I go to and heck even organize a Burns Supper because of the richness of his work. Burns to me speaks to the best of mankind. Certainly there are poems that are Bawdy but really that is simply part of the human experience, there are however other poems that stir the soul, and really touch the very essence of humanity. A few years ago I went to a Burns Night where my father was giving the Immortal Memory, in it he closed with the following

"I urge you each and everyone in this room to read Burns and before next Burns Night to learn at least one poem, I promise you will be richer for it."

That was the year I learned Tam O'Shanter, while I will not say you should learn Tam, I urge each and every one of you to read Burns and to learn one poem, it will make youe next Burns Night that much more enjoyable.