So here goes. Following Dave's Desert Island Poems, here's the obverse.
What poems would you consign to Dusty Bin forever.
Chris Coe has offered us a start with Kipling's "If", leaving the nation without a favourite poem. (Anyone remember what came second?). - No, forget that distraction.
Stick to Dusty Bin.

Right-O, JC - off we go.
Having waded through "Howl" by Allan
Ginsberg online, that will be my
nomination. An alternative title might be "Rant". My reaction to it was split between a Noel Coward-like "too much,dear, too much" and a
more mundane view from my old line of work: "Hell's bells, what on earth was he ON?!"
No wonder they were confused in those flower-power days I lived
through! They were hardly ever "with us". If such aids to
writing have to crop up, I prefer "Kubla Khan".

The Collected Poems of Philip Larkin, Andrew Motion and Craig Raine.

Wordsworth's Micheal.

Henry Newbolt and his 'play up play up and play the game' imperialist bollocks.

Howl cannot be dismissed as a rant, and its contribution to US culture was immense. The obscenity trial it caused made as big a contribution to removing outdated censorship nonsense in the states as the Lady Chatterley trial did here.
I would consign nowt to the bin.

I could do without anything ever written by Alexander Pope.

Having a realistic affection for one's country is a good thing, but I could also do without most national anthems, which are often so OTT and militaristic. I respect and like individual Americans, and there is much that is good in the US, but I'm afraid the Star Spangled Banner would top the list. It really grates, when considered against America's record in the post-WW2 world, and what is actually going on in that country.

Final thought - the bin must be part full already with the poems and poets we've chosen to Red X on WOL (-:

You will from now on be known as 'Diplomatic Dave' ; )

I think the red X function is a bit redundant now people only have the latest blog showing. But yes - if we had to fill the bin with non famous poetry, it would be overflowing...

Perhaps we should get a skip?

With apologies to anyone who works in the marketing industry, the bin should also contain every advertising jingle ever, with any pretensions to being poetic

Julian - I have to admit that my butler didn't read "Howl". I had
enough trouble with him and "Lady Chatterley"!

Anything by, enjoyed by, or recommended by Steve Waling?

* Note, that was a question.

J.C. - when "IF" was voted No. 1, the runner-up was "The Lady of Shalott" by the Noble Lord T.
In 2009 (I think) T.S. Eliot was voted the nation's favourite poet.
Cheers.