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Bookmark or Share- The Worst Bad Poem? There’s a Contest for ThatThe expectation was about choosing the worst of the worst — the worst bad poem of the year. The Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest has done that for more than 30 years.
- The best bad poetry out there. - Slate MagazineAn entire canon of good bad poetry is waiting, like a lump of clay, to be shaped. "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling," wrote Oscar Wilde. But for a poem to be truly bad—to...
- Bad Poetry – Oh No-etry! National Bad Poetry DayAugust 18 is known nation-wide as Bad Poetry Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the rich history of terrible poetry. Although this isn’t an official U.S. holiday, or even a widely acknowledged one, it is a great excuse to entertain yourself all day with some truly abysmal examples of poetry.
- So Bad It’s Good: The Best Bad Poets in English LiteratureWhat makes a bad poet? Patriotism, religion, and sexual desire appear to be among the worst culprits for serving as muse to the wellspring of the worst and the most wearisome of versifiers.
- The Stuffed Owl: Some of the Worst Poems Ever PublishedThis anthology of bad poetry, which was first published in 1930, is full of examples of poetry that’s ‘so bad it’s good’, so I wanted to share some of my favourite examples.
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