Tag: The Bad Poet Society
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Swinburne: Can Art Ever Outweigh Wickedness?
Literary history is littered with scandalous figures, but few rival Algernon Charles Swinburne for sheer gothic excess. A poet of unmistakable musicality, Swinburne combined lush lyricism with a personal life straight out of a nightmare – one soaked in brandy, monkey carcasses, and unnerving erotic perversions.
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Why you need to read more bad poets
This duality of badness – of art and character – is at the heart of our purpose at The Bad Poet Society. But why should you invest your time in reading bad poetry or great poetry written by bad poets?