<?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.post7101786156237347477..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/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8925048503821475160</id><published>2009-12-02T16:47:19.078-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T16:47:19.078-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A side note:&#xa;&#xa;does anyone else think the crowd pho...</title><summary type='text'>A side note:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does anyone else think the crowd photograph at the head of this post looks kinda like a magic eye-type image? I&amp;#39;ve been staring at it cross-eyed for a while know and keep almost getting something - at times a lampshade, at others a beachball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I can also see a frowning Nietzsche face gazing up towards the left - the big diagonal shadow at centre left is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8925048503821475160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8925048503821475160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259790439078#c8925048503821475160' title=''/><author><name>Cy Mathews</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03244437975709553222</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b4REVX6FKWI/SsgCjedVorI/AAAAAAAAAF4/cdRZQuD8NPU/S220/cy.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1685508273"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-758338238712667710</id><published>2009-12-02T09:27:53.795-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T09:27:53.795-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In fairness to &amp;#39;0000000&amp;#39; who, I note, has ...</title><summary type='text'>In fairness to &amp;#39;0000000&amp;#39; who, I note, has withdrawn the critique of my poem, the poem was not intended to be a &amp;quot;serious&amp;quot; work. It is a cobbling together of comments I have made during various raging internet debates about the &amp;#39;purpose&amp;#39; and/or taxonomy of poetry. The first stanza was written specifically to debate a point, not to win the Pulitzer. It does not appear in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/758338238712667710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/758338238712667710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259764073795#c758338238712667710' 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='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3256457930649998889</id><published>2009-12-01T23:50:48.523-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T23:50:48.523-05:00</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/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3256457930649998889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3256457930649998889'/><author><name>0000000</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-62652710436545337</id><published>2009-12-01T21:30:10.174-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T21:30:10.174-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What&amp;#39;s the point of driving in the nail? ... b...</title><summary type='text'>What&amp;#39;s the point of driving in the nail? ... bad poem. Ok. There&amp;#39;s benefit in deconstructing complexity... and though this must surely feel like equally painful--if all it takes is a nudge to expose the weakness.. why keep pushing? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A barrage against a weak target only exposes the insecurity of the attacker. Every poet writes duds... let it be</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/62652710436545337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/62652710436545337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259721010174#c62652710436545337' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_MH8FpmUWEp8/R5c6tzFt2dI/AAAAAAAAABk/aremvSfbycE/S220/011_13A.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-512040712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6882418560172579280</id><published>2009-12-01T18:54:36.844-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T18:54:36.844-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad you pointed to the collective blogs; agreed t...</title><summary type='text'>Glad you pointed to the collective blogs; agreed that some of the most interesting, exciting stuff in poetry &amp;amp; poetics is going on there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; congrats, Ron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bests,&lt;br /&gt;David Wolach</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6882418560172579280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6882418560172579280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259711676844#c6882418560172579280' title=''/><author><name>David (Michael) Wolach</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14225159977601462794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_focu_kUIFFA/SdRQ49XWcAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/CefEsKqGNt0/S220/Livingroomkitchenmouth13.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1465663675"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7838271022046510509</id><published>2009-12-01T16:16:14.030-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T16:16:14.030-05:00</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/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7838271022046510509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7838271022046510509'/><author><name>0000000</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2493925312680763473</id><published>2009-12-01T09:07:56.725-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T09:07:56.725-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, man. You are too kind.</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, man. You are too kind.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/2493925312680763473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/2493925312680763473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259676476725#c2493925312680763473' 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='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6911519178336672204</id><published>2009-12-01T06:04:02.014-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T06:04:02.014-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations from one of your new 500,000. &#xa;My ...</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations from one of your new 500,000. &lt;br /&gt;My two year old baby Poet-in-Residence gets few visitors - 50 to 60 per day. But then, it&amp;#39;s the few that matter, as Dylan Thomas pointed out in a humorous poem to his aunt.&lt;br /&gt;Good luck to all in the bardic stratosphere. It&amp;#39;s almost like being on the moon.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6911519178336672204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6911519178336672204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259665442014#c6911519178336672204' title=''/><author><name>Poet in Residence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ziEZ2Nqeh7g/SXCr8xsBDXI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eZ8Cg6y03Ho/S220/IMG_0040.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1401644336"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6022272966350421034</id><published>2009-12-01T01:36:22.333-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T01:36:22.333-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I completely disagree.&#xa;a dinghy full of gold&#xa;is bo...</title><summary type='text'>I completely disagree.&lt;br /&gt;a dinghy full of gold&lt;br /&gt;is bound to disappear&lt;br /&gt;before its riches reach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its a delicate balance,&lt;br /&gt;any true mariner, or crafter&lt;br /&gt;knows the boat is the artifice&lt;br /&gt;that allows persons the voyage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A newer vessel must be constructed:&lt;br /&gt;http://sites.google.com/site/thewikipoetryproject</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6022272966350421034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/6022272966350421034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259649382333#c6022272966350421034' 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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' 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href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/4945491368814916108'/><author><name>0000000</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-729921239468299846</id><published>2009-11-30T00:26:47.990-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T00:26:47.990-05:00</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/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/729921239468299846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/729921239468299846'/><author><name>Ted Burke</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/ScOlFsNlqiI/AAAAAAAACKY/nr0_xDYD8uU/S220/DSCF2074.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8188203830423030725</id><published>2009-11-29T20:54:25.684-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T20:54:25.684-05:00</updated><title type='text'>all about the cargo...? and who says art is EVER a...</title><summary type='text'>all about the cargo...? and who says art is EVER apolitical?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That poem could be the Capitalist Internationale!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8188203830423030725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8188203830423030725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259546065684#c8188203830423030725' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_MH8FpmUWEp8/R5c6tzFt2dI/AAAAAAAAABk/aremvSfbycE/S220/011_13A.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-512040712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 29, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5727573218716156820</id><published>2009-11-29T13:05:24.639-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T13:05:24.639-05:00</updated><title type='text'>.&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;Poems&#xa;&#xa;1.&#xa;&#xa;It’s not about the structure of th...</title><summary type='text'>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s not about the structure of the sentence&lt;br /&gt;or the constancy of style,&lt;br /&gt;the endless repetition&lt;br /&gt;in forms so long ago expressed.&lt;br /&gt;It’s about the message that’s conveyed,&lt;br /&gt;the vision in the image, the telos in the words,&lt;br /&gt;not the way it’s dressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sea takes many forms and moods,&lt;br /&gt;rough and wild or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/5727573218716156820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/5727573218716156820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259517924639#c5727573218716156820' 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='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 29, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7102219050177428217</id><published>2009-11-28T10:40:12.199-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T10:40:12.199-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ted:  I think my point was/is that the debate that...</title><summary type='text'>Ted:  I think my point was/is that the debate that Ron started--Quietism versus Avant--hasn&amp;#39;t simply been &amp;quot;won&amp;quot; by declaring it a draw, or by leaving off the debate, arbitrarily, at a fixed point.  His argument all along has been that there is a fork in the road, and his choices of the writers he admires and encourages, going forward, are based on the assumption of his partisanship </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7102219050177428217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7102219050177428217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259422812199#c7102219050177428217' 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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3853250534832276949</id><published>2009-11-28T00:43:14.463-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T00:43:14.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The life of poetry is only visible second hand on ...</title><summary type='text'>The life of poetry is only visible second hand on the blogs... it&amp;#39;s on the street, in the readings: spoken word, performance, unclassifiable ... been watching this, amazed in Philly, where you can go to readings 2, 3 4 times a week, and where 10-12 people reading at open mike.. not one makes you want to sneak under the chairs to crawl out the door, and no way you can slap a brand on any of &amp;#</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3853250534832276949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3853250534832276949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259386994463#c3853250534832276949' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_MH8FpmUWEp8/R5c6tzFt2dI/AAAAAAAAABk/aremvSfbycE/S220/011_13A.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-512040712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8099425230236757420</id><published>2009-11-27T15:03:30.365-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T15:03:30.365-05:00</updated><title type='text'>impluse is lovely!</title><summary type='text'>impluse is lovely!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8099425230236757420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/8099425230236757420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259352210365#c8099425230236757420' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1708159231314797228</id><published>2009-11-27T11:52:06.631-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T11:52:06.631-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Annandale (Lynn) -- &#xa;&#xa;I didn&amp;#39;t carp about i...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Annandale (Lynn) -- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn&amp;#39;t carp about inactive links because you do an unbelievable job keeping those things current, twice a year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My experience is that most blogs linked to here don&amp;#39;t trade in discussion even of poetry in general. The assertion that there&amp;#39;s 1,000 blogs talking about poetry is a wild inflation of the reality.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/1708159231314797228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/1708159231314797228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259340726631#c1708159231314797228' 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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7956039357181983441</id><published>2009-11-27T01:31:04.342-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T01:31:04.342-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I doubt it&amp;#39;s a matter whether the subjects of ...</title><summary type='text'>I doubt it&amp;#39;s a matter whether the subjects of 20th century poetics have had the door shut on them, in Ron&amp;#39;s view, so much as he has an interest in other and newer things in the writing life. The topics are still open , demand debate and such, but poetry is not a thing that arrives anywhere and then settles in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It continues, the discussion about what constitutes a creative </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7956039357181983441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7956039357181983441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259303464342#c7956039357181983441' title=''/><author><name>Ted Burke</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/ScOlFsNlqiI/AAAAAAAACKY/nr0_xDYD8uU/S220/DSCF2074.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7006018809080325307</id><published>2009-11-26T22:02:09.456-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T22:02:09.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I never thought I&amp;#39;d live long enough to see th...</title><summary type='text'>I never thought I&amp;#39;d live long enough to see this day.  Happy Thanksgiving, Ron!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7006018809080325307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/7006018809080325307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259290929456#c7006018809080325307' title=''/><author><name>Reb</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5IbJOZSWCWM/SstKT5VfaqI/AAAAAAAAACs/KagsydScngA/S220/rebyellow.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1834707591"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5370326739071062097</id><published>2009-11-26T21:41:52.814-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T21:41:52.814-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven --&#xa;&#xa;Tabs ARE kept on the blogroll. It is up...</title><summary type='text'>Steven --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tabs ARE kept on the blogroll. It is updated monthly. On any given day, I think you will find probably less than 5 inactive links on Silliman&amp;#39;s blogroll. For a list of more than 1200, that is pretty good. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is my understanding that Ron&amp;#39;s criteria is that he doesn&amp;#39;t include blogs that consist solely of poetry; and the blog has to have been active </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/5370326739071062097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/5370326739071062097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259289712814#c5370326739071062097' 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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3588661217869881065</id><published>2009-11-26T18:39:50.605-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T18:39:50.605-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Good post. The most vulnerable I&amp;#39;ve seen you l...</title><summary type='text'>Good post. The most vulnerable I&amp;#39;ve seen you leave yourself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3588661217869881065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3588661217869881065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259278790605#c3588661217869881065' 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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1417964779055519647</id><published>2009-11-26T17:14:20.887-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T17:14:20.887-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So grateful for you and your  informative,quirky, ...</title><summary type='text'>So grateful for you and your  informative,quirky, and open-minded blog. You ARE the reputed laureate of blogology-especially when it comes to poetry,no?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/1417964779055519647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/1417964779055519647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259273660887#c1417964779055519647' title=''/><author><name>Emily</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15883940853388788949</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/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-68930484"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4760748387521121553</id><published>2009-11-26T16:41:31.838-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T16:41:31.838-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Until Black Ocean poets begin to win major awards,...</title><summary type='text'>Until Black Ocean poets begin to win major awards, and TYPO poets have the same status as New Yorker poets, then something is going on. There are class divides that have nothing to do with quality but instead with type. It is beside the point if this should matter or not. It exists. How one deals with it is up to them. Money flows in one direction. Reality Street does not even send books out for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/4760748387521121553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/4760748387521121553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259271691838#c4760748387521121553' title=''/><author><name>jwg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4813/939/1024/NC%202006.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310991121"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3615421120587849878</id><published>2009-11-26T14:50:32.267-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T14:50:32.267-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Back to Puritan poetix, with Kirby....&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;e&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>Get Back to Puritan poetix, with Kirby....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e&amp;#39;en Ben Franklin was no fan of puritanism, across the board-- when visiting Paris with his palsie Hume or Voltaire, he sort of misplaced his puritan hat, reportedly...(and also kicked down some shekels to the early Bethel AME...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;let&amp;#39;s hear it for Loud Quietism (or say the cliffsnotes to Candide....)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3615421120587849878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/3615421120587849878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259265032267#c3615421120587849878' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9149982139706194390</id><published>2009-11-26T13:54:34.374-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:54:34.374-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving, and glad to see this post!</title><summary type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving, and glad to see this post!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/9149982139706194390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7101786156237347477/comments/default/9149982139706194390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html?showComment=1259261674374#c9149982139706194390' title=''/><author><name>jeannine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.webbish6.com/images/j9pic.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-have-become-accustomed-to-pausing-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7101786156237347477' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7101786156237347477' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-679745349"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry></feed>