Dance Clerihew Poems

Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief
bigotry gave her grief
failing health, unsteady,
she railed, “Get my swan costume ready!”...

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Jean Phillipe Rameau
could always put on a show
He re-introduced opera to Paris
a dance composer never to cease...

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Soldier/poet John McCrae
his words remembered to this day
On days of Remembrance
his verse both scan&dance...

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Ken Colyer&his 50's band
in dance halls across England
With hop skip&jive
he made 'trad jazz' come alive...

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Robert Burns earthy&erudite
celebrated yearly with a poetry night
He said he was a 'rimer by chance'
the dialect leads the ear a merry dance...

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Ricky Ricardo,
handsome talent of the Tropicana show.
serious, he cracks the whip, practices -
his bongos distract us.

Lucy,
his fiery red-headed wife - we
follow her madcap schemes,
her showbiz...

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Brady Elijah, with eyes of chocolate brown, 
He reached out his arms and lifted me from the ground. 
With every touch butterflies dance upon my...

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What an inspiration to me was Fred Astaire,
a man with wonderful dancing flair;
he knew how to swirl and glide-
I truly mourn the day he...

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The wife of Louis, lavish Marie Antoinette
Extravagantly led the country into debt.
Designed to marry Austria with France,
She led the hapless king a merry dance.

Poor harvests...

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Olivia Newton John
A stunning sex bomb
Starred in the film Grease
Talk of ‘ those pants’ never cease!

I wonder how she managed to dance
In skin-tight shiny black...

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Shirley Temple, cute-as-could-be child star
Raised to new heights film's song-and-dance bar
   
   First melted our hearts on 'The Good Ship Lollipop'
...

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James Brown
 In dancing he wore the crown
 His best moves forward he would always put
 Cause he would always 'get on the good foot'

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Silent footprints linger on
Angry souls are all but gone
Wishes made to ease the mind
Hopes that freedom they will find

A simple song that's out of tune
A...

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Henri Matisse
became a person of interest to the local police
when he painted La Dance
they suggested he plan to shortly leave La France....

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Annie Hall
was finally invited to the Governors Ball
but didn't take Woody
whom so many had said couldn't dance, could he?...

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