<?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.post5032759458206549614..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/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1712438487671220903</id><published>2008-02-09T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T11:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry is no longer about anything except about th...</title><summary type='text'>Poetry is no longer about anything except about the history of poetry for the most part. To that extent, it&#39;s a lot like its counterpart, modern art.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It needs to play an evolutionary role, and deserve its niche.  It can&#39;t and shouldn&#39;t be kept alive via artificial props like government support.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Too much poetry is experimental.  Experimental species don&#39;t last for the most part, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1712438487671220903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1712438487671220903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202573400000#c1712438487671220903' 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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7692335754031958583</id><published>2008-02-08T21:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T21:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/7692335754031958583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/7692335754031958583'/><author><name>Don Share</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03446230480847015806</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1011881777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6254664082410499803</id><published>2008-02-08T15:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T15:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/6254664082410499803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/6254664082410499803'/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6741370304690121446</id><published>2008-02-08T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T12:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Have u try the online bookstore Cocomartini.comhtt...</title><summary type='text'>Have u try the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.cocomartini.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;online bookstore Cocomartini.com&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.cocomartini.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cocomartini.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I get all my textbooks for this semester from this bookstore. All are brand new textbooks and half price &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.cocomartini.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;discount </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/6741370304690121446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/6741370304690121446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202491860000#c6741370304690121446' title=''/><author><name>must</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07272707229063569713</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2031617683"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1105466433525053560</id><published>2008-02-08T10:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T10:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1105466433525053560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1105466433525053560'/><author><name>Don Share</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03446230480847015806</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1011881777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2370018733857258763</id><published>2008-02-07T23:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T23:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>steve,i wonder too. though, I&#39;ve read at least onc...</title><summary type='text'>steve,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i wonder too. though, I&#39;ve read at least once comment post on Harriet where the editor strongly distanced the Harriet blog forum form the Foundation itself, twice! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(i can&#39;t find it at the moment - maybe under the bernstein/shepherd thing -, most unfortunately, but if i can locate it again, I&#39;ll post the distancing move here in the comment stream)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/2370018733857258763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/2370018733857258763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202445180000#c2370018733857258763' title=''/><author><name>Lil Norton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09801525029579042507</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-863703621"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4818430478271461714</id><published>2008-02-07T19:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T19:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree completely re the Poetry Foundation websit...</title><summary type='text'>I agree completely re the Poetry Foundation website.  There&#39;s a lot of good stuff over there. The millions are not totally squandered, that&#39;s for sure. (I assume they pay the poets who write for the website, including guest and semi-regular contributors, and pay them well.  Does anyone know? I&#39;d be pissed if the Foundation doesn&#39;t pay for that work.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/4818430478271461714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/4818430478271461714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202429880000#c4818430478271461714' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1342973639780932977</id><published>2008-02-07T17:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T17:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I especially like your idea of NEAmoney being used...</title><summary type='text'>I especially like your idea of NEA&lt;BR/&gt;money being used &quot;to ensure that&lt;BR/&gt;each major metropolitan area has at&lt;BR/&gt;least one decent retail outlet for&lt;BR/&gt;poetry.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1342973639780932977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/1342973639780932977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202423220000#c1342973639780932977' 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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7869274784047823998</id><published>2008-02-07T12:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T12:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;A separate mechanism that might be created even b...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;A separate mechanism that might be created even by the Poetry Foundation itself would be a mechanism for the sale and distribution of chapbooks and print-on-demand volumes, perhaps coordinated by Booksense, but with a common front end on the web so that readers could turn to a single source for finding these difficult-to-obtain items.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would be hesitant to go along with a Poetry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/7869274784047823998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/7869274784047823998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202405100000#c7869274784047823998' title=''/><author><name>Lil Norton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09801525029579042507</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-863703621"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5135610335066673513</id><published>2008-02-07T12:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T12:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll have to check that website out now that you&#39;v...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ll have to check that website out now that you&#39;ve recommended it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/5135610335066673513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/5135610335066673513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202404260000#c5135610335066673513' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8845838128162304976</id><published>2008-02-07T08:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T08:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bravo, Mr. Silliman. Well said.</title><summary type='text'>Bravo, Mr. Silliman. Well said.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/8845838128162304976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5032759458206549614/comments/default/8845838128162304976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html?showComment=1202392440000#c8845838128162304976' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/02/completing-questionnaire-sent-by-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5032759458206549614' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5032759458206549614' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 07, 2008"/></entry></feed>