<?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.post1767723576299740124..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/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8201712191786897749</id><published>2010-01-27T02:57:39.583-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T02:57:39.583-05:00</updated><title type='text'>David also had no middle name.  Wonder where the C...</title><summary type='text'>David also had no middle name.  Wonder where the C. came from in the article...maybe he invented it. His mother had his birth certificate changed when he was 13 in order to get him his driver&amp;#39;s license 3 years early.  She wanted him to be able to drive and therefore help her out. He was precocious and tall for his age so it worked...I wonder if he ever told anyone else that story?&lt;br /&gt;To me,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/8201712191786897749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/8201712191786897749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1264579059583#c8201712191786897749' title=''/><author><name>jenny</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03703655430898711454</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/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-309013812"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5223210186578917575</id><published>2010-01-19T17:49:01.769-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T17:49:01.769-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Roxie G. Powell is still going strong. Still tall ...</title><summary type='text'>Roxie G. Powell is still going strong. Still tall (6&amp;#39;2) and rugged. Still an under-examined, under-recognized beat era (but non-NYC) poet. Still living and working in Maryland in the suburbs. Still 74 years old. Still has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/roxiegrantpowell&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;myspace page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vlib.us/beats/plymellroxie.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5223210186578917575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5223210186578917575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263941341769#c5223210186578917575' title=''/><author><name>Andreas</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01498346334585308167</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/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1017381685"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5098114483961807359</id><published>2010-01-17T20:38:39.514-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T20:38:39.514-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was about 30 years and 3 months old&#xa;when I got t...</title><summary type='text'>I was about 30 years and 3 months old&lt;br /&gt;when I got to Hopkins&amp;#39; (Elliott Coleman&amp;#39;s) Writing Seminars in 1971..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had met David via Jim and JoeCardarelli in mid 60&amp;#39;s  say 1966 or so..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;both a cpl years younger than me  say 2 or 3  and&lt;br /&gt;as I am now (almost) 68) both Joe and David must have been about 65 or 66...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but,&lt;br /&gt;      who&amp;#39;s counting?&lt;br </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5098114483961807359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5098114483961807359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263778719514#c5098114483961807359' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5107758898940172209</id><published>2010-01-17T15:31:18.432-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T15:31:18.432-05:00</updated><title type='text'>David Franks was a marvel here in Baltimore Maryla...</title><summary type='text'>David Franks was a marvel here in Baltimore Maryland. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bal-md.ob.franks17jan17,0,1601874.story&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is his obituary/tribute in today&amp;#39;s Baltimore Sun (the city&amp;#39;s main newspaper).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, the Sun&amp;#39;s article incorrectly lists David&amp;#39;s age. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David C. Franks was born on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5107758898940172209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5107758898940172209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263760278432#c5107758898940172209' title=''/><author><name>Andreas</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01498346334585308167</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/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1017381685"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3556236192375901823</id><published>2010-01-17T14:45:32.412-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T14:45:32.412-05:00</updated><title type='text'>some people simply appear and then they disappear&#xa;...</title><summary type='text'>some people simply appear and then they disappear&lt;br /&gt;some are born old men</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/3556236192375901823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/3556236192375901823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263757532412#c3556236192375901823' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGxzozVkZvg/SoNWqdZHBoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IGjF8tvmWwg/S220/sculpture_crop2%5B1%5D.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5420419989923868801</id><published>2010-01-17T12:30:14.948-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T12:30:14.948-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark Weiss notes that David was a graduate student...</title><summary type='text'>Mark Weiss notes that David was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins in 1964 and 65, so that also calls the 1948 date into question. Still, I find it hard to believe that he was 70 at the time of his death; when I saw him last in DC around 2005, I would have guessed he was in his late 50s. It&amp;#39;s mysterious, I have to admit: Ron&amp;#39;s point seems correct, yet when I saw the initially listed 1948</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5420419989923868801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/5420419989923868801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263749414948#c5420419989923868801' title=''/><author><name>mark wallace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sQ6426es-dg/Sr0Khg3JbNI/AAAAAAAAAWE/npQ5MJwXgGY/S220/IMG_0416.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476913415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2084289089189609793</id><published>2010-01-17T10:32:32.087-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T10:32:32.087-05:00</updated><title type='text'>His reported age was 18 when the Kansas City Athle...</title><summary type='text'>His reported age was 18 when the Kansas City Athletics signed him in &amp;#39;66. One of a kind poet!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/2084289089189609793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/2084289089189609793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263742352087#c2084289089189609793' 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/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6974836054714784765</id><published>2010-01-17T10:07:24.309-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T10:07:24.309-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That would make him 16 or 17 and the Berkeley Poet...</title><summary type='text'>That would make him 16 or 17 and the Berkeley Poetry Conference - I&amp;#39;m not buying that. I&amp;#39;ll wager that Rodefer, born in 1940, was the youngest reader there, but not somebody eight years his junior.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/6974836054714784765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/6974836054714784765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263740844309#c6974836054714784765' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1112388055998036267</id><published>2010-01-17T07:50:15.666-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T07:50:15.666-05:00</updated><title type='text'>1948, according to his facebook page.</title><summary type='text'>1948, according to his facebook page.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/1112388055998036267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1767723576299740124/comments/default/1112388055998036267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html?showComment=1263732615666#c1112388055998036267' title=''/><author><name>Buck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04503657076745189153</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/2010/01/david-franks-2010-david-attended-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1767723576299740124' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1767723576299740124' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-293043333"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 17, 2010"/></entry></feed>