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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Lethal poetry
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>This is all fictitious.  The _really_ worst poetry in the universe was
>written by Julia A. Moore of Algoma, Michigan.

No!  The all time worst poetry in any language any planet any universe
is that written by William McGonagall (1830-1902), from Dundee, Scotland.

From "The Albion Battleship Calamity":

'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 21st of June,
The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a great gloom,
Amongst the relatives of many persons who were drowned in the River Thames,
Which their relatives will remember while life remains.
 ...
There's one brave man in particular I must mention,
And I'm sure he's worthy of the people's attention.
His name is Thomas Cooke, of No. 6 Percy Road, Canning Town,
Who's name ought to be to posterity handed down,
 ...
And 1000 pounds from the Directors of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co.
Which I hope will help to fill the bereaved one's hearts with glee.
 ...

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720