The worst poet to ever call themselves a "poet"?
Will Dockery
> On Nov 20, 4:12 pm, Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Betty's red woollen hat is a good hat.
> > It's a hat that isn't yellow, it's just a hat
> > that's red. It warms her ears, Betty's ears,
> > not mine, not yours.
>
> Intelligent and good.
Well... "intelligent and good", huh? How so?
On-topic and of interest, I just came across an interesting thread
over at http://www.poets.org
Which in my opinion PJR's "Betty" is a serious contender for placement
in. Don't agree? Then amuse me by telling me why?
http://www.poets.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54176&sid=c7c1894e51386193c16032ff3426d59d
Some fair-use excerpts:
"...If we take the question of "worst poet ever" at face value it's a
no-brainer. Bud's choice, William Topaz McGonagall, is the hands-down
winner. For a century before Rod McKuen McGonagall's name served as a
synonym for bad poetry..."
"...I'll eliminate the usual suspects (e.g. Maya Angelou, Charles
Bukowski, Kahlil Gibran, Rod McKuen) as non-poets. That still leaves a
wealth of choices, though: Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Allen Ginsberg,
Edgar Guest, et cetera. My pick is an individual who has devoted his
life to reminding us all what poetry isn't, a "poet" permanently stuck
in "I'm-so-deep-I'm-damned-near-Japanese" adolescence, a man who has
raised vacuity, self-promotion and pretension to art forms: Lawrence
Ferlinghetti..."
"...My choice: Peter Orlovsky. http://boppin.com/orlovsky.html "
And the thread goes on for page after page: Intelligent and
interesting... indeed.
--
"Truck Stop Woman" by Will Dockery (the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtQEf7bnfs
George Dance
> On Nov 23, 6:32 pm, Cythera <cyth...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 20, 4:12 pm, Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
> > > Betty's red woollen hat is a good hat.
> > > It's a hat that isn't yellow, it's just a hat
> > > that's red. It warms her ears, Betty's ears,
> > > not mine, not yours.
>
> > Intelligent and good.
>
> Well... "intelligent and good", huh? How so?
>
> On-topic and of interest, I just came across an interesting thread
>
> Which in my opinion PJR's "Betty" is a serious contender for placement
> in. Don't agree? Then amuse me by telling me why?
>
>
> Some fair-use excerpts:
>
> "...If we take the question of "worst poet ever" at face value it's a
> no-brainer. Bud's choice, William Topaz McGonagall, is the hands-down
> winner. For a century before Rod McKuen McGonagall's name served as a
> synonym for bad poetry..."
>
> "...I'll eliminate the usual suspects (e.g. Maya Angelou, Charles
> Bukowski, Kahlil Gibran, Rod McKuen) as non-poets. That still leaves a
> wealth of choices, though: Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Allen Ginsberg,
> Edgar Guest, et cetera. My pick is an individual who has devoted his
> life to reminding us all what poetry isn't, a "poet" permanently stuck
> in "I'm-so-deep-I'm-damned-near-Japanese" adolescence, a man who has
> raised vacuity, self-promotion and pretension to art forms: Lawrence
> Ferlinghetti..."
>
>
> And the thread goes on for page after page: Intelligent and
> interesting... indeed.
>
> --
> "Truck Stop Woman" by Will Dockery (the video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtQEf7bnfs
PS - I also think Colin's wrong about the worst 19th-century poet, who
he claims is McGonagall. I think that honour belongs to Canadian James
McIntyre. As evidence, check out McIntyre's "Shelley" that I posted
today.
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.arts.poetry.comments/msg/e76f7cf4bbc65517?hl=en
Will Dockery
>
> >http://www.poets.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54176&sid=c7c1894e51386193...
>
> > Some fair-use excerpts:
>
> > "...If we take the question of "worst poet ever" at face value it's a
> > no-brainer. Bud's choice, William Topaz McGonagall, is the hands-down
> > winner. For a century before Rod McKuen McGonagall's name served as a
> > synonym for bad poetry..."
>
> > "...I'll eliminate the usual suspects (e.g. Maya Angelou, Charles
> > Bukowski, Kahlil Gibran, Rod McKuen) as non-poets. That still leaves a
> > wealth of choices, though: Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Allen Ginsberg,
> > Edgar Guest, et cetera. My pick is an individual who has devoted his
> > life to reminding us all what poetry isn't, a "poet" permanently stuck
> > in "I'm-so-deep-I'm-damned-near-Japanese" adolescence, a man who has
> > raised vacuity, self-promotion and pretension to art forms: Lawrence
> > Ferlinghetti..."
>
> > "...My choice: Peter Orlovsky.http://boppin.com/orlovsky.html"
>
> > And the thread goes on for page after page: Intelligent and
> > interesting... indeed.
>
> > --
> > "Truck Stop Woman" by Will Dockery (the video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtQEf7bnfs
>
> PS - I also think Colin's wrong about the worst 19th-century poet, who
> he claims is McGonagall. I think that honour belongs to Canadian James
> McIntyre. As evidence, check out McIntyre's "Shelley" that I posted
> today.
>
I'll check him out, thanks GD.
--
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WILL DOCKERY?? Still alive??? I think I bought one of your books. Why are you asking such a question? I thought it was understood that MAREK was is and evermore shall be the worst poet ever. You must take into consideration not just his work but his own opinion of it.
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Worker Bees
They like bland poetry
Great looking on stage - great critics great phishers - great at stopping edits
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No need for me to contact the website owners - they took care of it.
There's also a book published on lulu.com
Maybe some year, they will get around to placing a stamp on an envelope and mailing me their cocktail napkin and other poetry.
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By the way, they still are NOT sending me any poetry to edit; thus I gave the book on creating classic poetry that was given away at one of the world's top ten bookshops to a homeless individual, who was, no doubt sleeping in a hallway or closet...
Teach a man to fish, and he will feed himself, right?
Goodnite