Keats began as a bad poet also. I might post one that I think is absolutely horrible. But I got in trouble on another board because people thought I was trying to besmirch the memory of Keats. Heaven forbid, as Paul might say. Keats remains one of my favorite poets, if not my favorite. It's so hard to decide on a favorite. But I do love Keats more than any other poet, on a wholly subjective and personal level, whether or not his poems are my favorites.
Don't all poets start out as bad poets, now that I think of it?
And yes, Michael. I destroyed nearly all of my first blights. Someone, the composer what's-his-name (dammit, memory), said, "First operas should be drowned, like kittens."
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pascal/pensees.html
Now I get it!