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 “from the Otter's Den.” A poem in this form depicts baths “when you’re born” and “when you die” before concluding, “how stupid.” A poem in this form imagines its author's “dreams wandering on this withered field” before his death. A poem in this form works describing a “crimson maple leaf” is analyzed (15[2])in an (*) anthology based on a children's game. (10[1])The lines “goes out, / comes back— / the love life of” one animal appear in a poem in this form by Issa. The Seashell Game (10[1])is an anthology (10[1])of poems in this form by an author who wrote one about “the splash of water” after a frog jumps into a pond. 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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James CarrigyEdinburghScottish, Irish, Both or Neither7715
Ben BeardsleyOld London TownBroken Hearts7715
Oliver HargraveBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustYes, Moderator8510
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle11110
Enoch Yuen3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum11410

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