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Brilliance and Madness

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8/23/2019

Poetry form: Clerimerick Couplets (A hybrid form composed of a Clerihew, Limerick and 2 rhyming Couplets. This is only the second of my Clerimerick Couplets.  

The Clerihew has been described as the literate cousin of the Limerick. So I thought it would be cool to get the cousins together again! Then two rhyming couplets showed up to make the poetry form complete.  I started with a Clerihew on Howard Hughes that I had written in May of this year, "Hero to Hermit," and added a limerick and two rhyming couplets, which became "Brilliance and Madness."

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Brilliance and Madness Howard Robard Hughes Famously rich recluse Dreams led him to the lap of luxury Followed by nightmarish mysophobic OCD Rich playboy aviator Howard Hughes With movie starlets kept himself amused Dated Katherine Hepburn Bette Davis took her turn And still more, which kept the tabloids confused Born Howard Robard Hughes to a rich family With English, Welsh and French Huguenot ancestry Enjoyed a successful multi-faceted business career But aviation and aerospace were his favorite frontier

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Anisha Dutta
Date: 9/16/2019 9:40:00 AM
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NICE. 'll try to follow
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Mark Toney
Date: 9/16/2019 9:40:00 PM
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Thank you, Anisha. ~Mark
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 9/9/2019 3:36:00 PM
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Clever, and your poetic brilliance shines Panagiota
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Mark Toney
Date: 9/9/2019 3:41:00 PM
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Thank you, Panagiota. You’ve made my day! ~Mark
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 9/7/2019 5:36:00 PM
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Hello Mark Toney, I do remember watching this very movie. he did seem to have quite a life with so many women. Have a nice ev evening my friend.
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Mark Toney
Date: 9/7/2019 9:55:00 PM
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Thank you, Darlene! ~Mark
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Jeanne Mcgee
Date: 9/2/2019 10:19:00 PM
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Great example....not sure I will figure it out though!
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Mark Toney
Date: 9/3/2019 7:48:00 AM
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Thank you, Jeanne. I appreciate your stopping by. ~Mark
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Barbara Barry-Nishanian
Date: 9/2/2019 8:41:00 PM
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Congrats on being #63 in the top 100. This is over my head, leave it all to you, my dear friend.
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Mark Toney
Date: 9/2/2019 8:47:00 PM
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Thank you for your kind comment, Barbara. ~Mark
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Jan Allison
Date: 8/25/2019 2:12:00 PM
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Thanks for a super example... now to find a theme :-) hugs jan xx
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Mark Toney
Date: 8/28/2019 10:55:00 PM
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You're very welcome, Jan. ~Mark
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/25/2019 10:39:00 AM
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a very interesting form, Mark. I better get right on it. Thanks for this fine example.
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Mark Toney
Date: 8/25/2019 10:49:00 AM
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Thank you for your kindness, Andrea! ~Mark
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Constance La France
Date: 8/24/2019 8:33:00 AM
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Mark, great example for your contest, I feel inspired !
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Mark Toney
Date: 8/24/2019 8:37:00 AM
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Constance, thank you for your very encouraging comment. Best wishes in the contest! ~Mark

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