| Author | Message | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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When is a Weightless Poet not a Weightless Poet? | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
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When the poet weighs 300+ lbs?  | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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When the poet weighs 300+ lbs? Absolutely! (But not the solution, of course) :-) | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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When he's held down by his levity? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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When he's held down by his levity? Absolutely! (But not the solution, of course) :-) | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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When he's Ezra Pound? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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And they get even better... When he's Ezra Pound? Absolutely! (But not the solution, of course) :-) Bonus points awarded to all three suggestions so far | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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When she's Nancy Stone? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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When the weightless poets other pursuits are not so weightless? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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For those unfamiliar with our quaint British terms, Nancy's worth 14 Ezras.  | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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When she's Nancy Stone? No but 14 bonus points! When the weightless poets other pursuits are not so weightless? No, but the imagination boggles! | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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I suppose someone had better ask a real question - is any particular poet relevant to this puzzle? any particular genre of poetry (other than "weightless")? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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I suppose someone had better ask a real question Good idea Is any particular poet relevant to this puzzle? Yes any particular genre of poetry (other than "weightless")? No i.e. we are dealing with weightless poetry | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Any relevance to the way that so many English/Literature teachers insist on finding deep significance and symbolism in everything? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Any relevance to the way that so many English/Literature teachers insist on finding deep significance and symbolism in everything? No but that's an observation that we share! | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Is this poet English? (not Chesterton, I hope) American? In what century/ies did he write? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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In light of the questions and answers below, bear in mind that this is a weightless lateral puzzle. Is this poet English? The poet would seem to be anon, although .. (not Chesterton, I hope) Rest assured American? No In what century/ies did he write? 21st | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Has any of his work recently been mentioned on the LTPF? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Has any of his work recently been mentioned on the LTPF? Indeed! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Shuttleworth? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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How many stones is a shuttle worth? Your work? Mine? Something I have quoted? Is the idea simply that Anon is a weightless poet? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Shuttleworth? A logical guess but no Your work? Yes Mine? Something I have quoted? Is the idea simply that Anon is a weightless poet? Appears to be - yes, but .. |
