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Chess in Dupont Circle DC, Summer 2005, photo by Eric Bourland
Chess in Dupont Circle DC, Summer 2005, photo by Eric Bourland.
Hwæt Hwæt is an Old English word meaning Lo or Listen up. It is an attention-getting interjection and the first word of the Beowulf poem. The word is pronounced /hwat/ and rhymes with "that." The initial H is unstressed and emerges as an exhalation.

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Web Pages I Read or Listen To:

  • Spoken or Sung

    • Astronomy Cast
    • Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
    • Monster Magnet
    • Starship Sofa
    • The Drabblecast

  • Literary Journals and Reviews

    • Another Chicago Magazine
    • Barrelhouse
    • Beloit Poetry Journal
    • Georgetown Review
    • Grist
    • HTMLGIANT
    • Linebreak
    • Poetry Magazine
    • Praxilla
    • Qarrtsiluni
    • The Nepotist
    • Think Journal

  • Institutions

    • Poetry Foundation
    • Poetry International Web

  • Reviews

    • Jonathan Franzen's Freedom

  • Comics

    • Goblins
    • Questionable Content
    • Wondermark
    • xkcd

  • Blogs

    • Alfred Corn's Topics and Events
    • Beds of Purple
    • Best American Poetry Blog
    • Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog
    • Harriet
    • Lee Sharkey
    • Miette's Posterous
    • Shenandoah Breakdown
    • Squandermania and Other Foibles
    • The Next Youth Hostel
    • Underneath Their Robes

  • Writing

    • Everse Radio
    • Foetry
    • RealPoetik
    • World Wide Words
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