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2023 Poetry Month Hunt

April is National Poetry Month, and we’re springing into the season with our new poetic treasure hunt!

We've scattered a quiver of quills around the site. You’ll solve the clues below to find the quills and gather them all together.

  • Decipher the clues below and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a quill. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
  • If there's a quill on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
  • You have almost two weeks to find all the quills (until 11:59pm EST, Sunday April 30th).
  • Come brag about your quiver of quills (and get hints) on Talk.

Win Prizes

  • Any member who finds at least two quills will be awarded a quill badge. Badge: ().
  • Members who find all 12 quills will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We'll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the European Robin illustration!

ConceptDawg has made all of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple of years. We like them, and hope you do, too!

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Quill 1

What genre is this, what does it do?
What purpose does it serve for you?
Its distinctive style, sound, rhythm, rhyme,
Its ancient forms passed down through time.
Of all the literary arts we know,
It surely was the first to grow.

/genre/37/Poetry

Quill 2

I’m nobody, she did once declare,
This poet in white, with auburn hair,
Whose feathered hope sat in her soul,
Whose heart asked pleasure first of all,
Whom death did stop for, on his patrol.

/author/dickinsonemily

Quill 3

One of our not-for-profit organizations,
A poetry press whose publications
Are often seen on our ER page,
Come take a look—they’re all the rage!

/ner/publisher/2723/BOA-Editions-Ltd

Quill 4

An epic poem written in dactylic hexameter,
In translation its form knows no parameter,
From rhyming couplet to open verse,
Its story told in styles diverse.
With themes of honor, glory, war—
Still read today, as it was sung before.

/work/5057

Quill 5

This Canadian poetry prize did formerly applaud
Two poets—one from home, one from abroad.
But just last year the prize was redirected,
Henceforth, one winner only shall be selected.

/bookaward/Griffin Poetry Prize

Quill 6

Here we have poems
written for all sorts of books.
Give me more, more, more!

/more/haiku

Quill 7

Climbing hills and shattering ceilings,
this young poet emotes with such feeling.

Shedding light on oppression, feminism, and race,
her work holds such an important place.

This artist’s recent rise to fame hasn’t been subtle;
She's been to the Capitol & Super Bowl, just to name a couple!

/author/gormanamanda

Quill 8

Many children have had this book on their shelves,
with funny little pictures: just look for yourself!

With oodles and oodles of poems to adore,
HarperCollins first published it in 1974.

Still can’t think of this title? Oh, well…
the author’s first name sounds like a “Bell”.

/work/1833

Quill 9

Start this clue off right, with a mystery…
One word, two syllables: the page you need.

Next clue: think fast! What would Bill Shakespeare write?
Not a play, but something shorter in sight.

Ere I stop, look closely at these lines, dear.
Ten syllables each, an acronym’s clear.
Something(s) twice as long as this clue right here!

/tag/sonnets

Quill 10

A group of fools, but who can say,
That their foolishness is not the way,
To drink a draught of bliss sublime,
To play with words and dance with time.
These members worship at the feet of muses,
Such wise foolishness does have its uses.

/ngroups/115/Poetry-Fool

Quill 11

This time last year by List we stated,
Our favorite poetry of late created.
Each month we take a different theme,
A project worked on as a team.

/list/43565/all/Favorite-Recent-Poetry-1980-2022

Quill 12

Twenty of this, and one of that,
Love and grief explored, whereat—
Sensation, sales and great acclaim,
This collection made the poet’s name.

/work/29548