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It's time for our first Trivia Slam!
(Inspired by LibraryThing's TriviaThing.)
The Poetry Collective's first round of poems began on August 20th and ended today, February 28, 2026. In that time, twenty-four wildly differing poems have been selected and shared. Thank you all for your selections and your insightful participation. It's been a blast.
Before we launch into Round 2, test your Poetry Collective chops. How many of these 10 poems all found within Round 1 can you identify?
1. The poem submitted by LibraryThing member with the join date of August 21, 2005, although LT site did not launch until a little more than a week later.
Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins
2. The poem that has two words in italics.
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
3. The poem selected that has sold over 10 million copies in the U.S.
Lose Yourself by Marshall Mathers (aka Eminem)
4. The poem that includes a mild expletive expressing condemnation.
The Stars Go over the Lonely Ocean by Robinson Jeffers
5. The poem that is meta, a poem about poetry.
Don't Ask Me by R.S. Thomas
6. The poem (in a new translation) that is the oldest poem selected so far.
The Song of Songs 7:1-9 translated from Hebrew
7. The poem by the poet who is widely known for the poem in a 1994 popular romcom film.
As I Walked Out One Evening by W. H. Auden
8. The poem translated into English by the LT member who chose it.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/374206#8960523">A Kiss by Ana Horvat translated by LT member SandraArdnas
9. The poem by the first poet invited to address the whole American nation, televised on January 20, 1961.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
10. The poem aptly selected for the sentiment of the date it fell on.
How did you do? Share the number of your correct answers in this anonymous poll.
(Inspired by LibraryThing's TriviaThing.)
The Poetry Collective's first round of poems began on August 20th and ended today, February 28, 2026. In that time, twenty-four wildly differing poems have been selected and shared. Thank you all for your selections and your insightful participation. It's been a blast.
Before we launch into Round 2, test your Poetry Collective chops. How many of these 10 poems all found within Round 1 can you identify?
1. The poem submitted by LibraryThing member with the join date of August 21, 2005, although LT site did not launch until a little more than a week later.
2. The poem that has two words in italics.
3. The poem selected that has sold over 10 million copies in the U.S.
4. The poem that includes a mild expletive expressing condemnation.
5. The poem that is meta, a poem about poetry.
6. The poem (in a new translation) that is the oldest poem selected so far.
7. The poem by the poet who is widely known for the poem in a 1994 popular romcom film.
8. The poem translated into English by the LT member who chose it.
9. The poem by the first poet invited to address the whole American nation, televised on January 20, 1961.
10. The poem aptly selected for the sentiment of the date it fell on.
How did you do? Share the number of your correct answers in this anonymous poll.
