The Resume

(July 28, 1927-September 3, 2017)
Born in Rochester, New York
Wrote 'Some Trees' (1956), 'The Tennis Court Oath' (1962), 'The Double Dream of Spring' (1970), 'Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror' (1975), 'As We Know' (1979), 'A Wave' (1984), 'Flow Chart' (1991), 'Can You Hear, Bird?' (1995), 'Girls on the Run' (1999), 'Your Name Here' (2000), '100 Multiple Choice Questions' (2000), 'Chinese Whispers' (2002) and 'A Wordly Country' (2007)

Why he might be annoying:

When he was a student at Deerfield Academy, one of his poems was published in Poetry Magazine; unfortunately, it was published under the name of a classmate who had submitted it without his permission.
He described himself as 'a harebrained, homegrown surrealist whose poetry defies even the rules and logic of surrealism.'
He said his aim was 'to produce a poem that the critics cannot even talk about.'
He said he would not want to be named US Poet Laureate because it would be too much work.

Why he might not be annoying:

His younger brother died at age nine.
He was influenced by artists like Jackson Pollock as well as fellow poets.
His honors include the Yale Younger Poets Prize, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• 21st Century Poets
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Andy Warhol Factory Regulars
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 11]
• I Attended Columbia
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended NYU
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 90)
• Look at Me, It's My Birthday
• MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant Recipients
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Poets
• Profiles 22751-23000 (Ranked: 22965)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20170903)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 60 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 45 Votes: 75.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying