<?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.post219248992792317023..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/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.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>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8985650781332308968</id><published>2008-02-02T10:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-02T10:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Among the claims being made in the post above is t...</title><summary type='text'>Among the claims being made in the post above is that attempting to learn foreign languages (as a function) has a discrete value quite apart from any pragmatic use one might put it to--like running in place or doing push-ups.       &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The discussion provoked by my initial post was whether &quot;translating&quot; and reading poetry in translation is a worthwhile pursuit.  My conclusion was that it is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/8985650781332308968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/8985650781332308968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201967460000#c8985650781332308968' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3902858847693590455</id><published>2008-02-01T15:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T15:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For many Americans, the traditional anti-intellect...</title><summary type='text'>For many Americans, the traditional anti-intellectualism was manifested in not learning foreign languges, which became in itself a sign of Patriotism. For many  immigrants&#39; children, in order to assimilate one had to distance oneself from the &quot;stupid&quot; &quot;Un-American&quot; languages of one&#39;s parents.  Foreigners ant eh pronunciation of foreigners and immigrants have always been made fun of, as a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3902858847693590455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3902858847693590455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201898460000#c3902858847693590455' title=''/><author><name>David-Baptiste Chirot</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04615801257240774205</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_G69ZoSfZgpw/R1hFaJgWybI/AAAAAAAAGk0/XcevWZP2iRE/S220/portraits+%26+pieces+006.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38922887"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5383343231620739768</id><published>2008-02-01T00:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T00:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>latin is not completely deadthere are people who r...</title><summary type='text'>latin is not completely dead&lt;BR/&gt;there are people who recite &lt;BR/&gt;and sing the divine office in latin&lt;BR/&gt;some official vatican documents&lt;BR/&gt;are still composed in latin&lt;BR/&gt;some ardent conservative catholics&lt;BR/&gt;still pray the mass&lt;BR/&gt;in latin&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;structurally it lives on&lt;BR/&gt;in vulgar form &lt;BR/&gt;in italian spanish portuguese&lt;BR/&gt;french romansch and romanian&lt;BR/&gt;and texts are still being&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/5383343231620739768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/5383343231620739768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201845420000#c5383343231620739768' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</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='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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2744168488160683316</id><published>2008-01-31T14:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T14:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Correction:  The poems from the first volume of Do...</title><summary type='text'>Correction:  The poems from the first volume of Dorantes&#39; life poem that appear in Hofer&#39;s anthology are excerpts.  &quot;Poems for Kids&quot; won&#39;t appear in its entirety until I manage to bring it out as a chapbook</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2744168488160683316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2744168488160683316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201809060000#c2744168488160683316' title=''/><author><name>Providence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15109740673270128370</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1283548929"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4517087452955201638</id><published>2008-01-31T11:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T11:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy:  I was, as usual, being somewhat deliberatel...</title><summary type='text'>Andy:  I was, as usual, being somewhat deliberately provocative.  Things can get pretty boring when everyone is being cheerfully inane.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron expressed guilt about not translating, and not reading, work in other languages.  The consternation of his accusers, and his contrition, struck me as a pose, though I know there are many who believe that dogma.  Let me try to clarify.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/4517087452955201638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/4517087452955201638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201795500000#c4517087452955201638' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5235533760085880290</id><published>2008-01-31T03:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T03:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CA:As usual,right (write) on!</title><summary type='text'>CA:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As usual,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;right (write) on!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/5235533760085880290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/5235533760085880290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201766820000#c5235533760085880290' title=''/><author><name>Cannot Exist</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10167824836001706644</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1617347097"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6243561504948452781</id><published>2008-01-31T03:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T03:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Curtis, that&#39;s all a bit general--as sweepin...</title><summary type='text'>Well, Curtis, that&#39;s all a bit general--as sweeping as the insistence on multilingualism. Neither &quot;side&quot; seems to take into account the specific usefulnesses, pleasures, possibilities of thought learning another language might provide for a specific person with specific interests. I&#39;ve just barely started teaching myself Spanish, and it&#39;s already provided some interesting distance on English-</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/6243561504948452781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/6243561504948452781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201766700000#c6243561504948452781' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7431631322679905064</id><published>2008-01-31T01:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T01:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>most RC priestsof the past 40 yrshave forsaken lat...</title><summary type='text'>most RC priests&lt;BR/&gt;of the past 40 yrs&lt;BR/&gt;have forsaken latin&lt;BR/&gt;forsaken most of the &lt;BR/&gt;intellectual tradition&lt;BR/&gt;in favor of&lt;BR/&gt;the human sciences&lt;BR/&gt;of all things&lt;BR/&gt;this might be changing&lt;BR/&gt;witht he retrenchment afoot&lt;BR/&gt;agh&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;any exposure&lt;BR/&gt;with some zeal&lt;BR/&gt;for however long&lt;BR/&gt;to another language&lt;BR/&gt;at least&lt;BR/&gt;gives one&lt;BR/&gt;the clearer awareness&lt;BR/&gt;of ones native </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/7431631322679905064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/7431631322679905064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201759800000#c7431631322679905064' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</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='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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3129040949893174491</id><published>2008-01-30T23:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T23:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The hofer/dorantes translations in the last (?) NO...</title><summary type='text'>The hofer/dorantes translations in the last (?) NO magazine were exceptionally nice! We&#39;re &quot;in to it&quot;!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3129040949893174491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3129040949893174491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201754040000#c3129040949893174491' title=''/><author><name>Model Homes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00092371399506599825</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2093919632"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9143176839361460268</id><published>2008-01-30T20:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T20:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, you have to want to stay with a language f...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, you have to want to stay with a language for a reason, too.  That&#39;s another caveat.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think Ron should learn Latin, and become an RC priest.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/9143176839361460268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/9143176839361460268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201743060000#c9143176839361460268' 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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2605793182694176152</id><published>2008-01-30T13:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T13:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Ron, for another insightful reading.  As a...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Ron, for another insightful reading.  As a co-publisher of this book, I want to respond to Conrad and others&#39; fear that this will be a tough title to lay your hands on.  It can be ordered through the Kenning Editions website on its own or via subscription (www.kenningeditions.com), and it ships quickly.  Counterpath Press has it as well (the link is in Ron&#39;s post), of course, and so does </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2605793182694176152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2605793182694176152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201717200000#c2605793182694176152' title=''/><author><name>Providence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15109740673270128370</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1283548929"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1594775060512454367</id><published>2008-01-30T12:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T12:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I just ordered a copy myself.</title><summary type='text'>I just ordered a copy myself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/1594775060512454367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/1594775060512454367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201715880000#c1594775060512454367' title=''/><author><name>Tom Beckett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956557701199101102</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1611280848"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3399969700743926222</id><published>2008-01-30T12:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T12:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This particular passage struck me as a piece of co...</title><summary type='text'>This particular passage struck me as a piece of concrete poetry:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;COME WITH THE BOATMAN&lt;BR/&gt;a madness&lt;BR/&gt;– forbidden –&lt;BR/&gt;inside you the she-deep you&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Beneath a dress&lt;BR/&gt;you’ll brandish the sickle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;anchor my tide will devour&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The positioning could be &quot;the Boatman&quot; on top of the water and the different layers beneath down to the anchor &amp; riptide.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3399969700743926222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/3399969700743926222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201714920000#c3399969700743926222' title=''/><author><name>J.R.Pearson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16744854015315668847</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1785258859"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524923872451882023</id><published>2008-01-30T11:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T11:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;A postillion struck by lightning&quot; is a phrase fro...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;A postillion struck by lightning&quot; is a phrase from language books in the 19th and 20th Centuries--Dirk Bogarde took it for the title of his volume of autobiography.  &quot;La plume de ma tante&quot; or The pen of my aunt is on the table.  Bogart says a variation of that in the movie Sabrina at some point.  They&#39;re like remembered tags from nursery rhymes of our childhood.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I took Spanish (one </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/8524923872451882023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/8524923872451882023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201711740000#c8524923872451882023' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4641537267666532967</id><published>2008-01-30T10:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T10:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is AMAZING!----The world (before) defending i...</title><summary type='text'>This is AMAZING!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;----&lt;BR/&gt;The world (before) defending itself&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;now lies&lt;BR/&gt;upon men&lt;BR/&gt;----&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is a political poem that sweeps away the ridiculous notion that politics cheapen the poem.  There is a trend today among many American poets to talk in such ways about political poetry, but it&#39;s my opinion that the politics of our day are too grim for some to bear, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/4641537267666532967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/4641537267666532967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201708200000#c4641537267666532967' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.softskull.com/coverimages/deviant_100.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2555645131734868962</id><published>2008-01-30T09:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T09:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jen Hofer is reading tonight at the Poetry Project...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.php&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jen Hofer is reading tonight at the Poetry Project in NY.&lt;/A&gt; Looks to be one of the best things on the offsite AWP circuit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://diypublishing.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-of-micropresses-awp.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Also recommended for folks in town this week.&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2555645131734868962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/2555645131734868962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201704780000#c2555645131734868962' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://shannacompton.com/shanna6-07.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-968479289257268943</id><published>2008-01-30T09:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T09:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cicero learned Greek at age 80.  There&#39;s still tim...</title><summary type='text'>Cicero learned Greek at age 80.  There&#39;s still time.  You can enroll in an adult education class and learn French, or Spanish.  If you were going to learn another language, which would you learn?  French is so easy to learn it&#39;s almost amazing.  All the words that end in -tion are the same.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Domination, education, etc.  so you already know most of it.  The class helps you sort out the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/968479289257268943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/219248992792317023/comments/default/968479289257268943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html?showComment=1201703220000#c968479289257268943' 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/2008/01/words-are-my-life-is-peculiarly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-219248992792317023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/219248992792317023' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry></feed>