Four Clerihews
Here’s what a clerihew is:
A poem four lines long. The first and second lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. The first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. A clerihew should be funny.
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
wrote wittily and gently
of that giant among men,
Sir Christopher Wren.
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Jonathan Swift
had a wonderful gift;
his biting satire
is something to admire.
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Did Philip Larkin
ever taste a parkin
or did he think it was dull
to sample it in Hull?
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Did Jane Austen decide
that Darcy’s pride
upset Lizzy
and made her feel dizzy?
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© Luigi Pagano
When you set your talent to illustrating a poetic form, Luigi, the result is always a light hearted delight to read. My favorite clerihew is the first, the funniest, the last. I hope your sense of humor never leaves you, my friend. Shy
Dear Glenn, I thank you for the nice words.
There is so much doom and gloom in the world that a sense of humour is necessary to keep us sane.
I try to reflect that in my writing.
Cheers.
HaHaHa! A new way to entertain us, well done mate.
Mike
Not quite a new idea, Mike. I wrote three based on the then Tory/Lib coalition in 2013 called Westminster Clerihews and it was even nibbed!
For your enjoyment I replicate those pieces here:
Nicholas Clegg
didn’t have to beg.
He joined the coalition
of his own volition.
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John Vincent Cable
is said to be able;
he tells us he knows
how the economy grows.
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Ed Miliband
wants us to understand
that he has a plan B
but it doesn’t come free.
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© Luigi Pagano 2013
Think I was still on another site back then HaHa! Thanks for bringing me up to date
I enjoyed these, Luigi. Have you done Brexit, Heathrow, Trident, etc.? Gerald
I mentioned Brexit in my ‘E.U.’s Clerihews’. I shall attend to the other two topics forthwith, Gerald.
Cheers.