William McGonagall

'Twas a little after the year eighteen hundred and twenty three Was born in Scotland William McGonagall, the worst poet who e're would be Though there may be some who fictitious him think He lived, breathed and wrote, if you doubt just click this link The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the......more

If you want to read them all, Every poem by McGonagall, Then search no further than this book, They are all here, take a look. His poetry is terrible, admittedly, But still can fill one with glee. The problem is his awful rhyme, Which he likes to do all the time! His poetry falls in to categories three, Scot......more

This is the best worst poetry you'll ever read!......more

How do you judge the poetry of William McGonagall. It's bad, everyone knows it's bad. That's the whole point of any collection of his. This collects all of it, which unfortunately highlights the fact that most of it is just plain bad doggerel. The poems celebrating battles in particular are generall......more

OK, so he wasn't the world's greatest poet but I defy you not to enjoy these poems. Who else would write a poem to their tailor commending them on the quality of their tweed. Most famous for his disaster poems - particularly to the Tay Rail Bridge - he wrote in praise of events, people and places al......more