WHO'S THAT POET?
Nearing 40, had no poetry books out; took "The Road Not Taken" anyway, made all the difference; a New England patriot
Frost
Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government
communism (Communist Party)
In 1968 tuition was free for state residents at the U. of Cal., including this Bay Area flagship campus; it was $14,000 in 2023
Berkeley
This septet:
"So I'ma light it up like dynamite, whoa, dy-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy"
BTS
New York & San Francisco
Giants
Usher-ed in "The Haunted Palace"; fell for Whitman (Sarah, not Walt); bit of a drinking problem
Poe
"I feel I have blood on my hands", said a troubled Oppenheimer in a tense October 1945 meeting with this man, who replied that the blood was on his own instead
Truman
It may get your Irish up to know in 1977 this Indiana private U. cost about $3,000 but tuition & fees now go for 62 grand
Notre Dame
This group in 2009:
"I gotta feeling (woo-hoo) that tonight's gonna be a good night... that tonight's gonna be a good, good night"
The Black Eyed Peas
New York & Texas
the Rangers
"I shall not be moved"... quite moving; got a Tony nom for a 1973 performance; gone since 2014, but still she rises
Maya Angelou
Oppenheimer wasn't sure why he chose this name for a nuclear test site, but he did recall thinking of John Donne's poems of death & resurrection, including the sonnet that begins, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God"
the Trinity test site
1985 tuition was a bit over $7,000 at this Durham, North Carolina university; in 2024, the cost will be north of $63,000
Duke
DJ Khaled & this man:
"Cops pullin' up like I'm givin' drugs out, nah, nah, I'm a popstar, not a doctor"
Drake
New York & Winnipeg
the Jets
"Big Shoulders" to cry on; Spanish-American War vet; his kind of town, "Chicago" is
Sandburg
Arguing that the far-flung Manhattan Project needed a central facility, Oppenheimer helped choose an isolated New Mexico location for this top-secret site, described as an ivory tower frontier boomtown
Los Alamos
Tuition at this private univ. in Houston from its opening in 1912 to 1965? Deliciously free! Today... a bit more, at $57,000
Rice
This singer:
"Don't show up, don't come out, don't start caring about me now, walk away, you know how"
Dua Lipa
Arizona & St. Louis
the Cardinals
An unabashed romantic; "Unbound" effort; drowning, his sorrows
Shelley
This hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man, oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb
General Leslie Groves
This Big Ten school kept things steady for in-state Indiana residents; general service tuition was $9,992 in 2012 & in '23
Purdue
This old school punk band:
"Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours to go, I wanna be sedated"
The Ramones
Florida & Carolina
the Panthers