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wishinghand on March 31, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Who are your favorite poets?

How do I format text like that on HN? Use <pre> tags?

schoen on April 1, 2015 [–]

Two spaces in front of each line should work.

  One space is not enough,
  Yet two suffice.

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