Question

The magazine “lesser cuckoo” specialized in poems in this form and was edited by an author who called for their reform in a series of talks (15[1])“from the Otter's Den.” A poem in this form depicts baths “when you’re born” and “when you die” before concluding, “how stupid.” (15[1])A poem in this form imagines its author's “dreams wandering on this withered field” before his death. (15[1])A poem in this form works describing a “crimson maple leaf” is analyzed (15[3])in an (*) anthology based (10[1])on a children's game. (10[7])The (10[1])lines (10[1])“goes (10[1])out, (10[1])/ comes back— (10[1])/ the love life of” one animal appear in a poem in this form by Issa. The Seashell (10[1])Game (10[2])is an anthology (10[2])of poems in this form (10[1])by an author who wrote one about “the splash of water” (10[1])after a frog jumps into a pond. (10[3])Matsuo Basho wrote many poems in, for 10 points, what form of Japanese poetry with a 5-7-5 pattern? ■END■

ANSWER: haiku [or hokku; prompt on death poem]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%102.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%0%87.57
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%79.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%110.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%0%92.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%79.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%97.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%111.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben WismathToronto JoyMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian2515
Raymond WangCornell AColumbia A4715
Nathan ZhangCornell BColumbia B6415
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley C7715
Ben BeardsleyOld London TownBroken Hearts7715
James CarrigyEdinburghScottish, Irish, Both or Neither7715
Eric WolfsbergStanfordBerkeley B8110
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFlorida A8510
Jason HongBrownBrandeis8510
Joy AnHarvardMIT8510
Aum MundheRutgersUMD A8510
Sinecio MoralesJHU AUMD B8510
Eshan PantNYUPitt8510
Oliver HargraveBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustYes, Moderator8510
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas B8610
Raymond ChenToronto RoflWaterloo Miku8710
Tony ChenToronto WearyWaterloo Hatsune8810
Anish KodaliUNC CUSC B8910
Jim FanUNC BUNC A9210
Cade ReinbergerRITJohn Jay A11010
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle11110
Khushi UmarwadiaUSC ADuke A11110
Oliver WuOklahoma ATexas C11410
Enoch Yuen3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum11410
Nicolas EdwardsLa Clique du ChâteauLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies11910
Christopher LloydOklahoma BRice13010
Ryan CarmichaelFSU AFSU B13710
Theodore BenzmillerBoston CollegeTufts13710
Jeevika SetzerJHU BSwarthmore13710