World’s Worst Poet and Poetic Lies?
“How to Celebrate ‘The World’s Worst Poet’?,” by Ben McConville for The Washington Post, covers the snubbing of 19th Century poetic flop William McGonagall by the Scottish literary establishment. The…
"How to Celebrate 'The World's Worst Poet'?," by Ben McConville for The Washington Post, covers the snubbing of 19th Century poetic flop William McGonagall by the Scottish literary establishment. The piece includes some of McGonagall's horrible lines.
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"300 Lies?," by David C. Ryan for Bright Lights Film Journal, looks at the movie 300, the subjectivity of history and poetry's role in it all. Pretty fascinating stuff.
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
