I was instructed in high school that Robert Service and Edgar Guest were the "world's worst poets."

On the other hand, Ronald Reagan's former physician appeared on TV a couple of months ago to say that the late President

         was a great poet [sic] too. He memorized "The Shooting
         of Dan McGrew." He dearly loved that poem. I remember we
         would...often discuss who was the greatest English poet,
         and I would argue for Kipling and he would argue for      
         Service. He loved poetry.