006-01-06T08:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T08:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s me making fun of one of Joan&#39;s poems atgre...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s me making fun of one of Joan&#39;s poems at&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;greatestlivingpoet.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;beware of my ass&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113655356243624450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113655356243624450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136553540000#c113655356243624450' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113655150573363260</id><published>2006-01-06T07:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T07:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>.Here&#39;s another blog entry with discussion on Houl...</title><summary type='text'>.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s another blog entry with discussion on Houlihan&#39;s article:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.livejournal.com/users/choriamb/431456.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Choriamb: Poetry News and Reviews&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113655150573363260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113655150573363260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136551500000#c113655150573363260' title=''/><author><name>Rus Bowden</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693465679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113647603280424170</id><published>2006-01-05T10:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T10:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>High heels is almost as enlightened as asking if I...</title><summary type='text'>High heels is almost as enlightened as asking if I was Iraqi and if I had a bomb strapped to my chest! Spice up your material, Bob Hope: it&#39;s *2006*! Stick your scare quotes up your high horse&#39;s anus and if you never posted on Silliman&#39;s Blog again would anybody sniffle? Survey Says: XXX.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113647603280424170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113647603280424170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136476020000#c113647603280424170' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113647418518634875</id><published>2006-01-05T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T10:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Your challenge is too generalized.  Are you asking...</title><summary type='text'>Your challenge is too generalized.  Are you asking for a definition of post-Modernist verse?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are a number of canonical texts to which I can refer you, starting with Charles Olson&#39;s pieces on &#39;Projectivism.&#39; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are others, by Zukofsky, Creeley, Duncan, Watten, Bernstein, not to speak of Ron&#39;s many piecemeal stabs at it here.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Isn&#39;t it just pomposity to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113647418518634875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113647418518634875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136474160000#c113647418518634875' 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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113644488690484121</id><published>2006-01-05T02:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T02:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis said ...  &quot;I think we all are very well awa...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis said ...  &quot;I think we all are very well aware of &#39;what she is trying to say.&#39;&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like Pogo, I find that very hard to believe.&lt;BR/&gt;But, setting that aside, can you elucidate &quot;... a context in which to &quot;read&quot; new experimental poetry,...&quot;? (Of the subject species, of course)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644488690484121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644488690484121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136444880000#c113644488690484121' title=''/><author><name>Annie G.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14897571005877020943</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1322817421"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113644159335867257</id><published>2006-01-05T01:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T01:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis--My disdain will squeeze your insolence lik...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My disdain will squeeze your insolence like a hot shoulderblade zit. I heard you used to be a poet. Wow. How&#39;s that working out?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644159335867257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644159335867257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136441580000#c113644159335867257' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113644151176419698</id><published>2006-01-05T01:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T01:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, annie g., &quot;your insolence can never hope to re...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, annie g., &quot;your insolence can never hope to reach the height of my disdain.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think we all are very well aware of &quot;what she is trying to say.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s the rub:  What are the implications of &quot;reviewing&quot; books of poetry, if your agenda is simply to dismiss their contents by applying standards which are irrelevant to them?  Accusing poets of practising glib non-syntactic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644151176419698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113644151176419698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136441460000#c113644151176419698' 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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113642208636702646</id><published>2006-01-04T19:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T19:48:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113642208636702646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113642208636702646'/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113641976817855816</id><published>2006-01-04T19:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T19:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dude, like the rest of your body I wouldn&#39;t know y...</title><summary type='text'>Dude, like the rest of your body I wouldn&#39;t know your ankle from a T-Bone. There should be a Poetics Anonymous to help reconcile cases like most everybody&#39;s here. The first step is to accept you&#39;re a loser nobody.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641976817855816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641976817855816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136419740000#c113641976817855816' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113641890641807096</id><published>2006-01-04T18:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T18:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;dispair&quot; is a misspelling -- one I&#39;ve been guilty...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;dispair&quot; is a misspelling -- one I&#39;ve been guilty of for decades.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641890641807096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641890641807096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136418900000#c113641890641807096' title=''/><author><name>Annie G.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14897571005877020943</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1322817421"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113641699164197848</id><published>2006-01-04T18:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T18:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Robert,I looked again: I&#39;m sorry, I just don&#39;t any...</title><summary type='text'>Robert,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I looked again: I&#39;m sorry, I just don&#39;t anything as generous as your &quot;See, see how much better they are?&quot; anywhere in the review. Here&#39;s how she evaluates her rearrangement:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The only connection here is between the breathing in saltwater and the fish, so those lines should stay together (though truthfully, they don’t need to). But all others may be exchanged, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641699164197848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641699164197848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136416980000#c113641699164197848' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113641136641558021</id><published>2006-01-04T16:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T16:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think it&#39;s Bob Dylan, Jim.Kirk -- yeah, I see th...</title><summary type='text'>I think it&#39;s Bob Dylan, Jim.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirk -- yeah, I see that.  Hey, we are even talking -- as opposed to the usual posturing (see above).   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Annie&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is &quot;dispair&quot; a pun? An allusion to Dis? A typo?  An unexpected grace?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641136641558021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641136641558021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136411340000#c113641136641558021' 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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113641055587224803</id><published>2006-01-04T16:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T16:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am still puzzled by the superior irrelevance of ...</title><summary type='text'>I am still puzzled by the superior irrelevance of most of these posts. They are of a family with the poems discussed in Houlihan&#39;s reviews, which I have read. Why does no one, with the exception of Robert, try to pay attention to what she is saying? Is it because there is some humour in it, so it doesn&#39;t sound like some academic pontification? In dispair of getting a cogent reply, I&#39;ll simply </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641055587224803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113641055587224803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136410500000#c113641055587224803' title=''/><author><name>Annie G.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14897571005877020943</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1322817421"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113640867394501534</id><published>2006-01-04T16:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T16:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh--are you Bob Perlman? Even better--your stuff a...</title><summary type='text'>Oh--are you Bob Perlman? Even better--your stuff always put me to sleep! Give it a rest, geezer--what Eric Baus knows you wish you&#39;d known 40 years ago!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640867394501534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640867394501534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136408640000#c113640867394501534' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113640857045254617</id><published>2006-01-04T16:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T16:02:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640857045254617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640857045254617'/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113640834406974535</id><published>2006-01-04T15:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T15:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A sense of Order? Eric Baus has more poetic power ...</title><summary type='text'>A sense of Order? Eric Baus has more poetic power twisted in the hairs of his navel than you do &quot;Robert&quot; in your entire anonymous body. Like, Joan? Is that you? Didn&#39;t you start this bullshit thread in the first place? No one was talking about Joan&#39;s dumb war against Rebecca Wolff--in fact, the only ones who seem to care about it here are the short and curly hairs on the lowliest of nobodies. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640834406974535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113612286986841359/comments/default/113640834406974535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html?showComment=1136408340000#c113640834406974535' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2006/01/ive-made-this-resolution-before-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113612286986841359' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113612286986841359' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry></feed>