Monday, August 15, 2022

August 18 is Bad Poetry Day

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_poetry_(4483891003).jpg

Did you know there’s a specific word for bad poetry?  Doggerel!

What can you do to commemorate bad poetry, besides writing some?  Here are some ideas:

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bad-poetry-day/

How to recognize bad poetry

https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/208593.html

Here’s an anthology of bad verse

https://www.amazon.com/Stuffed-Owl-Anthology-Review-Classics/dp/1590170385

5 worst love poems ever written

https://bookstr.com/list/5-worst-love-poems-ever-written-national-bad-poetry-day/

Do you write poetry?  Have you ever written a bad poem?  [I don’t write poetry so probably any poem I wrote would be bad.]  Tell us about your poetry experience in the comments!


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