Please help me find this poem about a car crash. I think it's from the New Yorker. Two drivers are in a car crash, and then they yell at each other until one of them says "wow, we were both scared," and then they feel better. Well, something like that.
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posted by Charity Garfein
on Jul 7, 2012 -
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I am looking for 'healing' poetry: poems that 1) urge you to keep going, 2) tell you that yes, life is hard, but you can do it, 3) remind you to keep your shit together, 4) embrace you and say that you are not alone in this, or 5) just say that this too shall pass.
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posted by pleasebekind
on Jul 4, 2012 -
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I remember reading somewhere that some famous, ancient (?) Japanese (?) poets liked to travel to new places where they were not yet well-known, in order to test their abilities and attempt to re-establish themselves as talented poets. Does this ring any bells? Do you know of any sources that talk about such a thing? Any examples of such poets? Anything similar in a field other than poetry?
posted by palet
on Jun 28, 2012 -
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Help me remember a long forgotten poem, Hive Mind! Here's what I remember: spring, a man growing horns and hooves, a fall into roots, red thread.
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posted by WidgetAlley
on Jun 27, 2012 -
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What's the name of the sonnet form that looks like it rhymes, but doesn't rhyme when read out loud?
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posted by Kattullus
on Jun 4, 2012 -
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I'm retreading T. S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" and wondering who the most important poets of the last decade are--who is Eliot's heir apparent?
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posted by mecran01
on Jun 3, 2012 -
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I am looking for any information about a triangle-shaped literary magazine that was published in Northampton, MA in the 1980s.
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posted by mattbucher
on May 1, 2012 -
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Help me identify a poem? It was about a train ride, I think it described the view through the train window, and I think it was written in dactyls. (It had a rhythm to it that felt like a train ride.)
posted by Bufo_periglenes
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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What are the best practices for entering ID3 tags when it comes to poetry/spoken word?
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posted by malocchio
on Apr 6, 2012 -
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I'm looking for poetry that makes exceptional use of enjambment, both positively and negatively.
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posted by Cantdosleepy
on Apr 3, 2012 -
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Besides Shakespeare, who are the writers with the greatest wit and rhetorical skill?
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posted by lunchbox
on Mar 29, 2012 -
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I want to start writing creatively, and am thinking of participating in NaNoWriMo this year. How do I get started?
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posted by I am the Walrus
on Mar 27, 2012 -
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I'm looking for poetry with a feminist leaning and/or covering a certain set of topics.
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posted by kanata
on Mar 23, 2012 -
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Trying to find a half-remembered poem. It was something about transitory natural states, and I think it specifically mentioned the moment when rain turns to sleet or sleet turns to snow or some such. I think some kind of precipitation was the subject. And that's all I have. Thanks for anything you can offer!
posted by mattholomew
on Mar 13, 2012 -
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Greek scholars: If an epithalamium is a poem "upon a bedchamber" what would a poem "upon wine" be? An epoinon (ἐποἶνον)? An epoinion (ἐποἶνιον)? An epoinios (ἐποἶνιος)? And how would you Latinize in a manner historically and stylistically concurrent to that of "epithalamium"?
Has no Greek poet ever written a poem "upon wine" before?
posted by punkbitch
on Feb 29, 2012 -
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Poetry filter: Google can't help me as the poem plays on the Luke 11:11 "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?". Driving me mad not being able to find it, a a short 5-6 line poem, from an old UK anthology, Voices, which says broadly that in the future, we will all be equal and share, but still I will give stones to other children and keep bread for my own child. Not a translation and a modern non-rhyming poem.
posted by viggorlijah
on Feb 7, 2012 -
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In printed vocalized Arabic poetry, if pausal forms are used at the end of some lines but not others, is a meaningful distinction being made?
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posted by Paquda
on Jan 31, 2012 -
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I'm trying to find a poem, but can only remember a few vague lines. (Something about angels dancing?)
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posted by karminai
on Dec 18, 2011 -
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Do you know of any literary quotes on the theme of self-disgust and shame when authors or characters realise they have turned into that which they once despised?
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posted by cincinnatus c
on Nov 23, 2011 -
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Suggestions for a poignant (but not depressing) poem to give on the occasion of a niece's christening?
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posted by Weng
on Nov 13, 2011 -
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Should all the water "empty" out of the bottom of a stove top espresso maker? If so, what could I be doing wrong, because half of the water remains in my espresso maker? I put the pot on medium, I don't over stuff the maker with espresso, and I don't fill the water over the valve. Thanks in advance!
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posted by lrnarabic
on Nov 9, 2011 -
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Help, scientists! I'm looking for a cover image for my forthcoming book of poetry. I would like to use a visually striking image (photo, diagram, etc.) from a scientific publication.
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posted by sleevener
on Nov 3, 2011 -
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What are your favourite spooky poems, that are two to three minutes long when read out, for an audience of adults?
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posted by siskin
on Oct 24, 2011 -
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I'm looking for more poets like Frederick Seidel. I recently read Seidel's
Arabia in the previous issue of
The Paris Review and was drawn to his, what I would term "Lad Poetry" - with lad being the antonym of chick, as in chick lit.
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posted by lrnarabic
on Oct 10, 2011 -
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If you write a poem about someone and want to publish it, is that person allowed to prevent you from doing so?
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posted by glassrose
on Sep 28, 2011 -
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Please tell me your favorite poems about the demise of a relationship, breaking up, and letting go of someone.
posted by invisible ink
on Sep 25, 2011 -
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What recent poetry would you recommend? Who writes more clearly and appeals to the senses? (more inside)
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posted by maurreen
on Sep 24, 2011 -
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Are there any other folkloric/religious/mythological beings/concepts other than the Muses who preside over or rule inspiration or creativity?
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posted by The Whelk
on Sep 20, 2011 -
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I've read a poem that has intrigued me and piqued my curiosity but unfortunately it also confused me. It would be great if someone here could elucidate its meaning for me. The poem is
The Curse by John Donne.
posted by gregb1007
on Sep 19, 2011 -
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I dimly remember some lines from a poem or novel that go something like, "The something something, which something something, something something something, that nothing [heals/helps]" Basically I remember the cadence, but very few of the words. The lines were very poignant. What were they?
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posted by Acheman
on Sep 19, 2011 -
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My Master's exam is coming up in two weeks, and I can't concentrate enough on the poetry to read it, let alone remember it... help?
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posted by patheral
on Aug 27, 2011 -
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