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| No Respect for World’s Worst Poet |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:24 pm |
| Tags: I On The News, Writers Writing |
| World’s Worst Poet’?” by Ben McConville): EDINBURGH, Scotland — The land that gave the world Robert Burns also has the dubious honor of producing the “world’s worst poet.” Now fans of the hapless William McGonagall are campaigning to put him in the pantheon of Scottish literary greats. The |
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| N.H. poet Simic to be U.S. poet laureate |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 9:34 am |
| Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic of the University of New Hampshire will be the new U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced Thursday. |
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| Charles Simic named US poet laureate - Guardian Unlimited |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 11:33 am |
| PostCharles Simic named US poet laureateGuardian Unlimited - 1 hour agoCharles Simic, the Pulitzer prize-winning poet who emigrated to the US from Yugoslavia aged 16, has been named as his adopted country's new poet laureate.Immigrant Simic to be US poet laureate San Jose Mercury NewsCharles Simic named as 15th US poet laureate |
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| Charles Simic named as 15th US poet laureate - Reuters |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 11:40 am |
| Simic named as 15th US poet laureateReuters - 2 hours agoNEW YORK (Reuters) - American poet Charles Simic was named on Thursday as the United States' 15th poet laureate by the Library of Congress which described his poetry as accessible with some flashes of ironic humor.NH poet Simic to be US poet laureate Boston GlobeCharles |
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| The World’s Worst Poet |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 3:33 pm |
| Tags: Poems, Poetry |
| An interesting tidbit: The late 19th century poet’s [William McGonagall] work is so bad he carried an umbrella with him at all times as protection from the barrage of rotten tomatoes he faced wherever he recited. |
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