“I once began to ask around what constitutes a good poem. It felt petty, in a sense. A boy would need no help in deciding which girls he thinks are pretty.” ThinkingWritingPoetryBeliefDecisionBeautyOpinionSecurityPoetPerspectivePoemIndependenceMetaphorFoolishAttractiveChoiceEyesPettyLyricsSkillPrettyEye Of The BeholderPretentiousnessGood PoetryDoggerelBad PoetryGood Bad Poetry Book:Healology Source: Healology
“♫ Climbed that roost, alighted right there. Made mush of his head for the onlooker bears. A two-pronger her prize, a meat most rare. Do-gooders will pay. Do-gooders will fear. ♫” FantasyBearsFantasy FictionBalladBad PoetryWhere Madness RoostsAlmiMerill Book:Where Madness Roosts Source: Where Madness Roosts
“It is dreadfully tedious to be obliged to listen to poetry, even when it has been composed in one’s honour. But in another– oh, Kit, you won’t understand, but to be three- and- forty, and still be able to attach foolish boys, is such a comfort!” CougarBad Poetry Book:False Colours Source: False Colours
“[M]y father discourag'd me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one.” PoetryAutobiographyBen FranklinBad Poetry Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Through the rainbow he was brave, Although blood, he did not crave. But Vikings, blood they should want. Heads as trophies, they should flaunt. But from behind, little Jimmy was run through, A puddle of blood grew and grew. So when Jimmy fell, My tears they did swell. And I cried. And I cried.” While there was scattered applause, most people just looked at him, confused. The poem was terrible. Heimdall knew it. The crowd knew it.” HeimdallBad Poetry Book:Operation Cosmic Teapot Source: Operation Cosmic Teapot