<?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.post3735739950499317646..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/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-458360341779123401</id><published>2008-06-07T16:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-07T16:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As one human to another human,I also like this pos...</title><summary type='text'>As one human to another human,&lt;BR/&gt;I also like this post.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/458360341779123401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/458360341779123401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212869340000#c458360341779123401' title=''/><author><name>brian salchert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</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/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2293876588095399339</id><published>2008-06-06T07:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T07:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron for putting in the hours it takes to ke...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron for putting in the hours it takes to keep this blog going. It means that people around the world  &lt;BR/&gt;get insight on American Poetry and that&#39;s something that is needed badly. Take it easy, put your feet up, and let&#39;s get a fund going to get you a hammock. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Take care and all best</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/2293876588095399339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/2293876588095399339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212752520000#c2293876588095399339' title=''/><author><name>Gary Parrish</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09446212454796875908</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://a614.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/m_e4aa9fa7812c0f94eb3f12932f507eed.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-176615294"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-964204519539009359</id><published>2008-06-05T16:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T16:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, sure! And I’ll bet Ron would agree that ther...</title><summary type='text'>Well, sure! And I’ll bet Ron would agree that there are probably a great &lt;I&gt;many&lt;/I&gt; poets who are just as deserving. It seems to me — and I’m writing this from a relatively sheltered, ignorant background — that there should be more than one Poet Laureate anyway — dozens, hundreds, perhaps even thousands. In fact, for a long time now, I’ve felt that each poet or advocate of poetry should approach</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/964204519539009359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/964204519539009359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212698160000#c964204519539009359' title=''/><author><name>William Michaelian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05945815778010124287</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lPFVydin30o/SD3OTSXdQKI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ChwtZ4a6fdk/S220/williammichaelian.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991242321"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-523056282338665894</id><published>2008-06-05T07:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T07:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How long must we wait before Mr. Silliman is nomin...</title><summary type='text'>How long must we wait before Mr. Silliman is nominated for the position of Poet Laureate of The United States?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Love or hate his poetry, agree or disagree with his views and opinions, there is, to my mind, no living poet  more deserving, academies be damned.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/523056282338665894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/523056282338665894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212664680000#c523056282338665894' title=''/><author><name>Levari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03797267895979862964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='17' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ox5qHYptFN4/SET-xNOlA3I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zi4EWNCxlck/S220/PG378M24b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1958627702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3793399711132846046</id><published>2008-06-04T20:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T20:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Ron...Alton Kelley has passedbut I don&#39;t want ...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Ron...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Alton Kelley has passed&lt;BR/&gt;but I don&#39;t want to clog-up your email stream with this news..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;he was exactly my age!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;another &quot;Grateful Dead&quot;!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/3793399711132846046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/3793399711132846046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212625080000#c3793399711132846046' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-254512606111059278</id><published>2008-06-04T18:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T18:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i like this note</title><summary type='text'>i like this note</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/254512606111059278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/254512606111059278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212618600000#c254512606111059278' title=''/><author><name>Tao Lin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059</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/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1711110497"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618507914223105881</id><published>2008-06-04T17:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T17:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pretty soon you will only get snail mail..from Soc...</title><summary type='text'>pretty soon you will only get snail mail..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;from &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Social Security&lt;BR/&gt;the DMV&lt;BR/&gt;the IRS&lt;BR/&gt;your IRA/Roth retirement funds&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and, once a year, a birthday card from your auto-insurance agent  of 45 year!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the emails, the blogging, the 70-hour work-week...  all your choices...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe you cld &quot;send a post card?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;once-in-a-while??&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;save the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/1618507914223105881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/1618507914223105881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212615540000#c1618507914223105881' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6852755248071526721</id><published>2008-06-04T15:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T15:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I&#39;m impressed with the degree to which you cl...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I&#39;m impressed with the degree to which you clearly do respond to things (emails, comments, stuff sent, etc.). You&#39;re an internet champ for sure. I don&#39;t envy that amount of time spent on the computer (though you clearly enjoy the machine to a significant extent), and certainly wouldn&#39;t be able to keep up as well. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;right on!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/6852755248071526721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/6852755248071526721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212606540000#c6852755248071526721' 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/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1726786594167511015</id><published>2008-06-04T14:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T14:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for this reality check. The tiny note you a...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for this reality check. The tiny note you appended to my tiny questions in the May 68 post below is therefore much more than I deserve to have gotten, based on your tiny amount of available time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Take it easy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I did look up NAM, and tried to sort out some of the various personalities, and it gave me a reason to maybe order the Michael Harrison biography.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/1726786594167511015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3735739950499317646/comments/default/1726786594167511015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-note.html?showComment=1212604680000#c1726786594167511015' 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/2008/06/quick-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3735739950499317646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3735739950499317646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2008"/></entry></feed>