CHASTUSHA
A popular, underground form of Russian doggerel, and a surprising influence on Russian culture.
EPITAPHS
For being the sort of thing one writes on a grave to commemorate the dead, epitaphs could be surprisingly mean.
ELSA LANCHESTER
The beloved film actress had a double life as singer of bawdy Cockney Musical Hall-style song and inspiration for endless lewd poetry.
EDWARD GOREY
The author and cartoonist demonstrated that it is possible to be very weird in a specific and obscure way, and, if one is suitably funny and rhymes, one can find an audience.
WILLIAM MCGONAGALL
One of the two contenders for the title of Worst Poet of All Time, and a wildly eccentric Scotsman to boot.
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