<?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.post8999452306139787566..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/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4611380224785967194</id><published>2010-02-12T09:47:47.039-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-12T09:47:47.039-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There &amp;#39;is no poetry&amp;#39;&#xa;because &amp;#39;all is p...</title><summary type='text'>There &amp;#39;is no poetry&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;because &amp;#39;all is poetry&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there &amp;#39;are no trivialities&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;because &amp;#39;all is trivial&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;because we cannot think&lt;br /&gt;chemically&lt;br /&gt;we are forever doomed&lt;br /&gt;to be blind mole-like&lt;br /&gt;civil engineers&lt;br /&gt;of word space&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paper-pushers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but the fact that&lt;br /&gt;anything&lt;br /&gt;at all exists&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/4611380224785967194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/4611380224785967194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265986067039#c4611380224785967194' 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/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 12, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2870332810920984226</id><published>2010-02-11T21:47:31.429-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T21:47:31.429-05:00</updated><title type='text'>R,&#xa;&#xa;You &amp;#39;infer&amp;#39; you know anything about po...</title><summary type='text'>R,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You &amp;#39;infer&amp;#39; you know anything about poetry, you &amp;#39;imply&amp;#39; by &amp;#39;inference&amp;#39; you know about poetry, you &amp;#39;slight&amp;#39; about poetry, but you never actually say anything about poetry. This is because you are a fraud, a phony, a charlatan, so much so that you can&amp;#39;t tell you are one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read your own words, you avoid anything poetical completely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/2870332810920984226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/2870332810920984226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265942851429#c2870332810920984226' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01511477116573756644</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.virtualwhiteorchids.com/PonderingPoet.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1741375652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 11, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1521371783880068015</id><published>2010-02-10T11:19:54.318-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T11:19:54.318-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you know, i take back what i say,&#xa;this really is g...</title><summary type='text'>you know, i take back what i say,&lt;br /&gt;this really is great writing.&lt;br /&gt;reaaly excellent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;remarkable.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/1521371783880068015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/1521371783880068015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265818794318#c1521371783880068015' 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/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8235646307145366148</id><published>2010-02-10T07:51:23.212-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T07:51:23.212-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom,&#xa;&#xa;To be told that I know nothing about poetry ...</title><summary type='text'>Tom,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be told that I know nothing about poetry from the author of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hidden Judges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A morning taps a finger to the nape in awe,&lt;br /&gt;a lovely and incessant sprinkling change&lt;br /&gt;from dainty dawn to when our name is called,&lt;br /&gt;when work and goals, at times, are pre-arranged.&lt;br /&gt;We are not taught to listen to ourselves;&lt;br /&gt;we tap-dance for a boss, obsess with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/8235646307145366148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/8235646307145366148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265806283212#c8235646307145366148' 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/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5465779586835838509</id><published>2010-02-09T21:22:06.107-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-09T21:22:06.107-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That stuff sounds like drivel, which I suspect it ...</title><summary type='text'>That stuff sounds like drivel, which I suspect it is. I know it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R, you know nothing about poetry.&lt;br /&gt;You are a &amp;quot;networker&amp;quot; nothing more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/5465779586835838509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/5465779586835838509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265768526107#c5465779586835838509' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01511477116573756644</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.virtualwhiteorchids.com/PonderingPoet.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1741375652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6204055467284840018</id><published>2010-02-08T14:05:16.066-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T14:05:16.066-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So glad to see this review!  Nasdor is one hell of...</title><summary type='text'>So glad to see this review!  Nasdor is one hell of a voice.  I am a huge fan of his work.  Definitely he should be a household name for the literary-folk, at least.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/6204055467284840018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/6204055467284840018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265655916066#c6204055467284840018' title=''/><author><name>fretless</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17753095956288569551</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/starebrokn/XarHideSerious.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-871286120"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5963040112575549822</id><published>2010-02-08T11:49:48.056-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T11:49:48.056-05:00</updated><title type='text'>makes me think of Arthur Clayborough&amp;#39;s idea of...</title><summary type='text'>makes me think of Arthur Clayborough&amp;#39;s idea of a &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Regressive-positive&amp;quot; art which he connects to myth and more or less&lt;br /&gt;the vatic. I can see that in this&lt;br /&gt;but in a kind of Kurt Schwitters key&lt;br /&gt;of &amp;#39;informe&amp;#39; as in Kristeva, or those in her vechinitease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dig it, but,&lt;br /&gt;not enough play&lt;br /&gt;WITHIN the word&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point in poetry</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/5963040112575549822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/5963040112575549822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265647788056#c5963040112575549822' 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/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1142694695615186592</id><published>2010-02-08T09:43:15.820-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T09:43:15.820-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Judging a book by its cover, and it looks quite Bo...</title><summary type='text'>Judging a book by its cover, and it looks quite Bosch-a-licious.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yet as even WH Frauden realised, the old meisters did something a boxcar of poeticals ....cain&amp;#39;t.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/1142694695615186592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8999452306139787566/comments/default/1142694695615186592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html?showComment=1265640195820#c1142694695615186592' 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/2010/02/one-of-most-enjoyable-books-that-ive.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999452306139787566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8999452306139787566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2010"/></entry></feed>