<?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.post2969705082240413932..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/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.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>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-343035224962021584</id><published>2008-02-03T19:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T19:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, but at least in the context of poetry, perfe...</title><summary type='text'>Well, but at least in the context of poetry, perfection is not enough—at least for those of us who are somehow predestined to feel awkward at every possible turn and fork of you know this so-called natural language...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/343035224962021584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/343035224962021584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1202083440000#c343035224962021584' title=''/><author><name>Timo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15367488957929472706</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://flickr.com/photos/384374_26372755@N00_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-710377958"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117692879871375949</id><published>2008-01-31T18:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T18:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Timo, your English is perfect!  Give me a break!  ...</title><summary type='text'>Timo, your English is perfect!  Give me a break!  Thanks too for telling about Bole!  I knew that Frederiksberg was no longer the name or I&#39;d have remembered it.  I thought I must be losing my mind.  But nope.  No such luck!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks also for the link to the prose chapters.  I really like this writer enormously.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/117692879871375949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/117692879871375949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201822500000#c117692879871375949' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-581773602738989730</id><published>2008-01-31T13:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T13:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My copy came today!  Beautiful little book!I wish ...</title><summary type='text'>My copy came today!  Beautiful little book!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish this post was at the top so that more people would comment some more on Parland. I love how many of his verses are just about anything, and whatever.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is there anything this good in Finnish?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The intro talks only about the Swedish Finns.  What about the Finnish Finns?  Did they get on to this sensibility?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/581773602738989730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/581773602738989730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201802700000#c581773602738989730' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3519070311019031616</id><published>2008-01-31T07:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T07:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastily wrote about &quot;&quot;removing the station&quot;, when ...</title><summary type='text'>Hastily wrote about &quot;&quot;removing the station&quot;, when I intended to refer to the taking down, moving and rebuilding of what used to be the Fredriksberg station building. (I wish my poor English would allow me to formulate the idea a little less laboriously.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3519070311019031616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3519070311019031616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201781760000#c3519070311019031616' title=''/><author><name>Timo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15367488957929472706</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://flickr.com/photos/384374_26372755@N00_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-710377958"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7929527488096554111</id><published>2008-01-30T15:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T15:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Read the beginning of Henry Parland&#39;s novel Sönder...</title><summary type='text'>Read the beginning of Henry Parland&#39;s novel Sönder in English translation here:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.swedishbookreview.com/article-2005-2-parland.asp</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/7929527488096554111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/7929527488096554111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201723740000#c7929527488096554111' title=''/><author><name>matsrep</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03625024796543537609</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-805404595"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7845441010400753683</id><published>2008-01-30T10:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T10:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Er, well, let me be the one to shatter the illusio...</title><summary type='text'>Er, well, let me be the one to shatter the illusion and disclose the ugly reality: Karri did not mention that they have not only removed but renamed the station. The Swedish name of Pasila—the present-day suburb—is &lt;I&gt;Böle&lt;/I&gt;, and the station bears the same pretty-sounding name.  The majority of people living in the neighbourhood could not tell you the way to Fredriksberg—they would&#39;ve never </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/7845441010400753683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/7845441010400753683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201707060000#c7845441010400753683' title=''/><author><name>Timo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15367488957929472706</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://flickr.com/photos/384374_26372755@N00_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-710377958"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8639679888072592785</id><published>2008-01-30T08:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T08:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi all. Good to have Henry Parland translated. I&#39;m...</title><summary type='text'>Hi all. Good to have Henry Parland translated. I&#39;m waiting for my copy of the book. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Henry George Parland had British ancestors.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His uncle Seseman was not killed after the war, as Johannes suggests. But he was sent to Siberia in the 1950s - he did also return to the Soviet republic of Lithuania. His book Estetika was translated into English recently: http://www.rodopi.nl/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8639679888072592785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8639679888072592785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201698180000#c8639679888072592785' title=''/><author><name>matsrep</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03625024796543537609</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-805404595"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4784112232794760334</id><published>2008-01-26T13:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-26T13:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, all of FInland sits on red granite, I once he...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, all of FInland sits on red granite, I once heard.  After global warming inundates your country you can live in high-rises on stilts when it&#39;s Water World.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh yes, Pasila!  Of course, that is always the first stop.  I didn&#39;t know it by its Swedish name.  My union headquarters was near there, and I went a few times there to sign some obscure documents.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At any rate, I&#39;ve </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4784112232794760334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4784112232794760334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201373640000#c4784112232794760334' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-661555688462674235</id><published>2008-01-25T14:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-25T14:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>According to official stats, there are 22864 Henry...</title><summary type='text'>According to official stats, there are 22864 Henrys living in Sweden (2 of them female). The name itself is the English form of Henrik which is made up of two German words, &quot;home&quot; and &quot;master.&quot; (So, I&#39;m, in fact, the master of my Seinfeldian domain.) The same source also states that the form Henry has been in use in said country since the early 1800&#39;s.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/661555688462674235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/661555688462674235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201289640000#c661555688462674235' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5016640028116857209</id><published>2008-01-25T12:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-25T12:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, you did pass it--in fact, one  passes it eve...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, you did pass it--in fact, one  passes it every time coming into Helsinki by train. It&#39;s the first stop out of Helsinki for all trains, very much like 125th Street after Grand Central.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And yes, the excavation was made through red granite, the most common rock formation we have here, as you probably know. (I&#39;ll provide a link to a photo of the station, if I can find one, at the end </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/5016640028116857209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/5016640028116857209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201283640000#c5016640028116857209' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1048259437056556902</id><published>2008-01-24T12:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T12:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kari, I lived in Tampere for five years and often ...</title><summary type='text'>Kari, I lived in Tampere for five years and often visited Helsinki -- coming in by train.  So, I think I can picture the whereabouts of this station.  For some reason I can&#39;t find an image of it in the internet.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What I like about Parland is his ability to think big and small at the same time -- legs (small) of the twentieth century (big), and then in your translation, the massiveness of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/1048259437056556902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/1048259437056556902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201196100000#c1048259437056556902' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4488111941748259887</id><published>2008-01-23T21:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T21:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One brief addition. In answer to your Stalin conje...</title><summary type='text'>One brief addition. In answer to your Stalin conjecture: Parland&#39;s uncle Vilhelm Sesseman, a philosophy professor who introduced Parland to Russian Formalism, was immediately killed upon the Russian invasion and all his papers taken out into the street and burned. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Parland was engaged to a Jewish ballet dancer from Moscow (can&#39;t remember her name off the top of my head) who had the good </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4488111941748259887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4488111941748259887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201143540000#c4488111941748259887' title=''/><author><name>Johannes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05337336796472940625</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-692830502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1626207902336128365</id><published>2008-01-22T18:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T18:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m sorry, Ron. What I meant to say is that you wo...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m sorry, Ron. What I meant to say is that you would be raving about the writer of that poem, not the poem itself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/1626207902336128365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/1626207902336128365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201045860000#c1626207902336128365' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3822343007610882844</id><published>2008-01-22T18:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T18:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m with you, Kirby, the poem does work better wit...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m with you, Kirby, the poem does work better with legs than bones. But then again, the word is there, and one can&#39;t help reading it two ways.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And no, it&#39;s not the one drawn by Saarinen. That one serves as the Central Station of Helsinki and is situated a mile or so down the tracks. The old wooden building, dating back to the 19th century, that once stood at Fredriksberg (without the &quot;c</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3822343007610882844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3822343007610882844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201044960000#c3822343007610882844' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5911804769097544826</id><published>2008-01-22T16:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T16:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the review Ron. About the Russians: The...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the review Ron. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;About the Russians: The Finland Swedes were very much aware of the Russians (Parland has a few poems in which he makes sort of insider-joke rewrites of Mayakovsky poems), and the German Dada and the Swedes etc. In fact, they were very fond of Edgar Lee Masters. A very cosmopolitan moments resulting from the breakdown of the empire. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also wanted to say</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/5911804769097544826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/5911804769097544826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201038900000#c5911804769097544826' title=''/><author><name>Johannes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05337336796472940625</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-692830502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4956321224000565646</id><published>2008-01-22T15:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T15:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kari, is Fredericksberg station the same one as th...</title><summary type='text'>Kari, is Fredericksberg station the same one as the central station that Saarinen designed?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://sketchup.google.de/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d6a3d4f6557280b1a1c3ba1c9a17d002</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4956321224000565646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4956321224000565646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201033140000#c4956321224000565646' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2762803830930397166</id><published>2008-01-22T15:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T15:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Exotic neat little poet: his case reminds me a lit...</title><summary type='text'>Exotic neat little poet: his case reminds me a little of Henry J.-M. Levet who also died young (but not so young) and who only left 12 poems.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curious sense of humor in the two, but I think that legs works a lot better than bones!  If it was bones it would be a ghastly poem...  As it is, kind of smartly sharp.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Levet also wrote a novel that his parents wouldn&#39;t permit to be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2762803830930397166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2762803830930397166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201032120000#c2762803830930397166' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3642608929992050899</id><published>2008-01-22T11:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T11:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One more thing...Here’s a poem from ”Socks”:XIXBer...</title><summary type='text'>One more thing...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here’s a poem from ”Socks”:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;XIX&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Berget vid Fredricksberg:&lt;BR/&gt;ett sår tvärs över ansiktet&lt;BR/&gt;blödande&lt;BR/&gt;under tågvisslingarnas knivhugg.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In my translation:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The cliff at Fredricksberg:&lt;BR/&gt;a cut right across the face&lt;BR/&gt;bleeding&lt;BR/&gt;under the knife blows of whistling trains.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The poem and my quick translation aside, but let</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3642608929992050899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/3642608929992050899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201020960000#c3642608929992050899' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8709687583247461856</id><published>2008-01-22T11:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T11:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tack så mycket!</title><summary type='text'>Tack så mycket!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8709687583247461856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8709687583247461856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201019220000#c8709687583247461856' title=''/><author><name>Halvard Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01464580122014170701</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1589256002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4266236939135085686</id><published>2008-01-22T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T11:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of Anselm Hollo, when is the poetry world...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of Anselm Hollo, when is the poetry world going to give him a festschrift?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anselm&#39;s collected poems--in its next incarnation--will probably run to some 2000 pages.  His work has just gotten better and better as he&#39;s gotten older, and his task has begun to resemble more and more a continuous thread of commentary and observation, in a way rather like a long epic, though far less</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4266236939135085686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/4266236939135085686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201018200000#c4266236939135085686' 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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-846115442364826043</id><published>2008-01-22T10:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T10:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve probably shopped there</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve probably shopped there</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/846115442364826043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/846115442364826043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201017060000#c846115442364826043' 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/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2006959467959869226</id><published>2008-01-22T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T10:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You&#39;re right about sorl, Ron. On these northern sh...</title><summary type='text'>You&#39;re right about &lt;I&gt;sorl&lt;/I&gt;, Ron. On these northern shores, you would use it to describe the first actual sign of spring, the sound of melting snow. It&#39;s definitely a sound that puts a smile on everybody&#39;s face. So, I guess murmur fits here perfectly. Then again, it&#39;s a word that refers to all kinds of sounds, say, the background noise in a café full of people.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not surprised that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2006959467959869226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2006959467959869226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201014360000#c2006959467959869226' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8693705701069629348</id><published>2008-01-22T08:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T08:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;sorl&quot; is a collective murmur, as in a room full o...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;sorl&quot; is a collective murmur, as in a room full of people where you can&#39;t really hear a single conversation&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;tddasrkb</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8693705701069629348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/8693705701069629348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1201008120000#c8693705701069629348' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2119837057066002830</id><published>2008-01-22T03:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T03:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a nice surprise to find you writing about Hen...</title><summary type='text'>What a nice surprise to find you writing about Henry Parland. A note on his 20th century legs, though. The Swedish word &quot;ben&quot; means also &quot;bone.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2119837057066002830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2969705082240413932/comments/default/2119837057066002830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html?showComment=1200989940000#c2119837057066002830' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/one-of-most-interesting-new-poets-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2969705082240413932' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2969705082240413932' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2008"/></entry></feed>