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bad poem for bad poetry day

bad poem for bad poetry day

here's my attempt at writing a bad poem. Some might say all my poems are bad poems as I am self-taught. Oh well. Here it is:


Trying to write bad poetry
Is so very hard mostly just-do-it
Mainly self-trained and it shows it
For then you don’t know and blow it
And don’t care what critics think about it
Everyone does their own research don’t ya know it?
Everybody fancies themselves a poet
It is all good at least to told it
While many proudly don’t get poetry at all it.

the last line was a reference to Trump who does not get poetry, literature, music or art unless somehow it is about him. there were several books written based on found poems based on his tweets that I remember reading. Very funny satire.


Prompt


William Topaz McGonagall, poet and tragedian of Dundee, has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language. A self-educated hand loom weaver of Irish descent, he discovered his discordant muse in 1877 and embarked upon a 25-year career as a working poet, delighting and appalling audiences across Scotland and beyond.
His audiences threw rotten fish at him, the authorities banned his performances, and he died a pauper over a century ago. But his books remain in print to this day, and he’s remembered and quoted long after more talented contemporaries have been forgotten.
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Dundee, 30th May 1865
I certify that William McGonagall has for some time known to me. I have heard him speak, he has a strong proclivity for the elocutionary department, a strong voice, and great enthusiasm. He has had a great deal of experience too, having addressed audiences and enacted parts here and elsewhere.
George Gilfillan