text: A bored office worker in a poem by this man asks many questions of a shopkeeper so "that their hands might touchÂ…that their faces, their lips / might move close together as though by chance.
full_question: A bored office worker in a poem by this man asks many questions of a shopkeeper so "that their hands might touchÂ…that their faces, their lips / might move close together as though by chance." The speaker of another poem by this author of "He Asked About the Quality" asks why his leaders have "put on bracelets with so many amethysts, / and rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds." The speaker of a poem by this man advises the reader to "hope your road is a long one" and notes that you will not encounter obstacles "unless you bring them along inside your soul." The title figure of a fourth poem by this man is told to "say goodbye to her, to the Alexandria you are losing." For 10 points, name this Modern Greek poet of "Waiting for the Barbarians," "Ithaka," and "The God Abandons Antony."
first_sentence: A bored office worker in a poem by this man asks many questions of a shopkeeper so "that their hands might touchÂ…that their faces, their lips / might move close together as though by chance.
raw_answer: Constantine Cavafy