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Several lines in a poem by this author are preceded by the words “silence,” “a silence,” or “a long silence” in parentheses. The first part of a work by this author switches from prose to verse to ask, “What did you say / What did he say / What did they say,” before concluding, “This is the story of Jo Davidson.” This poet described a lover as happier “than any one else who / ever could, who was, who is, who ever will be living” in the “word portrait” “Ada.” This author included seven lines consisting of only the word “pale” in a poem that opens “Compose compose beds.” A poetry collection by her (10[1])consists of the sections “Objects,” (10[2])“Food,” (10[3])and (10[1])“Rooms.” (10[1])For 10 points, the poem “Sacred Emily” (10[3])is (10[1])by (10[1])what author (10[1])of Tender (10[1])Buttons, (10[3])who (-5[1])coined the phrase “Lost Generation” and wrote the line “Rose (10[1])is a rose is a rose is a rose”? ■END■ (10[1])

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