A recent presentation to the Scottish-American History Club about the Firth of Forth Rail Bridge would not have been complete in historical context without mention of the Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster. One in the audience chuckled, and mentioned a poem composed about the disaster written by William McGonagall.
“…On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very, very, very, very, very long time…”.
While Robert Burns wears the honour of Poet Laureate of Scotland, William McGonagall is hailed as the absolute worst poet to have ever come from Scotland, and possibly the worst poet ever in the history of the English language:
http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk
Thought of this prevented my writing much about winter.