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Andrew Barger


How to Write a T. S. Eliot Poem
The routine and regimented ways in which to write a T. S. Eliot poem in 10 easy steps are as follows, ahem: 1. Come upon a cute turn of phrase, 2. Pen a rambunctious title loosely related to said turn of phrase, 3. Thumb the pages of Dante and pluck out an epigraph (preferably in the original Italian), 4. Insert said epigraph beneath said title, 5. Write slapdash quatrains, 6. Insert said turn of phrase at a random place in said quatrains, 7. Run the occasional line of said q
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