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Best Clerihew Poems

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Premium Member Clerihew Soup
I tell you I like, that Wayland a bunch
He'd be the guy, to be there in a crunch
Not afraid of humor, he paves the way
With...

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Categories: tribute,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh**
Sliced his left ear off
Only one painting did Van Gogh sell  -
maybe he didn’t hear the doorbell!


The only painting Van Gogh sold...

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Categories: art, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Battle of the Sexes
battle of the sexes


~~MONA LISA SMILE
Picture Oil painting worthwhile 
Leonardo DA Vinci, look out!
What is she really smiling about?

(((The popularity of the Mona Lisa increased...

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Categories: funny, history, me,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member I Am a 4
President Barack Obama
Credited for getting Osama
Now along comes Isis
"Lord help me, another crisis!"


path - 12/1...

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Categories: conflict, leadership,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Macaulay Culkin
Kevin the kid, Macaulay Culkin, 
Alone at home he was left sulkin’
Challenged the robbers on the block
On Christmas day gave them a shock. 


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Contest: A...

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Categories: character,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
Often went out of his way
To explain helio-philosophy
In return he was accused of heresy. 

 
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Categories: math, philosophy,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Adolf Hitler
Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Quite dumb with girls when he was littler--
But in Nazi's  prime, came sultry Eva 
Messed-up like Fuhrer, she became his diva!



Educate Me...

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Categories: humor, people,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member The Late Humorous Mandela
THE LATE HUMOROUS MANDELA

The late former President Nelson Mandela,
Was known as an extremely humorous fella,
A respected freedom fighter and leader,
Referred to her Majesty as Elizabeth,...

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Categories: humor,
Form: Clerihew
Mary and Frank
Mary Godwin -- soon to be Shelley --
Writing with Percy, Byron and Polidori
To create the scariest horror story,
Gave life to a monster of immortal glory....

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© Tom Arnone  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: creation, gothic, horror, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Olivia Newton John
Olivia Newton John
A stunning sex bomb
Starred in the film Grease
Talk of ‘ those pants’ never cease!

I wonder how she managed to dance
In skin-tight shiny black...

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Categories: body, clothes, humorous, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Brilliance and Madness
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...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: celebrity, film, flying, mental
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Forgotten Feminist
Lucretia Mott
The meeker sex, she was not!
At the convention in Seneca Falls
Showed men aren't the only ones with balls!

1/26/19

For Educate Me with Humor contest
Sponsor: Andrea...

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Categories: appreciation, women,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Albert Einstein
A great genius named Albert Einstein
At the physicist's ball had too much wine
Effecting a photo-electrical stance,
Energetically emcee'd the square dance

May 26,2014

NB: Einstein received the Nobel...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: humorous, science,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Christmas Tree Fairy
She fell from the top of the Christmas tree
Bumped her head and said ‘oh deary me’
With pine needles sticking in various places
The Christmas tree fairy...

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Categories: humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Usain Bolt
Jamaican Usain Bolt
Was found to be at fault
When he dashed off on a whim
No one kept up with him....

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Categories: sports,
Form: Clerihew

Book: Reflection on the Important Things