Comments on: The World’s Worst Poet. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cori http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-129466 Cori Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:23:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-129466 Hrm... And I was under the impression Paul Neil Miln Johnstone [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Nancy_Millstone_Jennings" rel="nofollow">wikipedia</a>] was the worst poet next to the Vogons... But I suppose that's what happens when you listen to Douglas Adams... Hrm… And I was under the impression Paul Neil Miln Johnstone [wikipedia] was the worst poet next to the Vogons… But I suppose that’s what happens when you listen to Douglas Adams…

]]> By: tiga_cff http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-129158 tiga_cff Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:17:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-129158 I'm sure he's still alive, and writing for Hallmark. "Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah, On this special day, Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah, Blah-blah in every way!" (actual card I just gave my dad for Father's Day) I’m sure he’s still alive, and writing for Hallmark.

“Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah,
On this special day,
Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah,
Blah-blah in every way!”

(actual card I just gave my dad for Father’s Day)

]]> By: Mark http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-129145 Mark Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:38:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-129145 I'm having trouble believing this guy wasn't just putting everyone on, and laughing all the way to the bank. I’m having trouble believing this guy wasn’t just putting everyone on, and laughing all the way to the bank.

]]> By: Jennifer Emick http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-129064 Jennifer Emick Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:49:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-129064 I know how his friends felt...we made the mistake once of being too diplomatic about a friend's singing ability...she bought a keyboard and sang us nearly to death. I know how his friends felt…we made the mistake once of being too diplomatic about a friend’s singing ability…she bought a keyboard and sang us nearly to death.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-128787 Tim Giachetti Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:08:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-128787 Roses are red, violets are blue, my poetry sux, and his does too. Roses are red, violets are blue, my poetry sux, and his does too.

]]> By: Jess http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-128694 Jess Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:59:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-128694 To emphasise how bad this poetry is, here is a great poem for contrast. It's Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Tithonus": http://charon.sfsu.edu/TENNYSON/TITHONUS.HTML It is a story based in an Ancient Greek myth. Tithonus was the mortal lover of Eos, the immortal goddess of the dawn, who every morning, rides her chariot across the sky, bringing the sun with her. Tithonus asks her to make him immortal so that they can be together forever, but he forgets to ask for eternal youth. So as time goes by, he ages, until he is so decrepit that he begs for the death that he can never have, and looks down from the clouds on the mortal men who will one day die with jealousy. To emphasise how bad this poetry is, here is a great poem for contrast. It’s Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Tithonus”:
http://charon.sfsu.edu/TENNYSON/TITHONUS.HTML

It is a story based in an Ancient Greek myth. Tithonus was the mortal lover of Eos, the immortal goddess of the dawn, who every morning, rides her chariot across the sky, bringing the sun with her. Tithonus asks her to make him immortal so that they can be together forever, but he forgets to ask for eternal youth. So as time goes by, he ages, until he is so decrepit that he begs for the death that he can never have, and looks down from the clouds on the mortal men who will one day die with jealousy.

]]> By: Jess http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/comment-page-1/#comment-128688 Jess Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:46:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/#comment-128688 They're pretty bad. I'd have to agree with that title. They’re pretty bad. I’d have to agree with that title.

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