<?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.post115512001712386461..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/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.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-115541290495887056</id><published>2006-08-12T16:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T16:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Simon&#39;s wonderful poetry can best be understood, I...</title><summary type='text'>Simon&#39;s wonderful poetry can best be understood, I think, as fragments. For instance, the &quot;tho&quot; in the last line, besides revealing a psychic hesitation (his poetry is full of such punctures), opens the piece to other ones around it.When I read &quot;More Winnowed Fragments,&quot; I experienced it as a single poem. Notice the word &quot;More,&quot; how it connects the book to Simon&#39;s earlier works, all of which, in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115541290495887056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115541290495887056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155412860000#c115541290495887056' title=''/><author><name>Murat</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02836769880615043852</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1717875951"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115540868180601155</id><published>2006-08-12T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A rough row you hoea tough tow althoughthe gruff a...</title><summary type='text'>A rough row you hoe&lt;BR/&gt;a tough tow although&lt;BR/&gt;the gruff and the sloe-&lt;BR/&gt;eyed laugh in the floe&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why go with the flow?&lt;BR/&gt;why flirt with the foe?&lt;BR/&gt;the gnostic may know&lt;BR/&gt;the dance of the doe&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;miraculous dough&lt;BR/&gt;now hangs from the bough!&lt;BR/&gt;the glee and the glow&lt;BR/&gt;are pleasure enow&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;[&quot;enow&quot; being an archaic variant for (but non-identical in pronunciation</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115540868180601155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115540868180601155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155408660000#c115540868180601155' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115538054990284440</id><published>2006-08-12T07:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T07:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Though, to my eye, will always rhyme with cough.&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Though, to my eye, will always rhyme with cough.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like the Swedish girl &lt;BR/&gt;I used to know, &lt;BR/&gt;whose plough was &#39;pluff&#39; &lt;BR/&gt;and tough was &#39;toe&#39;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115538054990284440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115538054990284440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155380520000#c115538054990284440' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115535544661816589</id><published>2006-08-12T00:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T00:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Brett,Though, to my eye, will always rhyme with co...</title><summary type='text'>Brett,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Though&lt;/I&gt;, to my eye, will always rhyme with &lt;I&gt;cough&lt;/I&gt;. Plus there is a long (and better) heritage using such abbreviations -- Olson, Duncan, Blackburn, etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So, I do agree, it&#39;s a matter of trust. I don&#39;t generally trust the &quot;proper,&quot; precisely because of its class pretensions. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115535544661816589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115535544661816589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155355440000#c115535544661816589' 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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115533351431107012</id><published>2006-08-11T17:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T17:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron writes &quot;tho,&quot; for &quot;though,&quot; which I suppose wo...</title><summary type='text'>Ron writes &quot;tho,&quot; for &quot;though,&quot; which I suppose works And is efficient, though somehow makes mee feel that he&#39;s being too blatantly hip Or lazy.  He also uses &quot;&amp;&quot; for &quot;and,&quot; which looks nifty, but seemingly would take more time than &quot;and&quot; because of the whole having to move your fingers up to the numbers row thing Combined with pressing down the shift key.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He also uses &#39;say&#39; the way a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115533351431107012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115533351431107012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155333480000#c115533351431107012' title=''/><author><name>Brett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09958984151677722851</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1222757787"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115533053402884285</id><published>2006-08-11T17:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T17:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Simon swings as few do, and his connections are as...</title><summary type='text'>Simon swings as few do, and his connections are as deep as his multvarious verses are lovely.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This recent conversation between Mr. Pettet and one of the grandest dames of American poetry, Joanne Kyger, es muy saboroso.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Joanne%20Kyger%20interview.htm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115533053402884285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115533053402884285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155330480000#c115533053402884285' title=''/><author><name>Harvey Bialy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09573743997757837546</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-117913527"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115532020026410535</id><published>2006-08-11T14:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T14:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Simon&#39;s nudge-nudge graceful hints and jabs are am...</title><summary type='text'>Simon&#39;s nudge-nudge graceful hints and jabs are among the loveliest sounds in poetry. His quicksilver language can flit by you before you&#39;ve realized what&#39;s happened, which is why it&#39;s a blessing that he always reads each poem twice during a reading. He&#39;s also one of my favorite people.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115532020026410535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115532020026410535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155320160000#c115532020026410535' title=''/><author><name>Tim Peterson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04933998770428587146</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1753046145"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115524515492567581</id><published>2006-08-10T17:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T17:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>agree about the ambiguity of subject, Mark; but a ...</title><summary type='text'>agree about the ambiguity of subject, Mark; but a small note about reading of the initial lines --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I prefer to read it not as a &quot;memo to self&quot; (with future tense), but more as a sort of statement of principle, or at least using the same present perfect case [I guess it&#39;s called] used for such, e.g.,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;tell a farmer there&#39;s new chickens in town, he gets excited&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;mention to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115524515492567581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115524515492567581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155245100000#c115524515492567581' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115523521503939627</id><published>2006-08-10T14:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T14:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes David, that&#39;s a possibility (why not?), though...</title><summary type='text'>Yes David, that&#39;s a possibility (why not?), though surely he has more than butterfly-catching in mind, as the second stanza suggests. The poem begins like a memo: &#39;mention to the girl in the vets about the butterflies&#39; (as if he&#39;s reminding himself to mention it as a chat-up line, perhaps as he&#39;s entering the vet&#39;s). Then we&#39;re in the breathless present tense from line 3, with that humourous </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115523521503939627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115523521503939627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155235200000#c115523521503939627' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115521838813095152</id><published>2006-08-10T09:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T09:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>perhaps the poet proposed a local excursion for th...</title><summary type='text'>perhaps the poet proposed a local excursion for the purpose of butterfly-catching; this (too) is a bit British, no?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115521838813095152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115521838813095152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155218340000#c115521838813095152' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115520541758002064</id><published>2006-08-10T06:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T06:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;There’s a remarkable power in that last parenthet...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;There’s a remarkable power in that last parenthetical word, even tho the word itself at first seems extraneous, perhaps even unnecessary. What in fact it captures is that flinching second thought familiar I would imagine to all of us.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not sure if I&#39;m missing something here; some idiomatic joke about butterflies and vets (there is such a thing as a &#39;butterfly vibrator&#39; for example).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115520541758002064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115520541758002064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155205380000#c115520541758002064' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115515881896334816</id><published>2006-08-09T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T17:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>(sorry if this is a duplicate post, but I think th...</title><summary type='text'>(sorry if this is a duplicate post, but I think there may have been an error the first time)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On &quot;the unhurried aspect of pastoral&quot;:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fair enough. But classical &quot;pastorals&quot; or bucolics (Theocritus, Bion&#39;s pastoral elegy virtually anchoring the genre) play off the very opposite tendency (and Theocritus and Bion, especially in the original Greek, are notable most of all for their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115515881896334816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115515881896334816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155158760000#c115515881896334816' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115513688477821225</id><published>2006-08-09T11:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T11:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>(a bit hasty for the &quot;publish&quot; button, the above l...</title><summary type='text'>(a bit hasty for the &quot;publish&quot; button, the above light-satire impromptu has been refined a tad and [in improved version] can be noted on my blog)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s interesting how any insight can seem astonishing with hints of the absurd.  This may apply as much to the Brad Leithauserian rhyme detective as to the Ron Sillimanian penultimate pre-period space trust-clincher.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115513688477821225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115513688477821225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155136860000#c115513688477821225' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115513482518197862</id><published>2006-08-09T10:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T10:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The space before the period !the ground for trust ...</title><summary type='text'>The space before the period !&lt;BR/&gt;the ground for trust there hovers ?&lt;BR/&gt;the words ( though few or myriad )&lt;BR/&gt;touch less essential matters &lt;BR/&gt;the food might pile on platters&lt;BR/&gt;but lacking salt , one&#39;s werièd&lt;BR/&gt;no score sans bullseye batters :&lt;BR/&gt;the space before the period !</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115513482518197862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115513482518197862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155134820000#c115513482518197862' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512944930731972</id><published>2006-08-09T09:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T09:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lovely quotations.  I&#39;m envious (the best evidence...</title><summary type='text'>Lovely quotations.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m envious (the best evidence of quality!).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115512944930731972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115512001712386461/comments/default/115512944930731972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html?showComment=1155129420000#c115512944930731972' 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/2006/08/photo-2003-by-john-tranter-by-any.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115512001712386461' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115512001712386461' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry></feed>