<?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.post5204375662219164349..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/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-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>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4425211995353705594</id><published>2007-05-05T11:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-05T11:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And if it is any consolation, Mr. G. Gudding has a...</title><summary type='text'>And if it is any consolation, Mr. G. Gudding has a great essay on these types of things referred to as &#39;poetry wars&#39; that appears in your own magazine.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mr. Gudding states:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;4. The Narcissist IS fascinating—but not for the reasons the Narcissist thinks. S/he is fascinating because the energy s/he will expend in micromanaging the self image is so profoundly exceptional. People </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4425211995353705594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4425211995353705594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178379840000#c4425211995353705594' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://static.flickr.com/29/98495715_9b4a202fcf_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-731772073879336257</id><published>2007-05-04T03:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T03:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah well, silly me then!  You need to stop rubbing ...</title><summary type='text'>Ah well, silly me then!  You need to stop rubbing poor old Bush&#39;s nose in the poo poo though.  No one could have stopped him but in my estimation, people could have united behind him and then, staved off this inevitable conflict between our two noble tribes of Sunni and Shi&#39;i.  That was my thinking anyway....to delay it for a bit longer.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I actually see the &quot;victim blaming&quot; the US gov </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/731772073879336257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/731772073879336257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178263440000#c731772073879336257' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://static.flickr.com/29/98495715_9b4a202fcf_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7079207296204513188</id><published>2007-05-03T21:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T21:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No Comment</title><summary type='text'>&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://jonleon.blogspot.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;No Comment&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/7079207296204513188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/7079207296204513188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178242560000#c7079207296204513188' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2026601152"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3883635668662080671</id><published>2007-05-03T19:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T19:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And Pris!  Thanks for the vote of confidence!</title><summary type='text'>And Pris!  Thanks for the vote of confidence!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/3883635668662080671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/3883635668662080671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178235720000#c3883635668662080671' title=''/><author><name>Poetics</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17632135985706207021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-446441612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7283740541454956209</id><published>2007-05-03T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T18:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ron, Lady J, and Andy G, Thanks for the congr...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Ron, Lady J, and Andy G, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for the congrats on the laureateship – I’m glad to be in the position of wondering what it means and what to do with it.  It’s intimidating to follow Ron and Jilly; I know I won’t fill their blog shoes as I don’t blog often enough or with as much intellectual energy and rigor as they because, frankly, I’m intermittently lazy and easily distracted.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/7283740541454956209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/7283740541454956209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178229900000#c7283740541454956209' title=''/><author><name>Poetics</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17632135985706207021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-446441612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8570503204633435136</id><published>2007-05-03T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T16:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>wait. poet laureate of the blogosphere isn&#39;t an ac...</title><summary type='text'>wait. poet laureate of the blogosphere isn&#39;t an actual joke?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;huh.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/8570503204633435136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/8570503204633435136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178223360000#c8570503204633435136' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/268683361_2c79cd9aab.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-666754964669778643</id><published>2007-05-03T10:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T10:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,The (rather lengthy) narrative below provides ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The (rather lengthy) narrative below provides a dissent to the general felicity regarding Amy King&#39;s laureateship. Please note that I have nothing against King (beyond thinking her rude not to&#39;ve replied to my e-mails requesting clarification); I don&#39;t know her work, her magazine, nor much about her blog. What made me offer, initially, to send Jon Leon&#39;s (perhaps overly antagonistic</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/666754964669778643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/666754964669778643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178203800000#c666754964669778643' title=''/><author><name>John</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01215219604418390000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-403606533"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-244379573471562096</id><published>2007-05-03T07:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T07:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A lot here, but for now, I&#39;ll just say congrats to...</title><summary type='text'>A lot here, but for now, I&#39;ll just say congrats to Amy King, a woman who offers a lot to internet poetry!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/244379573471562096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/244379573471562096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178192820000#c244379573471562096' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.poeticinspire.com/campris3.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5565109575687708047</id><published>2007-05-03T03:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T03:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats to Amy King.Lydia Davis is one of the ver...</title><summary type='text'>Congrats to Amy King.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lydia Davis is one of the very few writers about whom, at least once a month, I growl through gritted teeth, &quot;When will another book of that incredible writing get published?&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not only was it the anniversary of &quot;Mission Accomplished,&quot; but May 1st was also announced as &quot;national law day,&quot; on which the guy encouraged us to think upon the great things in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5565109575687708047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5565109575687708047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178175960000#c5565109575687708047' 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='21' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Nose2_compressed.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4074380542696044215</id><published>2007-05-02T20:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T20:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>OH, and that article in the BOSTON GLOBE linked he...</title><summary type='text'>OH, and that article in the BOSTON GLOBE linked here makes me particularly happy!  Because I have been getting really bored with the yakkety yakking from poets (especially elders) who like to say that when emotion is involved in (or when) writing a poem that it&#39;s probably crap!  How on fucking earth can you NOT feel is my question!?  If I&#39;m not an exposed nerve all day long I think (or am I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4074380542696044215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4074380542696044215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178151300000#c4074380542696044215' 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='30' src='http://newlangtonarts.org/bimages/conrad.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5994740359971038555</id><published>2007-05-02T19:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T19:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ken Rumble&#39;s book is terrific!  &quot;The view that the...</title><summary type='text'>Ken Rumble&#39;s book is terrific!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The view that the river will carry every-&lt;BR/&gt;thing before time&#39;s end&lt;BR/&gt;that there&#39;s no river at all even&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;that &lt;EM&gt;river&lt;/EM&gt; is not a noun, is a verb like &lt;EM&gt;smoke/land/place&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The view that metaphor can make anything anything&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;that metaphor can&lt;BR/&gt;the metaphor can&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I like that the movie THE EXORCIST was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5994740359971038555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5994740359971038555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178148840000#c5994740359971038555' 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='30' src='http://newlangtonarts.org/bimages/conrad.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3875369962258177837</id><published>2007-05-02T13:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T13:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lady J,That last item depends on your noticing tha...</title><summary type='text'>Lady J,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That last item depends on your noticing that that article is four years old today!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/3875369962258177837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/3875369962258177837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178128020000#c3875369962258177837' 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/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5949736476967871563</id><published>2007-05-02T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T12:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll keep it to your first entry and your last thi...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ll keep it to your first entry and your last this time.  One has to pick and choose you know.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Congratulations to Amy King on her laureateshipness.  I think she has a lot to offer after having read several of her poems that can be found on line.  My one problem with her work however is that the poems do not stand out one from another...they just have this tendency to all sound the same:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5949736476967871563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5949736476967871563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178122740000#c5949736476967871563' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://static.flickr.com/29/98495715_9b4a202fcf_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6228428020132814824</id><published>2007-05-02T11:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T11:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i just want to be here at the moment.</title><summary type='text'>i just want to be here at the moment.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/6228428020132814824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/6228428020132814824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178120940000#c6228428020132814824' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://lh3.google.com/_6SQBrtEu124/Rb6PNwpV5xI/AAAAAAAAADw/X6xmNGs9x8A/s1600/square%2Beyeball.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5744279472867993373</id><published>2007-05-02T09:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T09:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Re the Million Poet show: How about that.</title><summary type='text'>Re the Million Poet show: &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://jordandavis.com/talkshow.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How about that&lt;/A&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5744279472867993373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/5744279472867993373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178112840000#c5744279472867993373' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6726783157978364334</id><published>2007-05-02T08:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T08:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It will work now, in spite of the Globe&#39;s hideous ...</title><summary type='text'>It will work now, in spite of the Globe&#39;s hideous graphic.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/6726783157978364334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/6726783157978364334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178108040000#c6726783157978364334' 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/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4102681691299199119</id><published>2007-05-02T08:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T08:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron--The Lydia Davis link doesn&#39;t seem to work.</title><summary type='text'>Ron--The Lydia Davis link doesn&#39;t seem to work.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4102681691299199119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5204375662219164349/comments/default/4102681691299199119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html?showComment=1178107620000#c4102681691299199119' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/amy-king-is-2007-poet-laureate-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5204375662219164349' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5204375662219164349' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2007"/></entry></feed>