Who wrote "The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers"?

Who wrote "The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers" (and if you haven't read it, here's a link)?

a) Andrew Marvell
b) John Ashbery
c) Marvelous Marv Throneberry
d) Andrew Jackson
3) Percy Bysshe Shelley
e) The Merry Widow
f) Barbara Stanwyck

Follow the links for the right answer. Bonus: Someone on this list who did not write the poem in question wrote a poem with a very similar title! The first person to name the poet and give the correct title of the poem will be absolutely right. -- DL

first posted September 23, 2012

a) Andrew Marvell
b) John Ashbery
c) Marvelous Marv Throneberry
d) Andrew Jackson
3) Percy Bysshe Shelley
e) The Merry Widow
f) Barbara Stanwyck

Follow the links for the right answer. Bonus: Someone on this list who did not write the poem in question wrote a poem with a very similar title! The first person to name the poet and give the correct title of the poem will be absolutely right. -- DL

first posted September 23, 2012

Comments

[Raymond Hopper]

That is definitely Andrew Marvell. I believe Ashbery wrote the poem years before the boffoonery of Throneberry with the Mets in the 1960s.

[Peter Rosegarden]

I'm not falling for this. It was Barbara Stanwyck and the original title was "A Prospect of Little W. N. Named Phyllis." You can't fool me! You know what they say, "Fool me once, it's on me; fool me twice, it'll probably be a while before I catch on."