Mr. Schwager has a book titled Very Bad Poetry. In it we find some of the worst English poems ever written by published poets. The poem considered the absolute worst of all time is from the late 1800s by Theophile Marzials. A barge had overturned (perhaps on the Thames?), killing some or all aboard, and the poet wrote this response:
"A Tragedy" (Indeed, It Is; Published 1874)
To be a little more fair to him, he did edit (pick out poems for) a beautiful edition of poetry for children with illustrations by Walter Crane.
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