An un-poetic analogy now. Rod McKuen was to poetry what cheeseburgers are to haute cuisine - widely mocked and extremely popular, and maybe harder to do well than people think. Rod McKuen died this ...

Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and '70s won him an Oscar nomination and made him one of the best-selling poets in history, has ...

Rod McKuen is credited with more than 200 albums and more than 30 collections of poetry. He died on Thursday after a lengthy illness. The obituary in The Los Angeles Times describes Rod McKuen as ...

Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose avalanche of music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and '70s overwhelmed critical mockery and made him an Oscar-nominated songwriter ...

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Poet Rod McKuen was loved by millions but mocked by literary critics. He died this week at age 81. Rod McKuen, The Cheeseburger To Poetry's Haute Cuisine SCOTT SIMON, HOST: An un-poetic analogy now.