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Title:       Questionnaire
Date:        2024-04-25
Link:        https://spool-five.com/poetry/2024_apr25_questionnaire/
Word Count:  388
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> Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on the “Proust
> Questionnaire,” a set of questions drawn from Victorian-era parlor games,
> and adapted by modern interviewers. You could choose to answer the whole
> questionnaire, and then write a poem based on your answers, answer just
> a few, or just write a poem that’s based on the questions. You could
> even write a poem in the form of an entirely new Proust Questionnaire.

The Questionnaire:

- What is your idea of perfect happiness?
- What is your greatest fear?
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
- What is the trait you most deplore in others?
- Which living person do you most admire?
- What is your greatest extravagance?
- What is your current state of mind?
- What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
- On what occasion do you lie?
- What do you most dislike about your appearance?
- Which living person do you most despise?
- What is the quality you most like in a man?
- What is the quality you most like in a woman?
- Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
- What or who is the greatest love of your life?
- When and where were you happiest?
- Which talent would you most like to have?
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
- What do you consider your greatest achievement?
- If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
- Where would you most like to live?
- What is your most treasured possession?
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- What is your favorite occupation?
- What is your most marked characteristic?
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Who are your favorite writers?
- Who is your hero of fiction?
- Which historical figure do you most identify with?
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- What are your favorite names?
- What is it that you most dislike?
- What is your greatest regret?
- How would you like to die?
- What is your motto?

I have occasion to lie when I answer questionnaires 
I would like to have a talent for making people feel seen 
My motto is "never despair", I most admire Maureen
My fictional hero is Prince Myshkin, I regret being unaware
of your presence
until now