Madame Deficit

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05/24/2019

Poetry form: Clerihew - These Clerihew poems are perfectly cooked in their own juices, resulting in Clerihew Au Jus ! Bon appétit !

Madame Déficit

Marie Antoinette
Convicted corrupt coquette
"Let them eat cake" she allegedly said
Revolutionaries roared "off with her head!"

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/11/2019 10:15:00 AM

Perfect, Mark! Panagiota

Mark Toney
Date: 7/11/2019 4:45:00 PM

Panagiota, you’ve made my day! ~Mark

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/3/2019 6:14:00 PM

Outstanding depiction of this arrogant aristocrat. Perfectly penned clerihew, I would say. Best wishes, Gershon

Mark Toney
Date: 7/11/2019 4:47:00 PM

Gershon, a belated thank you for this nice comment you made on 6/3 that I didn’t notice until today, 7/11. Cheers! ~Mark

Jan Allison

Date: 5/24/2019 2:02:00 PM

very clever clerihew Mark!:-) hugs Jan xx

Mark Toney
Date: 5/24/2019 2:32:00 PM

So good to hear from you, Jan. Cheers! ~Mark