Poet Laureate
A Poet Laureate, or Low Rate Poet, is a person who has convinced themselves, usually through the use of drugs and/or alcohol, that people want to hear or read their psychobabble. Low Rate Poets have paraded around for centuries attempting to convince others of their greatness, never realizing that all they had to do to be recognized was die. [1]
Origin of the Term[edit | edit source]
Because there have been so many Artist Laureates, or Low Rate Artists throughout history, the people that actually do something for society were required to divide them up into groups. The Low Rate Painters were hired to paint churches, and Low Rate Poets were hired to write history books in a way no one can understand. It is believed that the Bible and the Koran were written by the same Low Rate Poet. [2]
Low Rate Poets in History[edit | edit source]
William Blake[edit | edit source]
William Blake, commonly known as that creepy guy at church, would ingest copious amounts of hallucinogenic substances and write poems about the Bible. On the final of his many "trips" William traveled cross-country by train to take an imaginary job in a town called Machine located just south west of the American Frontier. After being shot for laying with his would be boss's son's wife, William wandered off into the woods to die with the Indians. To this day nobody cares. [3]
Charles Bukowski[edit | edit source]
Probably the only poet that never had a drink in his life Chuck is only remembered for his brief cameo in a Modest Mouse song. Had he chosen to drink and lust for women, he may have had a chance at writing something meaningful. His largest drawback was waiting till the age of 72 to die.
Edgar Allan Poe[edit | edit source]
Poe spent the majority of his years as a wine-guzzling bricklayer named Montresor. He wrote several self help books and over one hundred inspirational poems. The public was first alerted to his existence when it was discovered that he had murdered his uncle and buried him under the floorboards of their home. The police were alerted to the corpse when neighbors complained of a loud heart beat sound originating from under the home.
Poe was tried by a court of his peers and was sentenced to death by pendulum. His works were discovered and published by family members shortly following his death.
William Shakespeare[edit | edit source]
Neither literate nor articulate, William Shakespeare relied heavily on his 100 pet monkeys and their typewriters. It is widely reported that Yoda learned English by reading his novels. Nobody would give a shit about ol' Bill if he didn't die in a fire, started by his monkeys, during an orgiastic writing ceremony.
Homer[edit | edit source]
Homer, author of long and boring books such as the Odyssey, lives today with his wife and 3 children in Springfield. Most people have never heard of him, as he has yet to die.
Vincent van Gogh[edit | edit source]
Van Gogh may be a Low Rate Artist, but he deserves mention here because he did drink so much absinthe that he cut his own ear off. How fucking poetic. Oh yea, he is also dead.