This poem describes a portico as “a fit haven for waifs, children, animals, prisoners, and presidents who have repaid sin-driven senators by not thinking about them.” A catalog of vegetation in this poem mentions “fox-glove, giant snap-dragon, [and] salpiglossis” but notes the “climate is not right for the banyan, frangipani, or jack-fruit trees.” This is the [emphasize] first poem to appear in a misleadingly named book of “Complete” poems that says “Omissions are not accidents.” Characters in this poem include the loafing student (*) Ambrose and C.J. Poole, who warns pedestrians with a “Danger” sign. “[E]ight stranded whales” are mentioned in this poem, which begins “Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.” For 10 points, a star atop a seaside church is re-gilded in what poem by Marianne Moore, titled for a church repairman? ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Liu | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 52 | 15 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | Floridovician | 84 | -5 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Floridovician | BHSU B | 137 | 10 |