Dragon Boat Festival celebrates a great Chinese poet, Qu Yuan, and his untimely death by his own hand in protest against the corruption so rife in the Chinese government of the day. I posted a lot about him previously, last week, so scroll down and have a look if you haven't read that posting.
Today I want to introduce you to William McGonagal, deservedly dubbed the World's Worst Poet. He hailed from Dundee and didn't believe the reason for his own fame but rather thought it was his Muse that drew the crowds.
Take a look at http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet/ and judge for yourself. He is a poet who is still in print today, many moons after his departure from centre stage.
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