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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)?
Parting WaysAt this point she has exceeded her lifespan and the time has come for an upgrade. It sounds so impersonal to speak of her simply as a tool. She was a constant, from the...
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Categories:
bereavement, conflict, death, dedication,
Form: Clerihew
Pasta Verdi Opera
Verdi ha scritto molte opere
tante quante sono le forme di pasta
ma solo la pasta può essere
goduto in meno di tre ore.
Verdi wrote many operas
as many as there are shapes of pastas
but here’s a point...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Clerihew
Florence Nightingale
Social reformist Florence Nightingale -
her many good deeds make for a fascinating tale.
Not only a nurse was she content to be.
An innovative statistician was she.
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Categories:
woman,
Form: Clerihew
Mark CarneyMark Carney:
A smart, gifted man and that's no blarney!
Politically speaking, he's been on the perimeter,
but he could be Canada's next Prime Minister....
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Categories:
appreciation, political,
Form: Clerihew
A TURNER ekphrasisEnglish artist Turner J M W
a visual manifesto did pursue
To the countryside,he did go
& hazy abstracts he made flow...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Clerihew
CLERIHEW B H DAYBenjamin Henry Day
invented printing in shades of grey
In comics there are lots&lots
of his famous Benday dots...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Clerihew
Bishop Mariann BuddeEpiscopal Bishop Mariann Budde
speaks about what America should be.
She is truly a person of honor and dignity.
Why should she apologize for just asking for mercy?...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Clerihew
Mark Twain
American humorist and writer, Mark Twain
born as Samuel Clemens, his name in history does not wane.
He attacked Big Business with “The Gilded Age.”
An observant journalist as well, Twain was very sage.
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Categories:
men,
Form: Clerihew
INERTIA and ISAAC NEWTONSo restless was Isaac Newton
with physics laws had so much fun
Defining the inertia of truth
shows he was quite a sleuth...
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Categories:
science,
Form: Clerihew
Michael CaineActor with a Cockney accent, Michael Caine -
For decades he's been an icon. May he continue to reign.
In 160 films on the big screen he’s been seen,
and also he was knighted by great England’s queen....
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Categories:
celebrity,
Form: Clerihew
A TRIBUTE CLERIHEW to John DenverHenry John Deutschendorf aka Denver
the 70's most prolific song dispenser
Country Roads his biggest popular hit
amongst a great many I would submit
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Categories:
music, song, star,
Form: Clerihew
Jimmy Carter's LifeOne hundred-year-old Jimmy Carter
Loved nature and in Georgia Conservancy a charter (member)
He vetoed the damn for the Flint
Some people's dreams left at a sprint...
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Categories:
age, community, conflict,
Form: Clerihew
Alfred HitchcockEnglish "Master of Suspense" director Alfred Hitchcock
would appear in his own movies, a character with bulk!
In "Psycho," one of his best movies from long ago,
Hitchcock's cameo appearance was at the start of that show....
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Categories:
people,
Form: Clerihew
JOHN DEWEY in rhymeVermont's phlosopher/teacher John Dewey
advocated art sans ennui
Suggesting the genre ' experiential'
practitioners fulflled their potential...
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Categories:
art, teacher,
Form: Clerihew
ACTION MAN wilhemDutch American Wilhem de Kooning
made his gestural actions sing
With intiuitive painterly flux
experiential spontaneity ever the crux...
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Categories:
art, word play,
Form: Clerihew
Specific Types of Clerihew Poems
Read wonderful clerihew poetry on the following sub-topics:
celebrities, christmas, fame, friends, funny, kids, love, nature, school, spongebob, trump
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Definition | What is Clerihew in Poetry?