<?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.post1968083228943390651..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/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-101124175163638802</id><published>2008-05-11T23:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T23:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I usually like my novels in prose.  I have resiste...</title><summary type='text'>I usually like my novels in prose.  I have resisted novels in verse which use the example of Byron’s Don Juan in following strict form.  But I raced through Blossom’s Degrees of Latitude because the structure—traveling through latitudes—in free verse— had the suspense and tension of a page turning novel.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The plot does not unfold so much as surprise the way a good lyric poem does.  And </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/101124175163638802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/101124175163638802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1210561380000#c101124175163638802' title=''/><author><name>Patricia Markert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07117716094402586343</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/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1046956082"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8444956606758795508</id><published>2008-05-01T09:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T09:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s nice to see some women posting replies.Thanks...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s nice to see some women posting replies.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for the clip from the book.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/8444956606758795508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/8444956606758795508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1209648720000#c8444956606758795508' title=''/><author><name>Shann Palmer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2823113221918106302</id><published>2008-04-30T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T13:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Love the excerpt you included in your review.  I w...</title><summary type='text'>Love the excerpt you included in your review.  I will be buying this one and I don&#39;t normally enjoy narrative poetry.  Thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/2823113221918106302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/2823113221918106302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1209577920000#c2823113221918106302' title=''/><author><name>Pam</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08765105091538770825</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/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1673120768"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-247778556143822347</id><published>2008-04-29T19:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T19:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This post was good to read and quite heartening.  ...</title><summary type='text'>This post was good to read and quite heartening.  Bowled over by your words, &quot;I almost certainly never would have come across...&quot;, in relation to the work.  Does this mean that the walls/labels are crumbling?  Could poetry in the 21st century stand on its own without being assigned a label? &lt;BR/&gt;Could quality work be quality (just because it is), even if it is narrative and written with &#39;meaning </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/247778556143822347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/247778556143822347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1209511680000#c247778556143822347' title=''/><author><name>Louise</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00134209058300460374</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/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1993933462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9045561966265984531</id><published>2008-04-29T16:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T16:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My favorite thing about Blossom always was her hat...</title><summary type='text'>My favorite thing about Blossom always was her hats.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/9045561966265984531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/9045561966265984531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1209500700000#c9045561966265984531' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/677904588_5481c50e58.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5972503606775623301</id><published>2008-04-29T09:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T09:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Laurel&#39;s reading&#39;s from Degrees of Latitude are ex...</title><summary type='text'>Laurel&#39;s reading&#39;s from &lt;I&gt;Degrees of Latitude&lt;/I&gt; are excellent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/5972503606775623301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1968083228943390651/comments/default/5972503606775623301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html?showComment=1209474540000#c5972503606775623301' title=''/><author><name>Carol Peters</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04939321886306936715</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_xTrFv9y_0Sk/RrehhSnrFsI/AAAAAAAAAEE/S7_4h0X6Y08/s160/DSC_0015.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/laurel-blossoms-degrees-of-latitude-is.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1968083228943390651' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1968083228943390651' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1369056083"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2008"/></entry></feed>