在最早的电台本中提到了宇宙古往今来最烂诗人真名:Paul Neil Milne Johnston,他是作者的中学同学。被认为最烂的那首诗是这样的
The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.
They lay. They rotted. They turned
Around occassionally.
Bits of flesh dropped off them from
Time to time.
And sank into the pool's mire.
They also smelt a great deal.