The poet laureate put on (mock) trial

We mentioned earlier that one of the U.S. poet laureates, W.S. Merwin, had recentlypassed away.

Based on his obituary and memorials written about him, he seems to have been a generally well-received choice for the post.

That, of course, is not always the case.

Emily Temple shared the story of a British poet laureate put on trial for abuse of the English language.

Okay, so Colley Cibber didn’t exactly step into a courtroom on charges of murdering English, but he received a very public literary drubbing for it.

Read about how Henry Fielding “tried” Cibber in Literary Hub.