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Julia A. Moore

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Poet

The Resume

    (December 1, 1847-June 5, 1920)
    Wrote The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public (1876)

Why she might be annoying:

    She is widely considered the worst poet in American history.
    Her fondness for disasters and sudden death as topics led critic Bill Nye to call her 'worse than a Gatling gun.'
    Mark Twain parodied her as Emmeline Grangerford in 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'
    She declared, 'Literary is a work very hard to do.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    After being jeered by the audience at a poetry reading, she observed, 'You have come here and paid 25¢ to see a fool. I receive $75, and I see a whole houseful of fools.'
    Comedic poet Ogden Nash said she inspired him to become a 'great bad poet' instead of a 'bad good poet.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 15 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 68.83% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 75 Votes: 45.33% Annoying