# ID This Donald Hall Poem

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-donald-hall-poem/138226 "2002-11-22T20:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-donald-hall-poem/138226/1 "2002-11-22T20:25:27Z")

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I came across the Donald Hall poem in question in an issue of the New Republic sometime this past late winter or early spring. I don’t remember many specific lines, but the person in the poem was describing a single, depressing day of his life from the time he gets up in the morning to when he goes to bed a night. I hope this is enough for someone to go on.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-donald-hall-poem/138226/2 "2002-11-22T20:51:26Z")

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I’ve searched EBSCOHost for “donald hall” in _New Republic_ and the only citation I find is for an article by William H. Pritchard from the 2/14/1994 issue. It is a review of two of Hall’s books, _Museum of Clear Ideas_ and _Life Work_. If this sounds like it could even possibly be right, I can post some sample lines and we can try to narrow it down from there.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-donald-hall-poem/138226/3 "2002-11-23T02:00:46Z")

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Thanks, **KneadToKnow** , but the poem wasn’t part of another article, but simply published as a “stand-alone” poem in the magazine. I sincerely appreciate your effort, but I came up with the same article as part of a search at the New Republic web site. I know my description of the poem was hopelessly vauge. Thanks!