The dactylic guide to poets & philosophers

1. Hippity-hoppity
Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht, the
Diligent scholar and
Seeker of truth,

Has an epiphany---
Nonhermeneutically---
When in the presence of
Lithe-bodied youth.

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2. Jiggery-pokery

R. Lanier Anderson
Reading his Nietzsche with
Rose-colored lens,

Makes out of Carter a
Paradigmatical
Instance of doctrines that
No one else kens.

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3. Higgledy-piggledy
Robinson Jeffers, who
Lived in a tower that's
Hewn all by hand,

Quitted the polis, since
Megalopsuchia
Means being moderate
In loving man.

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4. Imagist imagist
William C. Williams has
Gobbled the fruit you were
Saving to eat:

"Pardon my trespass and
Pflaumengefräßigkeit,
They were delicious, so
Cold and so sweet."

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5. Higgledy piggledy
Der Allzermalmende
Made room for faith by de-
Stroying the schools:

Questions pertaining to
Transcendentalities
Can't be decided, by
Wise men or fools.