<?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.post114423480954930609..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/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.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>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114446192122754918</id><published>2006-04-07T22:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T22:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, Brent, what a sudden outpouring!I agree about...</title><summary type='text'>Wow, Brent, what a sudden outpouring!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree about the hidden, unexplored deeper issues of formality that Ron often glides over in dismissing so-called practitioners of &quot;Quietude.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think, for instance, that Williams and  Zukofsky are both more formally complex and interesting AT THE LEVEL of construction (as opposed to politics) than any of their &quot;formalist&quot; contemporaries.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114446192122754918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114446192122754918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144461900000#c114446192122754918' 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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114444806761014298</id><published>2006-04-07T18:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T18:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your response here, Ron, has a tip of the iceberg ...</title><summary type='text'>Your response here, Ron, has a tip of the iceberg feeling to it.  I&#39;d like to hear you talk more about when and where precision or exactitude, either in terms of prosody or philosophic argument, cross that line for you, and how you read the meaning of that resistance in yourself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think this might be an especially illuminating for those who feel your polemical, or at least provocative, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114444806761014298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114444806761014298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144448040000#c114444806761014298' title=''/><author><name>Brent Cunningham</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16244764572301596523</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-622900660"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114431437752689135</id><published>2006-04-06T05:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T05:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nice piece.----------------------------safecutt sa...</title><summary type='text'>nice piece.&lt;BR/&gt;----------------------------&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.safecutters.com/phpBB/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;safecutt says&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114431437752689135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114431437752689135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144314360000#c114431437752689135' title=''/><author><name>Jamire</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11657460121602491756</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-76501839"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114427115604225027</id><published>2006-04-05T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T17:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know...On Reading a Book of PoemsPick a co...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On Reading a Book of Poems&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Pick a color, any&lt;BR/&gt;color (remember, black&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;is not a color; white,&lt;BR/&gt;too, is not a color). - the &#39;too&#39; is overwriting (and disturbs the flow)...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Keep your selection in&lt;BR/&gt;mind &amp; on the tip of&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;your tongue; hold it, let it - the earlier colloquial (pick a color.., and &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the now cliche &#39;tip </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114427115604225027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114427115604225027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144271100000#c114427115604225027' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426905937513433</id><published>2006-04-05T16:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T16:30:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s no question Zukofsky was meticulous.  Howe...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s no question Zukofsky was meticulous.  However that may have been expressed in his life--some couples live lives of scrupulous attention to detail.  But the life of the mind is endlessly complex, and not to be measured in such terms.  Poetry likewise.  I never read an LZ poem without feeling his puckish mischief--there&#39;s always a sweet comedy or (contrarily) a dourness lurking between the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426905937513433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426905937513433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144269000001#c114426905937513433' 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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426905451688432</id><published>2006-04-05T16:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T16:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, I can buy that he might have had *some* book...</title><summary type='text'>Okay, I can buy that he might have had *some* books in plastic -- I know I keep a lot of old firsts in bags, as I suspect a lot of us do -- but examine the Meatyard photos of LZ &amp; CZ in NYC, and you&#39;ll see great banks of bookcases without plastic bags; and I&#39;ve seen room by room photos of their Port Jefferson place, with 100s &amp; 100s of non-plasticized books.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426905451688432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426905451688432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144269000000#c114426905451688432' title=''/><author><name>Mark Scroggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10241775268634437417</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-905168142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426731677450858</id><published>2006-04-05T16:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T16:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;prescision/tension&quot; ???  Am I reading the same po...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;prescision/tension&quot; ???  Am I reading the same poem.  In what ways are words like &quot;clarity&quot; or &quot;purity&quot; or &quot;oblivion&quot; or &quot;key&quot; precise?  To me it&#39;s the neatness and closed quality, as well as the fussy and predictable quality of the poem that reveal its weaknesses.  The praisers of this poem might find all their beloved qualities to the nth degree in Elizabeth Bishop--not to introduce her at the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426731677450858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426731677450858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144267260000#c114426731677450858' title=''/><author><name>myshkin2</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12334340208396536106</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-16179833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426526329621678</id><published>2006-04-05T15:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T15:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Being a long time friend of the author, I found yo...</title><summary type='text'>Being a long time friend of the author, I found your reading of his poems astute.  There is an intensity in Z. that those close to him savor and hate at the same time.  His quest for that precision and incredible understanding of form, comes from dilligent study, but in a way, hides core beauty that his mind is emersed in, like an extreme close up doesn&#39;t reveal the whole scene.  &lt;BR/&gt;A </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426526329621678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426526329621678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144265220000#c114426526329621678' title=''/><author><name>LopLop is dead</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08807547504936070545</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-702001370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426223439776293</id><published>2006-04-05T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T14:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark,That story comes directly from Creeley.Ron</title><summary type='text'>Mark,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That story comes directly from Creeley.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426223439776293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426223439776293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144262220000#c114426223439776293' 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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114426050116313352</id><published>2006-04-05T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T14:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MY GOD the coaching of the poem &quot;On Reading a Book...</title><summary type='text'>MY GOD the coaching of the poem &quot;On Reading a Book of Poems&quot; is fantastic!  Makes color something to savor, in fact I wasn&#39;t just keeping the idea of my selection on the tip of my tongue, you know what I mean?  You can get to the TASTE in all its temperature and texture.  This poem is the experience of color all at once, even makes you believe there are colors which are not colors.  This is great</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426050116313352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114426050116313352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144260480000#c114426050116313352' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114425465295712590</id><published>2006-04-05T12:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T12:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As one of Zach&#39;s blurbistes and a frequent contrib...</title><summary type='text'>As one of Zach&#39;s &lt;I&gt;blurbistes&lt;/I&gt; and a frequent contributor to his Cultural Society website, I&#39;m a bit hesitant to put in my two cents here.  Be that as it may, the tension you identify in his work has a long and honorable tradition, as you know.  What was it Pound said?  Dichten=Condensare?  Nothing wrong with a love of precision, or even perfectionism, as long as it doesn&#39;t become obsessive, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425465295712590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425465295712590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144254600000#c114425465295712590' title=''/><author><name>Norman Finkelstein</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03673105579717018812</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-282372784"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114425318278889125</id><published>2006-04-05T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T12:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeez, where do these crazy Zukofsky stories come f...</title><summary type='text'>Jeez, where do these crazy Zukofsky stories come from? For heaven&#39;s sake, they didn&#39;t even have plastic covers on the furniture, much less the books!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425318278889125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425318278889125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144253160000#c114425318278889125' title=''/><author><name>Mark Scroggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10241775268634437417</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-905168142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114425171886646194</id><published>2006-04-05T11:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T11:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I couldn&#39;t have said it better myself.  (And so, m...</title><summary type='text'>I couldn&#39;t have said it better myself.  (And so, mercifully, I won&#39;t try.)  But I will say that Among Other Things revived in me a love of poetry that had been dormant for over a decade.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425171886646194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114425171886646194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144251660000#c114425171886646194' title=''/><author><name>trampoline</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04492138184414517796</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-185454487"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114424911903385890</id><published>2006-04-05T10:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T10:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, yes, the tension between form and anti-form.  ...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, yes, the tension between form and anti-form.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Where have I heard this before?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114424911903385890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114424911903385890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144249080000#c114424911903385890' 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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114424490534672957</id><published>2006-04-05T09:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T09:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is the Silliman I come hear to read. Your hyp...</title><summary type='text'>This is the Silliman I come hear to read. Your hyper-text links were exceptional. Thank you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114424490534672957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114423480954930609/comments/default/114424490534672957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html?showComment=1144244880000#c114424490534672957' title=''/><author><name>Arago Press</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01854798848338540056</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/2006/04/it-was-only-when-i-began-to-put.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114423480954930609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114423480954930609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1658279969"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2006"/></entry></feed>