<?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.post2031921947989694157..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/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.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>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2473986713591686856</id><published>2007-03-07T05:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T05:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought these were OK, but they didn’t excite me...</title><summary type='text'>I thought these were OK, but they didn’t excite me too much. I quite liked the list of imaginary titles. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;UK poet, Stephen Knight, wrote a poem, titled &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Books/documents/2005/08/01/sknight2.pdf&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;99 Poems&lt;/A&gt; (.pdf file), in the form of a alphabetical list of imaginary titles for a poetry anthology, and clearly the titles span </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/2473986713591686856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/2473986713591686856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1173262680000#c2473986713591686856' title=''/><author><name>Rob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923</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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2089706454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1083537529881223762</id><published>2007-03-02T06:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T06:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I dont know Equi&#39;s poetry very well - the list poe...</title><summary type='text'>I dont know Equi&#39;s poetry very well - the list poems are indeed a very old device -but a useful one - I dont think they work for me in this case - the list of contents is indeed interesting. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;[She is in the book ed. by Paul Hoover &quot;Post Modern American Poetry&quot;  - will have a look at it soon]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One obviously has to see a lot of a poet&#39;s work to make judgements. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of Ron&#39;s I</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1083537529881223762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1083537529881223762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172834940000#c1083537529881223762' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4693677628310732285</id><published>2007-03-01T12:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T12:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is an improvement.</title><summary type='text'>This is an improvement.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4693677628310732285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4693677628310732285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172771580000#c4693677628310732285' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-285313821287987213</id><published>2007-03-01T10:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T10:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yo new godess just come out we knew she was a moan...</title><summary type='text'>Yo new godess just come out we knew she was a moaner &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Autumn is a solitude.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No no no, Elaine should refrain from deploying dual mora the the middle of the line, as it runs totally against the languid melody  and acts as a moving side-walk, tugging up the pace between two less nippy streams of language meandering along the syntax. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t buy it huh? Lets see what happens</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/285313821287987213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/285313821287987213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172761500000#c285313821287987213' title=''/><author><name>IRISH POETS</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/scalljah/eye2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1154523763"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-342800653545049456</id><published>2007-02-27T17:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T17:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I tried to post but it got lost.I think that perha...</title><summary type='text'>I tried to post but it got lost.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that perhaps when Equi left Chicago for NYC she became disoriented and lost a lot of her punch. Could this be the case?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps she&#39;s lost her bearings and her sense of what needs to be said in NYC, and turned toward a more inward and less aggressive viewpoint?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps she&#39;s feeling alienated and lost in NYC and this sense of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/342800653545049456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/342800653545049456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172615880000#c342800653545049456' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4350339215981682592</id><published>2007-02-27T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T12:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I see the merits in the contention that a poem sho...</title><summary type='text'>I see the merits in the contention that a poem should transcend the ‘device’ rather than attempt to bathe in the glow of the device’s cleverness, but I also think a poem should quit while it’s ahead.  Many of Hollo’s one-liner poems are absolutely indispensable, and can’t be imagined as the part of a numbered sequence.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do sense a regional difference (as a wrote here maybe a year ago)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4350339215981682592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4350339215981682592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172595660000#c4350339215981682592' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2203262857496828256</id><published>2007-02-27T10:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T10:14:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wouldn&#39;t judge a poet by a single poem.  Let me ...</title><summary type='text'>I wouldn&#39;t judge a poet by a single poem.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let me take that back.  I did judge Jeff Clark&#39;s work by a single poem (or was it three poems?) a year or so ago on Ron&#39;s blog. I thought anyone who could write lines like those quoted was not a poet, or a writer of consequence.  Then I got the book and read some more, and all my original impressions were confirmed.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Equi poems </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/2203262857496828256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/2203262857496828256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172589240001#c2203262857496828256' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-978985255732339742</id><published>2007-02-27T05:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T05:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Do the poems serve a purpose?If so, what is the p...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Do the poems serve a purpose?&lt;BR/&gt;If so, what is the purpose?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Excellent question! Five possibilities suggest themselves immediately:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. They are (mildly) coded instructions, for something useful; perhaps how to assemble a sundial or encourage spiders to mate.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2. To appreciate their hidden music they should be read out loud, backwards.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;3. Each one corresponds </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/978985255732339742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/978985255732339742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172572560000#c978985255732339742' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://static.flickr.com/35/125078083_0408f03b6f_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1168388558519121307</id><published>2007-02-26T22:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T22:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Perhaps it is a good thing that poetry has some no...</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps it is a good thing that poetry has some nonsense from time to time?  You mention Berrigan and Zukofsky, from what I understand they were total characters.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I appreciate all the new poets you are introducing me to.  I am seeing that my knowledge of poets is much smaller than I realized.  Have any other recomendations?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1168388558519121307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1168388558519121307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172548620000#c1168388558519121307' title=''/><author><name>The Cubicle Reverend</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07698802395603296603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2612/1188/1600/Feb16%20016.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1565099610"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4184197677442004898</id><published>2007-02-26T22:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T22:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Not meaning to pile on this poet, it&#39;s just that l...</title><summary type='text'>Not meaning to pile on this poet, it&#39;s just that like so much of what is quoted here, and held up as something Ron likes, and so something valuable and not just one person&#39;s opinion, I find these poems vapid, mere exercize, and I just can&#39;t find the same quality Ron seems to find.  But maybe I am Just rebelling against Ron&#39;s taste and infulence.  I often revisit these entries and poems and form a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4184197677442004898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4184197677442004898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172547000000#c4184197677442004898' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4950199793170967136</id><published>2007-02-26T22:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T22:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>clever, but saccharine, childish, but too mature-f...</title><summary type='text'>clever, but saccharine, childish, but too mature-funny, but not enough. pleasant though, thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4950199793170967136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/4950199793170967136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172546160000#c4950199793170967136' title=''/><author><name>olgastamata</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06067525375756960472</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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-62613737"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1365335725143529984</id><published>2007-02-26T22:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T22:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>she ate some ruth (krauss).</title><summary type='text'>she ate some ruth (krauss).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1365335725143529984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/1365335725143529984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172545440000#c1365335725143529984' title=''/><author><name>olgastamata</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06067525375756960472</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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-62613737"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6473460604726507464</id><published>2007-02-26T18:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T18:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do the poems serve a purpose?If so, what is the pu...</title><summary type='text'>Do the poems serve a purpose?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If so, what is the purpose?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What is the driving force behind them?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are they meant to portray the world as somewhat silly?  Random but with odd bits of order, that may be imposed by the intellect, or maybe are haphazard?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;These are clever and amusing but don&#39;t seem to explode in a joke&#39;s punchline.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What are we supposed to do</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/6473460604726507464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/6473460604726507464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172532960000#c6473460604726507464' 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/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6376825034548408237</id><published>2007-02-26T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T11:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>She left out &quot;quietude&quot;!</title><summary type='text'>She left out &quot;quietude&quot;!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/6376825034548408237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2031921947989694157/comments/default/6376825034548408237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html?showComment=1172506920000#c6376825034548408237' title=''/><author><name>K. Silem Mohammad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/51/160164695_7c06bdbec2_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-havent-always-read-elaine-equis.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2031921947989694157' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2031921947989694157' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1830147097"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2007"/></entry></feed>