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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by riffraff on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @05:58PM (#48927610)
But this is about poetry, would Twain qualify as a poet?

My vote would go to Edgar Lee Masters because the spoon river anthology is one of the few poetry books I actually read, and it exemplifies a lot of the American spirit, IMVHO.

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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by FeteCommuniste on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @06:09PM (#48927744)
The vast majority of Cervantes's work was not in poetry, either. I think the idea is more "emblematic national storyteller" than poet in the narrow sense.
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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by maxerickson on Sunday July 19, 2026 @09:52PM (#48973566)
It's at least arguably about storytelling. You don't sit around the fire talking in verse for your entertainment.

For instance, one of Homer's works is in the news due to a film being made of it.

I suppose that suggests the Coen brothers.

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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by bryanrasmussen on Monday July 20, 2026 @09:28AM (#48978615)
Well, yes, the Coen brothers did do the best version of the Odyssey for screen after all.
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