tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690683.post6964872365034429490..comments2023-07-09T03:06:14.845-07:00Comments on Channel Zero: The Blog: William McGonagall, poet, tragedian & "Knight of the Burmese White Elephant"Zolokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14410743758280054841noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690683.post-14329906286345419702009-10-16T10:35:42.792-07:002009-10-16T10:35:42.792-07:00The thing about McGonagall is that he is wondrousl...The thing about McGonagall is that he is wondrously internally consistent. His lyric abilities never evolve at all, he is as bad at the start of his "career" as a poet as he was when he shuffled off this mortal coil.<br />That is a common characteristic of all the "legacy" bad poets, the Julia Moores, the James McIntyres' the Captain Jack Crawfords....They never grow or change in any way. Doggerel is all they are capable of.<br /><br />John G.Eliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642863996127088963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690683.post-17969137992516119792009-10-13T08:45:28.836-07:002009-10-13T08:45:28.836-07:00Poetry is not really my thing, but I think bad poe...Poetry is not really my thing, but I think bad poets hold an important place in history. They help make the other poets look good :-) Though with McGonagall, I do wonder why we even know his name.Alexis Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399057543619456981noreply@blogger.com