William Dixon Cocker (13 October 1882 – 1970) was a Scottish poet who wrote in both Scots and English.
[2] In the First World War, he served with the Highland Light Infantry, and was taken prisoner in 1917.
His war poetry is limited in scope, but includes the poems "Up the Line to Poelkapelle", "The Sniper" and a five-part sonnet cycle entitled "Sonnets in Captivity".
After the war Cocker entered the accounts department of the Daily Record, and was the paper's drama critic until his retirement in 1956.
[1] He is best known for his humorous poems in Scots, often on Biblical themes, such as "The Deluge", on the story of Noah and the Flood.