Rod McKuen: Obscure Third Rate "Poet" or Misunderstood Bard of Mediocrity?

[BurtWorm]

:think:

Eenie meenie minie moe...

[htuttle]

1. He's the Antonio Salieri of poetry

[david_vincent]

2. Hardly obscure

he's much more famous than scores of far better poets.

[NashVegas]

3. I Remember They Used to Have Him on the Merv Griffin Show

or one of those things.

[livinbella]

4. So bad it hurts to hear or see him

Must be rated on the pain scale

[MaineYooper]

5. set the hearts of millions of middle class housewiives aflutter

including my mother's! (okay, maybe tens of thousands)

Turtlenecks, beard, ratchy voice. Just a touch of counterculture in an era where straightlaced people wanted to feel like they were stretching outward.

Ouch, it hurts to remember.