<?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.post137490258663759382..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/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.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>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2683480221233760756</id><published>2008-03-17T09:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T09:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, I had never heard of Comrade Fatso. I ha...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, I had never heard of Comrade Fatso. I had heard a horrific tale on NPR about the monstrous inflation rate in Zimbabwe and how Mugabe was having his opposition killed, and how he was a racist who had targeted white property.  I&#39;m deeply happy to hear that someone has been able to stand up to him, even if only in the musical genre.  I&#39;m for a pluralist state.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for digging</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/2683480221233760756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/2683480221233760756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205759880000#c2683480221233760756' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618248412633349616</id><published>2008-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirbs, you&#39;re jealous that Comrade Fatso is a more...</title><summary type='text'>Kirbs, you&#39;re jealous that Comrade Fatso is a more convincing critic of Mugabe than you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/1618248412633349616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/1618248412633349616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205714640000#c1618248412633349616' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2443325020970759980</id><published>2008-03-16T20:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T20:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,You don&#39;t have to lecture me (or Ian, I am s...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You don&#39;t have to lecture me (or Ian, I am sure) about the disastrous regime of Robert Mugabe, but you do have to read the article I quoted from*, from ZimOnline, &quot;Zimbabwe&#39;s Independent News Agemcy&quot;. I should have mentioned the title--&quot;Zimbabwe&#39;s rebel artists target Mugabe&quot;. (10 March 2008) Comrade F. is fighting bravely against the situation that his country is enduring under </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/2443325020970759980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/2443325020970759980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205712600000#c2443325020970759980' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6905858354398872195</id><published>2008-03-16T16:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T16:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Zimbabwe is a racist one-party state where Mugabe ...</title><summary type='text'>Zimbabwe is a racist one-party state where Mugabe has authorized the theft of property on the basis of race.  One-party states lead invariably to corruption because absolute power equals absolute corruption. Mugabe has destroyed all opposition to his rule, and this article appeared in the capital&#39;s newspaper.  It&#39;s not that hard to figure out Fatso&#39;s politics.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not surprised that Ian </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/6905858354398872195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/6905858354398872195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205700600000#c6905858354398872195' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7749582346154745639</id><published>2008-03-15T17:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T17:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is Curtis when you need him to clarify thing...</title><summary type='text'>Where is Curtis when you need him to clarify things?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7749582346154745639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7749582346154745639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205617980000#c7749582346154745639' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6418407206178403142</id><published>2008-03-15T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T16:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen, did you read the article:Fatso said: &quot;My ...</title><summary type='text'>Stephen, did you read the article:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fatso said: &quot;My poems are a peoples&#39; history under Zanu PF.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He is in favor of Zanu PF and sees it as liberatory, and Zanu PF is Mugabe&#39;s party.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I could be wrong, but I doubt it!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/6418407206178403142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/6418407206178403142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205612400000#c6418407206178403142' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7526570481058572127</id><published>2008-03-15T13:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T13:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Contempt has at least three poems recited by Fritz...</title><summary type='text'>Contempt has at least three poems recited by Fritz Lang, all of which are inserted into the dramatic circumstances of the film: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dante:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(spoken by Lang)&lt;BR/&gt;O brothers, who through a hundred dangers has reached the West,&lt;BR/&gt;Deny not, to this brief vigil of your senses that remains -&lt;BR/&gt;Experience of the unpeopled world behind the Sun.&lt;BR/&gt;Consider your origin. Ye were not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7526570481058572127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7526570481058572127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205603640000#c7526570481058572127' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9133776867656671576</id><published>2008-03-15T12:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T12:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Re Leonard Cohen--I&#39;m fascinated by how much more ...</title><summary type='text'>Re Leonard Cohen--I&#39;m fascinated by how much more viable I find his rhymed verse, including of course his songs, compared to his non-rhymed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron has stated that rhyme is a &quot;technique&quot; that sometimes works, but I think that Cohen&#39;s example underlines how rhyme and other poetic devices also relate to fundamental orientations of mind.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/9133776867656671576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/9133776867656671576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205598480000#c9133776867656671576' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7453406308480302665</id><published>2008-03-15T12:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T12:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, Kirby, Kirby,Perhaps it is not a tragedy th...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, Kirby, Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps it is &lt;I&gt;not&lt;/I&gt; a tragedy that a college employs you, as per Ron&#39;s frustrated outburst at one point, but I feel like I&#39;ve had to forgive your erroroneous statements &quot;seventy times seven times&quot;, as per the admonition of J. Christ. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s linked article about Zimbabwean poet/musician &quot;Comrade Fatso&quot; does &lt;I&gt;not&lt;/I&gt; say he is a member of any political </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7453406308480302665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/7453406308480302665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205598000000#c7453406308480302665' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1107584767365374450</id><published>2008-03-14T16:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T16:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Zimbabwean socialist party in that your poet b...</title><summary type='text'>The Zimbabwean socialist party in that your poet belongs to -- isn&#39;t this Mugabe&#39;s party?  I had hoped to find some sort of oppositional figure (they get killed pretty quick, but I thought he might be living in S. Africa), but he&#39;s really a troubadour of the fraudulent government in Zimbabwe that now has introduced 60,000 percent inflation and has stolen the land of the white minority and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/1107584767365374450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/1107584767365374450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205526420000#c1107584767365374450' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5020815521786251846</id><published>2008-03-14T14:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T14:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>is it just me, or are these clustersof links getti...</title><summary type='text'>is it just me, or are these clusters&lt;BR/&gt;of links getting really good lately..&lt;BR/&gt;this one is better than i thought possible..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/5020815521786251846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/5020815521786251846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205517780000#c5020815521786251846' title=''/><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='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' 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2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-156980941923419407</id><published>2008-03-13T13:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T13:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The stairbookcase is a dream . . .but with it&#39;s ve...</title><summary type='text'>The stairbookcase is a dream . . .&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but with it&#39;s very steep (for a stairway) pitch, steps of uneven depths, and no handrails or hand holds at all . . .&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it is preposterous.  Completely dangerous. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I notice in one photo of the thing that there&#39;s a big duffle bag or cushion at the bottom of the contraption, perhaps to possibly prevent the cracking open of the head after </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/156980941923419407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/137490258663759382/comments/default/156980941923419407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html?showComment=1205431080000#c156980941923419407' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2008/03/haiku-of-phil-whalen-alice-notley-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-137490258663759382' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/137490258663759382' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2008"/></entry></feed>