03-26-2019, 05:43 PM
I assume you mean 'poet in the English language', otherwise there are several who'd lead Shakespeare.
I further assume that by 'famous' you mean 'famous amongst people who read poetry' and not necessarily the general public, who'd be more familiar with Katy Perry's Eye of the Tiger than Cumming's [In Just]
With the above, let's also exclude the well known names, as it's pointless discussing whether Byron is more famous than Keats - both are famous, let's leave it at that.
A more interesting question would be: who's the biggest not-that-well-known poet in the English language of the last 100 years?
I'd never heard of Emily Bishop. Apparently there's also an Elizabeth Bishop, who was the opposite of prolific, preferring to polish more and publish less.
I further assume that by 'famous' you mean 'famous amongst people who read poetry' and not necessarily the general public, who'd be more familiar with Katy Perry's Eye of the Tiger than Cumming's [In Just]
With the above, let's also exclude the well known names, as it's pointless discussing whether Byron is more famous than Keats - both are famous, let's leave it at that.
A more interesting question would be: who's the biggest not-that-well-known poet in the English language of the last 100 years?
I'd never heard of Emily Bishop. Apparently there's also an Elizabeth Bishop, who was the opposite of prolific, preferring to polish more and publish less.