The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse

Theeditorsofthislegendaryandhilariousanthologywrite:"ItwouldseematahastyglancethattomakeananthologyofBadVerseisonthewholeasimplematter...Onthecontrary...BadVersehasitscanons,likeGoodVerse.ThereisbadBadVerseandgoodBadVerse.IthasbeentheconstantpreoccupationofthecompilerstoincludeinthisbookchiefiygoodBadVerse."HereindeedonefindsthebestoftheworstofthegreatestpoetsoftheEnglishlanguage,masterpiecesofthemaladroitbyDryden,Wordsworth,andKeats,amongmanyothers,togetherwithanindex("Maiden,feathered,uncontrolledappetitesof,59;...Manure,adjudgedafitsubjectfortheMuse,91")thatisitselfaninspiredworkoffolly.