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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 |
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William McGonagall, the World’s Worst Poet (not trademarked, I don’t think, but should be) can’t even get a statue erected in his honor in his hometown. From the AP, via WaPo (”How to Celebrate ‘The 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 late-19th-century poet’s work was so bad he carried an umbrella with him at all times as protection from the barrage of rotten tomatoes he faced wherever he recited. And to think I hadn’t even heard of “poet baiting” until this very moment. McGonagall Online provides a comprehensive guide to the life and works. The Gem of the Day quotes from his “Loch Katrine”: BEAUTIFUL Loch Katrine in all thy [ Full article ] |
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