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A poem from this movement that laments, “In an age without heroes / I just want to be a man,” ends with the image of “a blood-red dawn” that “From star-like bullet holes shall flow.” The 1998 film The Poet depicts a New Zealand resident from this literary movement who ax-murdered his wife; (15[1])that poet from this movement noted “the darkest night gave me dark-colored eyes” in the two-line poem “A Generation.” This movement’s journal Today published a protest poem that declares, “Let me tell you, world, (*) / I—do—not—believe!” An author from this movement used a pseudonym meaning “Northern Island” for his poem “The Answer,” which was quoted during protests that motivated the affiliated novelist of War Trash and Waiting to emigrate. (-5[1])For 10 points, Bei Dao and Ha Jin belonged to what (10[1])Chinese (-5[1])poetic movement, (10[1])whose alleged obscurity inspired its meteorological name? ■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: Misty Poets [or Misty Poetry; or Ménglóng Shīrén] (The first sentence quotes Bei Dao’s “Declaration,” and the poet in the second sentence was Gu Cheng. Today was published as Jintian.)
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