POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER
12th U.S. president who topped the pop charts with "Shake It Off"
John Taylor Swift
It's the world capital where you'll find the Akshardham Hindu temple, one of the world's largest
New Delhi
An epithalamium is a poem for this occasion; one by Sappho ends, "Happy bridegroom, seek your bride"
Weddings
The waters are divided from the waters; cattle are given names; brother slays brother
Genesis
A cream-filled cake in Finland
Helsinki Twinkie
Talented singer & pianist who can do a mash-up of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" & "All Of Me"
Elton John Legend
This state is the "Land of Enchantment"
New Mexico
One verse of a poem is called a stave or this word also beginning with "st"
Stanza
The Lord lets Satan afflict an upright man, who ends up twice as rich as he'd been
Job
An Italian book
Movie where the monstrous Lester Burnham locks up Belle, who finds an enchanted rose
American Beauty and the Beast
In 2001 Canada added "and Labrador" to the name of this province
Newfoundland
By marking the stressed & unstressed syllables in a line, we're engaging in scansion, the analysis of this rhythmic element in a poem
The Meter
The word is with God; a light shines in the darkness; Jesus resurrects Lazarus
John
A gear in the Czech Republic (Hint: think with an American Accent)
A Prague Cog
Han Solo's freighter is a 1980s primetime soap set at a vineyard & starring Jane Wyman
Millenium Falcon Crest
The western half of this island comprises Papua & West Papua
New Guinea
This line of 12 syllables is likely named for a "great" Macedonian
An alexandrine
Naomi has a devoted daughter-in-law; Boaz needs some gleaning done
Ruth
A boy in Ukraine named for actor Schreiber
A Kiev Liev
Film in which a kid in a Welsh coal-mining family like totally falls for a 1980s Southern California chick
How Green was my Valley Girl
In the 1800s this Massachusetts city was the world's leading whaling port
New Bedford
A haiku traditionally deals with this; a senryu takes an ironic look at human this
Nature
Tribes are counted, wander in the desert & reach the borders of the promised land
Numbers
A list of maritime cargo in the capital of Hungary
A Budapest Manifest