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'World's worst poet' goes under hammer (AFP)

yahoo.com
May 16, 2008
        
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LONDON (AFP) - A collection of poems by a Scottish bard dubbed the "world's worst poet" was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of pounds. William McGonagall was mocked by literary critics and had food thrown at him during public readings, before dying penniless in an... [read full story]                    

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Tom Brown: £6,600 for one loon's rhyme? Must be worth more – it's a crime

 scotsman.com May 18, 2008
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McGonagall's poetry set Tay fetch £6500

 scotsman.com May 16, 2008
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William McGonagall - The World's Worst Poet

bellaonline.com
May 17, 2008
        

Recent sales for a collection of William McGonagall's first editions broke all records, outselling even first editions of JK Rowling, Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl. Not bad for a poet considered so excruciatingly inept that he was regularly bombarded with rotten food at his readings.

                   

The worst assault against English

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May 17, 2008
        

By Ben McConville Edinburgh, Scotland - The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid £6 600 on Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language. Up for auction was a collection of 35...

Worst verse bests Harry Potter scribe

bostonherald.com
May 17, 2008
        

By Associated Press Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Updated 6m ago EDINBURGH, Scotland - A long-dead poet internationally renowned for having scribbled some of the worst verse ever seen through the ages beat publishing phenom J.K. Rowling at auction yesterday. A collector paid $12,840 yesterday for...

                   

'Worst poet' works sold for 6600 pounds

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May 17, 2008
        

LONDON: He was dubbed as the "world's worst poet", but now Scottish Bard William McGonagall has had the last laugh, for his odes have raked in more money than the very famous Harry Potter books at an auction. A total of 35 of McGonagall's works - many of them autographed - have been sold for...

                   

Alas for profundity! $12,840 for poor poetry

charlotte.com
May 17, 2008
        

The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet to ever assault the English language.Up for auction was a collection of 35 poems McGonagall self-published in the...

'World's worst poet' goes under hammer

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May 17, 2008
        

Agence France Presse A collection of poems by a Scottish bard dubbed the "world's worst poet" was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of pounds. William McGonagall was mocked by literary critics and had food thrown at him during public readings, before dying penniless in...

Who Is "The World's Worst Poet"?

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May 16, 2008
        

A collection of poems by a Scottish bard dubbed the "world's worst poet" was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of pounds. William McGonagall was mocked by literary critics and had food thrown at him during public readings, before dying penniless in an unmarked grave in...

                   

Works of 'world's worst poet' sold at auction

cbc.ca
May 16, 2008
        

A collection of 35 poems by William Topaz McGonagall, often referred to as the "world's worst poet" in the English language, has sold for $12,900 Cdn at an auction in Edinburgh. The collection, self-published by McGonagall, was sold by Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers Friday, with the buyer choosing...

                   

Atrocious Victorian Verse Shines at Auction

nytimes.com
May 16, 2008
        

Even the most exceptionally talented among us have a very difficult time securing lasting fame by writing great poetry. From getting published to getting read to getting any sort of critical notice, it’s a low-odds proposition all around, and as for material reward, well, definitely don’t quit...

World’s worst poetry worth about the same as sighned 1st Edition Harry Potter

chrisdamitio.com
May 16, 2008
        

It just proves that being really bad at something is just as good as being really good at something…at least in a capitalist society. cd LONDON (AFP) - A collection of poems by a Scottish bard dubbed the “world’s worst poet” was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of...

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