In the graveyard, Nehemiah Trot is known as the Poet. He was a writer and a poet in life and Bod often seeks him out for advice. Nehemiah speaks in flowery sentences and often repeats himself as he tries out new words or sentence constructions. Bod finds him alternately helpful and silly. For instance, Nehemiah helpfully reminds Bod that he won’t get anywhere if he doesn’t try. However, Bod isn’t sold on Nehemiah’s thoughts on revenge: Nehemiah believes he’ll one day get revenge on his critics because he insisted on being buried with his poems. He thinks that when people remember what a great poet he was, they’ll dig up the poems and publish them, making Nehemiah posthumously famous. The eventual discovery of his poetic genius, Nehemiah believes, will have his critics spinning in their graves.