The last poet laureate I had anything at all to do with was John Masefield. And what I had to do with him was to memorise those boring lines "I must go down to the sea ..." to order in English classes. I have now mercifully forgotten most of them. I took an instant dislike to all poetry bar limericks at that point and have only grudgingly retreated from that position since.

Anyway, to get to my point, who the hey says anyone is a Poet Laureate. And what does it get them? And us?

Just asking ...




The idiot also known as Capfka ...