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by Virgil

Motto for the title-page
Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque possim
Tollere humo, victorque viram volitare per ora.
Virg. [Georg. III 9 10]

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.

Member poem of the day

19 lines where only 13 are needed,
teaching villanelles - A1 to A2 -
making a feast out of fish:

serving up miracles to multitudes.
hocus pocus to defy physics,
19 lines where only 13 are needed -

such unlucky superstition overlaid
on a cruel form for vegetarians
at a feast of only fish.

a bucket of sea water evaporated
until only crystals remain:
19 lines where only 13 are needed.

how do you teach landlocked stu......

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