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A clerihew is a form of short humorous verse, typically biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view, but there is more to a clerihew. What is clerihew in poetry (complete definition)?

Soulmates in Death

Death's cosmic cryptic child Edgar Allen Poe Whose spirit danced and was drenched in woe Words were his secular style shields Sugar skull sentences steam today in forever fields Virginia Clemm his beloved beauty wife A flowering...Read the rest...

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer is the fifty-eighth British Prime Minister. Maybe he's not charismatic, but he is pragmatic; a defender of human rights and all things democratic....Read the rest...

Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky: ...Read the rest...

Bob Newhart-RIP

Bob Newhart… hope you find a good part for your expression of deadpan in heaven since you kicked the can Bob Newhart… perhaps I meant the bucket, ye old fart made new in your stellar light debut Bob Newhart… Your a little elf in...Read the rest...

Auston Matthews

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William Charles Lunalilo

William Charles Lunalilo First King, chose by the people Grandnephew of the Great King, as the people vote, was unanimous Next year, King Kamehameha the Sixth died of tuberculosis Hawaiian marriages are coconuts Apple's eye, orchard nigh--girls uppercuts Bees concede and...Read the rest...

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo. Born in Funchal, Madeira's archipelago. Played for Real Madrid and Man United. Now his flair gets Al Nassr fans excited. Messi is Ronaldo's biggest rival, always vying to give fans an eyeful. With a flick and a trick, both make...Read the rest...

Relativity

Albert Einstein In science he did shine With great perceptivity He gave us the theory of relativity Relativity was buzzin' With many theories, a dozen? He took it a bit far Some found...Read the rest...

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz plays tennis the way Ol’ Satchmo played jazz; so creative, so talented, having so much fun, and now he’s a two-time Wimbledon champion....Read the rest...

Having A Ball

The illustrious Lucille Ball For Ricky, she would fall Left the world a little better For everyone who met her! I Love Lucy, the hit tv show, With Ricky as Lucy’s Romeo, Survived through many years, Despite the creator’s fears, Lucy would stir...Read the rest...

Emmanuel Macron - When an A Makes All the Difference

Emmanuel Macron He’s a regular Coeur de Lion - not a moron. When he recently called for a snap election He didn’t bargain on an insurrection. A politician with great panache, He stands firm and many teeth still gnash. ...Read the rest...

Edgar A Poe

Edgar A. Poe penned a poem long ago of this raven of lore that would shriek, “Nevermore”. And a madness within was awoken when that word from the Raven was spoken. “Nevermore”, did it say when Lenore passed away. “Evermore” would a...Read the rest...

ADAM AND EVE

First biological parents, Adam and Eve to each other and for one another, they did cleave created by God with His workmanship* divine yet, they failed midst human nature’s whine. First couple in their love’s partnership zest both resided...Read the rest...

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