This author kicked Alistair Crowley down the stairs during a “magical” feud they had as members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. One poem by this author repeats “Fifteen apparitions have I seen; The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger.” A poem by this author based on a tarot card laments “decrepit age that has been tied to me / As to a dog’s tail.” Another poem by this author describes his heart “fastened to a dying animal.” That poem by this author describes “an aged man” as “a (*) paltry thing / A tattered coat upon a stick.” This author of “The Tower” wrote “That is no country for old men” in one poem, and begins another poem with the line “Turning and turning in the widening gyre… things fall apart.” For 10 points, name this author of “Sailing to Byzantium” and “The Second Coming.” ■END■
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 94% | 14% | 0% | 105.27 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Williams | Northmont A | Winnebago | 15 | 20 |
| Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Country Day | 19 | 0 |
| Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Winston Churchill A | 41 | 0 |
| Arjun Kala | University Lab | Solon | 44 | 20 |
| Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Richard Montgomery | 60 | 20 |
| Samuel Li | Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee A | 78 | 0 |
| Eleanor Heydt | Midtown | Maggie Walker C | 82 | 20 |
| Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington A | 89 | 20 |
| Camden Williams | Mexico | Chattahoochee B | 91 | 10 |
| Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Troy | 91 | 10 |
| Cindy Gao | Belmont | Johns Creek A | 91 | 10 |
| Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Mira Loma | 91 | 10 |
| Evan Lin | Woodland | Rockford Auburn A | 91 | 10 |
| Braden Booth | Dallas County | Canyon Crest | 92 | 10 |
| Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Thomas Jefferson A | 92 | 10 |
| Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Winston Churchill B | 92 | 10 |
| Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Parkway West | 92 | 10 |
| Matthew Kohn | Hunter A | Dunbar | 95 | 10 |
| David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Lake Highland | 99 | 0 |
| Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Moberly | 99 | 10 |
| Abigail Lee | Thomas Jefferson C | Barrington B | 99 | 10 |
| Brandon Torres | Carl Sandburg | Carbondale | 100 | 10 |
| Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Choate Rosemary Hall | 112 | 10 |
| Arnav Lahoti | St. Mark's | Maggie Walker A | 112 | 10 |
| Grace Sun | Stevenson B | West Point | 112 | 10 |
| Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Heights | 112 | 10 |
| Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Hinsdale Central | 112 | 10 |
| Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Lincoln-Way East | 112 | 0 |
| Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Mercer County | 115 | 0 |
| Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | Kinkaid | 130 | 10 |
| Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Hunter B | 131 | 10 |
| Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Elkhorn North | 132 | 10 |
| Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Thomas Jefferson D | 142 | 10 |
| Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Waukee | 142 | 10 |
| Mary McVeigh | John Adams B | Northmont B | 143 | 10 |
| Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Belvidere | 147 | 10 |
| Diane Buffet-Mogul | Mercer County | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 147 | 0 |
| Bharathi Kancharla | Maggie Walker B | Saint Joseph | 147 | 10 |
| Max Kolda | John Adams A | Norman | 147 | 10 |
| Izzy Lewis | Norris | Hoover B | 147 | 10 |