Carrie, the colorful hippo was misunderstood by some
Not by me, I know her well; she is insanely fun.
The things she does make me laugh and sing.
She likes to dance; she sure can swing!
We garage sale, and she buys outrageous stuff.
Wears them on her body, makes a rhinestone cuff.
I watch her put together her ensemble and I smile.
I think we will have a friendship for quite a while.
Today Carrie is dressed in all my favorite colors I see.
Turquoise, pink, orange, a bit green around her knee.
She uplifts my mood, puts me instantly in party mode.
Carrie is one of my main influencers, like cherry pie alamode.
Salem - madame - had them ... sweet
Blackbirds - quack burns - slackers ... treat
Even - live-in' - Stephen ... King
Neighbor - favor - savor ... -ring
Nil clue - few knew - male grew ... Maine
Hairy - bury - scary ... sane
Fanners - manners - than hers ... please
Liner - minor - sign her ... Lees
Turned 'round - looked down - and found ... name
Schuyler - mother - found her ... fame
Missy? - Sissy! - Where's she! ... Cal?
Long drive - survive - take -five ... well!
Today - birthday - No Way! ... Show's!
Outside - had cried - Lynx eyed ... probes
Madame - pardonne - must go ... Ciao
Mister! - Sister? - That's her? ... Wow!
Candid
Awesome
Rare
Radical
Impactful
Earthquake
Cupcake Carrie had no idea how she got her name
Was it something that brought her a lot of fame?
She didn’t know that either, but frosting was her vice.
She could not resist cakes or cookies with glossy ice.
Her parents were gone almost before she was born.
She craved sweets every day, loved a German crème horn.
Cupcake Carrie, why don’t you start a restaurant? Said Pete.
I don’t like to cook or bake, she told him. I just like to eat.
Cauldron Carrie with her hair of orange and her tale of spit.
She threw chairs and tables on a regular basis; quite a fit.
The rest of us stayed away, we were terrified of this chit.
She was confident and cocky, not remorseful a bit.
An agent on an assigned order,
Suffered from bipolar disorder,
Her sister helped with the drug,
Gave an adversary a hug,
Which led to a bond and tie wonder.
TV Series: Homeland.
April 18, 2022.
Doug Heffernan
A goofy and humorous man
He spurred belly laughs with every show
Sad when the King of sitcom had to go
Carrie Heffernan
A wife and workaholic with a plan
She never seemed to get a break
with Doug's demands of burgers and steak
10/3/21
Contest: Clerihew 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
( The King of Queens )
Conjured by gravity,
she shape-shifts in adventitious magic
Apprehensive of resistance,
she folds, bent into his charisma
Rough rocks spiny are smoothed to bubbling baubles rounder
Rough rocks silent are cajoled to gush repartees that thunder
Inside their walls they shine beguilingly,
holding her in radii, even as she spreads,
spilling her misty veils on them to escape-
Ellen first, she gliding-sways,
serpentine-sculpting with ease,
longing for the deep stillness of his pull
where she can pool
Long her limbs grow,
as she turns into Carrie under control...
Ellen or Carrie, autonomy of form’s forever beyond her scope
Never was a fate more apparent –
to flexibly flow and drown
(6/17/2021)
Virus Covid Carrie is coming if you don’t watch out.
She’ll enter silently. There will be no shout.
She’ll hand over the virus without any big show.
‘Cause the fact that she has it, even she does not know.
Covid is hidden, a secret killer you see.
There are no lesions or pox on your face or your knee.
It preys on unsuspecting victims like you and like me.
So invite Virus Covid Carrie in, she brings a grocery.
Virus Covid Carrie just went to the San Francisco beach.
She is bringing you disease, and she is just out of your reach.
You greet her with a hug, a yell, a yelp, and a happy screech.
Within a month you’ll both be dead. Now ain’t that a peach?
it wasn’t the measured meanness
nor the pig blood
nor the rampage of Carrie’s revenge
but the quiet walk
to the graveyard
depositing flowers
remembering the saint...forgetting the maelstrom
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as the grub-filled hand erupts through the soil
to impale one more victim.
the grave has no conscience.
10/31/2019
Carrie Nation loathed saloons and whiskey,
And took some actions that were quite risky!
She chastised dudes who reeked of intoxication,
And used her hatchet to smash kegs of booze across the nation!
Entry for Andrea Dietrich's "Educate Me With Humor" Clerihew Contest
She was a gentle soul
Who saw the worst
And endured it quietly
The man she loved
Was cruelly taken away
Left to raise two children
She always had a smile
Wanting the best for others
Living a long life
A matriarch to all.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Paying homage to an ordinary woman who lost her husband after the Great War due to being gassed on the Western Front. A gentle and well loved woman.
What quiet times did she have
When she thought of him again
She shed a tear for what was given
As her one love had been stuck down
Gassed on the Western Front
To die from cancer slowly made
And she was left alone to raise alone
Three children struggling through years
That marked her as a poor struggling one
Each day she cleaned and cooked others meals
But in the quiet times she shed her tears
To a man whose duty took him and her best years.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Carrie Meeker was a sleepwalker,
Her doctor prescribed beta blocker;
The drug acted full whack
stopping her sleep and walk
Now she is a real chronic squawker.
She was a writer and she also loved to act.
While she was on a plane, she had a heart attack.
I thought that she was getting better but sadly, she didn't make it.
Her fans are devastated by her untimely death, people can't take it.
She had many acting roles but she'll be best remembered as Princess Leia in Star Wars.
When a person dies, it's always painful and it's something that people can not ignore.
Everybody wanted her to get better and we were shocked to see her die.
Now all of friends, family and fans grieve because we have to say goodbye.
[Dedicated to Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) who died at the age of 60 on December 27, 2016.]
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