Sunthorn Phu was a habitual drunkard and a womaniser. So much so that he was booted out of the Royal Court sporadically.

As drunks do when forced away from their loved ones he became morose and bitter hence his gloomy nostalgic yet linguistically stunning poetry.

Sounds like an average bloke to me..............

Sunthorn Phu was a habitual drunkard and a womaniser. So much so that he  was booted out of the Royal Court sporadically.

As drunks do when forced away from their loved ones he became morose and bitter hence his gloomy nostalgic yet linguistically stunning poetry.

Sounds like an average bloke to me..............

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...and therefore no better choice as TV's Poet Laureate.

We may be drunk,

But we are also honey-drunk with love.

I cannot resist my heart.

And though we are drunk,

Tomorrow the sun will shine,

And that drunkenness will have passed.

But when night falls, love's honeyed drunkenness will return.

OK, seeing as my own poetry has been rejected I second the motion!