<?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.post116186433426790159..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/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116218427393843053</id><published>2006-10-29T23:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T23:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Too much said about such a slight poem.I remember ...</title><summary type='text'>Too much said about such a slight poem.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I remember poems like Thomas&#39;s &lt;I&gt;A refusal to mourn ...&lt;/I&gt; or Frost&#39;s poems, both, about which much could be said, but this poem, to write about it like you&#39;ve all done, it&#39;s like writing a detailed analysis of the emperor&#39;s new clothes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There is really nothing there.  Nothing really worth writing about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sorry to disagree.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116218427393843053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116218427393843053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1162184220000#c116218427393843053' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116198924517945439</id><published>2006-10-27T18:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T18:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve been to a Joe reading.  It stoked my fires.</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve been to a Joe reading.  It stoked my fires.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116198924517945439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116198924517945439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161989220000#c116198924517945439' title=''/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15550481318869019893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-501229996"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116197591502258260</id><published>2006-10-27T15:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T15:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>But has Jesus forgiven you?Any new tattoos?</title><summary type='text'>But has Jesus forgiven you?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Any new tattoos?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116197591502258260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116197591502258260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161975900000#c116197591502258260' 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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116196352328217541</id><published>2006-10-27T11:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T11:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron - ever go to a reading of Joe&#39;s?Word verificat...</title><summary type='text'>Ron - ever go to a reading of Joe&#39;s?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Word verification: nhmmmm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116196352328217541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116196352328217541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161963480000#c116196352328217541' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116191380707876749</id><published>2006-10-26T21:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T21:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have forgiven Jesus!</title><summary type='text'>I have forgiven Jesus!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116191380707876749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116191380707876749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161913800000#c116191380707876749' title=''/><author><name>andy mr.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13537015322710124840</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1171801131"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116190236252578044</id><published>2006-10-26T18:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T18:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The poem could also be read in terms of an erotic ...</title><summary type='text'>The poem could also be read in terms of an erotic trope, I suppose.  But the red &quot;tethered&quot; edge, yes, suggests the berry-edge (tethered to its bushes), though I seem to have ideas about what tethers a visual image to memory; is it the more personal experience (as in, eating / tongue-numbing in case of semi-poisonous berries) of what&#39;s also seen afar, that tethers it, ties it into the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116190236252578044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116190236252578044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161902340000#c116190236252578044' 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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116189671890189478</id><published>2006-10-26T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T17:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A nice minimal garnished with a bit of sugar.  Enj...</title><summary type='text'>A nice minimal garnished with a bit of sugar.  Enjoyed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hope ya all check out my new blog... Poetry Is.  www.poetry-is@blogspot.com.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s new and I&#39;m new at blogging.  Suggestions welcome.  Best to all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116189671890189478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116189671890189478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161896700000#c116189671890189478' title=''/><author><name>S. Thomas Summers</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01387201247417012193</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1708357114"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116189203617970261</id><published>2006-10-26T15:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T15:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What could be more emphatically a &quot;usual presentat...</title><summary type='text'>What could be more emphatically a &quot;usual presentation of poetry as a genteel affair&quot; than the &quot;gorgeous cover,&quot; the &quot;dark red ink,&quot; the &quot;maroon sheets&quot; and &quot;slightly buff pages&quot; of Massey&#39;s chap? Double standard alert! Double standard alert! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;John Latta</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116189203617970261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116189203617970261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161892020000#c116189203617970261' title=''/><author><name>Isola di Rifiuti</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01215219604418390000</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-403606533"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116188508903035446</id><published>2006-10-26T13:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T13:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116188508903035446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116188508903035446'/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116187788806294467</id><published>2006-10-26T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T11:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The other subliminal meaning is the literal connec...</title><summary type='text'>The other subliminal meaning is the literal connection the (red) berries have to the red hill--the berries make it red--and the connection is to the voice (and tongue) of the poet, whose tongue is not only numbed (and reddened) by the berries, but who is also im-pressed in consequence by the hill&#39;s red.  Sunset is also suggested.  I had the same irrational sense of serration as the horizon&#39;s (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116187788806294467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116187788806294467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161877860000#c116187788806294467' 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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116187135026478733</id><published>2006-10-26T10:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T10:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The berries are what&#39;s tethered, as if tied to bus...</title><summary type='text'>The berries are what&#39;s tethered, as if tied to bushes or trees, maybe even with the impression that otherwise they&#39;d float away.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They stand out as the edge because of their striking color.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Eddie</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116187135026478733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116187135026478733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161871320000#c116187135026478733' title=''/><author><name>eddie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16083372549689613180</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1970787148"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186910925985952</id><published>2006-10-26T09:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T09:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Am I missing something? The berries are tethered t...</title><summary type='text'>Am I missing something? The berries are tethered to bushes, no? (Ahem--&#39;imprecision&#39;?)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116186910925985952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116186433426790159/comments/default/116186910925985952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html?showComment=1161869100000#c116186910925985952' title=''/><author><name>sprague</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08214856877448492486</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/2006/10/in-addition-to-wonderful-tribute-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116186433426790159' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116186433426790159' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1746242229"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry></feed>