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/lit/ - Literature

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Okay /lit/, I'm stumped
It's really fucking late and I'm doing my shitty poetry project.
What's an attention getter I can use to open up a poem showing that there is beauty in poverty?

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>> No.544914

P.S. I was thinking about just banging some god damn tin cans together because TIN CANS ARE POVERTY.

>> No.544918

Well, begin with reading a poem written by some poorfag

>> No.544922

/lit/ - Homework

>> No.544930

I already know my poem; it's Pastoral," by William Carlos Williams. Seriously, /lit/, help would be appreciated.

>> No.544931
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talk about the faint glow eminating from the skin of starvation...look at this painting...

>> No.544967

Why did you choose this subject?

>> No.544968

>>544931
What painting is that? I'll just use that. thanks bro

>> No.544975

>>544968
the frugal repast by picasso

>> No.544976

>>544967
because i really enjoy the poem, even if the project is complete shit

>> No.544980

without poverty/pain/suffering, nothing of the same caliber on the other end of the spectrum would be possible.

>> No.544993

>>544980
more like because some people choose to live in luxury, others must suffer (capitalism is a zero sum equation)

>> No.545050

OP here. You guys are awesome. Thanks a ton. Just wrote a little intro speech, and I plan on using that Picasso painting. Thanks again.

>> No.545070

>>545050
it's cool because i've always wanted to reference that painting for something and now you get to