The World's Worst Poet
Author : William McGonagall
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 1979-09
Category :
ISBN :
The World's Worst Poetry
Author : Stephen Robins
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,34 MB
Release : 2002
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9781853754814
Book Description
We all need a bit of poetry in our lives to inspire and to elevate. But what happens when poetry goes wrong, and how bad can it get? Stephen Robins has scoured the anthologies of the world to amass the most astonishing examples of really awful verse. Each featured poet is introduced with a light-hearted discussion of his or her life, exploring published works, fame, and reputation. The result is a treasure trove of poetic disasters that should hold the attention of even the most jaded reader.
The Best Worst Poet Ever
Author : Lauren Stohler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 153444629X
Book Description
Furry rivals Cat and Pug have a rhyme-riddled showdown in this hilarious and delightfully quirky picture book about the joys of writing poetry—playfully imagined by the creator of social media sensation Inkpug! There once was a Pug and a Cat Who engaged in a poetic spat… Cat and Pug are each determined to become the World’s Best Poet, no matter what it takes. Whether they’re writing sonnets to sundaes or typing ballads with their butts, they will stop at nothing to outwit, out-write, and out-verse each other. But perhaps there is an even greater prize to be had: Can these two rivals discover the wonderful joy of writing…together?
Very Bad Poetry
Author : Kathryn Petras
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 1997-03-25
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0679776222
Book Description
Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence. The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius. From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism. Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).
The Hatred of Poetry
Author : Ben Lerner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0865478201
Book Description
"The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance"--
William McGonagall
Author : Chris Hunt
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0857900730
Book Description
William McGonagall was born in Edinburgh in 1830. His father was a poor hand-loom weaver, and his work took his family to Glasgow, then to Dundee. William attended school for eighteen months before the age of seven, and received no further formal education. Later, as a mill worker, he used to read books in the evening, taking great interest in Shakespeare's plays. In 1877, McGonagall suddenly discovered himself 'to be a poet'. Since then, thousands of people the world over have enjoyed the verse of Scotland's alternative national poet. This volume brings together the three famous collections – Poetic Gems, More Poetic Gems and Last Poetic Gems, and also includes an introduction by Chris Hunt, the webmaster of the McGonagall website www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk, indexes of poem titles and first lines, and features the first publication of McGonagall's only play, Jack o' the Cudgel, written in 1886 but not performed publicly until 2002.
B Is for Bad Poetry
Author : Pamela August Russell
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781402767876
Book Description
A hysterical collection of bad poetry. It includes such work as: "Tea For Two" ("A Tragedy"); "Nietzsche And The Ice-Cream Truck"; "Capitalism Can Fall Not Like I Fell For You"; "Inappropriately Touched By An Angel"; and, "Love Is Like A Toilet Bowl."
The Worst Poetry Book Ever
Author : Lily Luverton
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 26,60 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
This book will leave you in silence. Whether it be from tears of laughter or from a single recurring thought: "WTF did I just read?", The Worst Poetry Book Ever, is quite literally the worst poetry book ever. I hope you like it! Or hate it!
First World War Poetry
Author : Jon Silkin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780141180090
Book Description
A selection of poetry written during World War I. In the introduction Jon Silkin traces the changing mood of the poets - from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social change. The book includes work by Sassoon, Owen, Blunden, Rosenberg, Hardy and Lawrence.
William Mcgonagall
Author : William Topaz McGonagall
Publisher : Clipper Audio
Page : pages
File Size : 34,6 MB
Release : 2013-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781471233432
Book Description
For over a hundred years, William McGonagall (1830-1902) has been CLIPPER almost universally recognised as the worst poet in English. Utterly convinced of his genius, he remained untroubled by any worrisome self-doubt, despite the mockery of his audiences. This collection brings together some of his best-known works (The Tay Bridge Disaster, The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir), some lesser-known gems (Beecham's Pills, The Faithful Dog Fido), and some autobiographical writings that tell of his ill-fated trip to Balmoral, of his much-fêted performance as Macbeth (in which he was so popular he decided not to die), and why publicans threw peas at him.
