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Written by: Curtis Moorman

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Muhammad Ali


He could float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee
He was the greatest
Muhammad Ali

(Today is his 70th birthday)

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Vince Suzadail Jr.

Date: 5/11/2012 8:10:00 PM

He was the greatest !

DON JOHNSON

Date: 1/20/2012 10:26:00 PM

Cassius Clay in his day, he was the greatest, lightening fast, what a blast, a legendary, pace set....

Robert Pettit

Date: 1/20/2012 9:43:00 PM

In an earlier day, he was known as "Cassius Clay". From the Olympics in Rome, the gold medal he took home. Nobody else like him we will see. He is the greatest, Muhammad Ali. Good write Curtis.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/19/2012 10:01:00 PM

lol....happy late Birthday to him... now why did i miss this yesterday... enjoyed,..p.d. ~~lol..~ read my new clerihew... it's called *BATTLE OF THE SEXES*.. i actually used that line... "STING LIKE A BEE",,, enjoyed,..p.d.

Curtis Moorman Date: 1/19/2012 10:04:00 PM

Thanks, P.D. I will go now to read your new clerihew. I just wrote another one too. It's called The Race. Check it out.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/18/2012 5:01:00 PM

Curtis, this is too close to the original phrase said about him for me to like it as much as John the baptist. But it's really cool that you honored him on his BDAY. WAs he the one himself who coined the phrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

Curtis Moorman Date: 1/18/2012 6:16:00 PM

Actually, it was his trainer who told him he could float like a butterfly, sting like a bee and Ali made it his taunting phrase. I just used it to write my clerihew.

Gwendolen R.

Date: 1/17/2012 8:29:00 PM

You wrote a perrrrfect one for the occasion, Curtis..Ouch!! He DOES sting like a bee..left hook right hook...duck!!! Here goes another swing...I think I will do one on Ross Perot! He was a political superstar when I was in junior high school and his name just popped into my nutty head. Again, great one.