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In one poem, Billy Collins described a painter kneeling and whispering to the dying body of one of these creatures. According to Helen Vendler, there existed two versions of a poem about one of these creatures that differed in the punctuation after “cautious.” The narrator of a Charles Bukowski poem describes pouring whiskey and inhaling (15[1])cigarette (15[1])smoke to stop one of these creatures from escaping his (*) heart. One of these creatures questions “in all but words, what to make of a diminished thing” in a Robert Frost (-5[1])poem. (-5[1])A poem (-5[1])describes an encounter with one of these creatures that drank dew from a “convenient grass” after it “came down from the walk.” (10[1])One poem questions why “thin men of Hadden” fail to see one of these creatures which is found “among twenty snowy mountains.” For 10 points, (10[1])Wallace Stevens described thirteen ways of looking (10[1])at what type of creature? ■END■

ANSWER: bird [accept blackbird or bluebird, accept “Birds of America” or “The Oven Bird” or “A Bird, Came down from the Walk” or “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
King VidorIn the Mood for BuzzThe cult of SGA5415
Kevin ZhengSocial credit go vroomMadmen and Specialists5515
Camden WilliamsToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titansbingy academy86-5
Bryan UgazASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique87-5
Young Fenimore LeeOld and YoungPaddington in Peru (2024)89-5
Shourjo Gangulibingy academyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans11110
Anne FjeldPaddington in Peru (2024)Old and Young13610
Chris Yooshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline14310