Question

This author was inspired by a hallucination of William Blake to write a poem about a “corolla of bleary spikes” with “smoke of olden locomotives in its eye.” This author describes a “death full of flowers” after twenty-eight lines that begin with “with your eyes.” A poem by this author describes a group who “threw potato salad at CCNY lecturers (10[3])on Dadaism” (10[1])as (10[1])“angelheaded hipsters.” That poem by this (10[1])author of “Sunflower Sutra” and “Kaddish” (10[2])declares, (10[1])“Carl Solomon, I’m with you in Rockland” and begins, “I saw the best minds of my generation (10[1])destroyed by madness.” For 10 points, name this Beat Generation poet of “Howl.” ■END■

ANSWER: Allen Ginsberg [or Irwin Allen Ginsberg]
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Anila MoparthiIllinois BNorthwestern B5910
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DNorthwestern A5910
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNotre Dame C5910
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BIllinois C6110
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame APurdue A6210
Sriram KoritalaIllinois AIowa A6810
Danielle WebbSIUEChicago B7410
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Benny FeldmanChicago APurdue B7510
Sanika IyerIndianaWashU A9210

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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY2100%0%0%59.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%100%106.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1100%0%100%106.00
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY3100%0%33%87.33
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY10100%0%0%68.30