Fame Clerihew Poems

Blaise Alexander Desgoffe&family
painting fame was theirs you see
Blaise becoming a 'Chevalier wwd'honneur'
with breakfast piece made quite a stir...

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Thomas Vaughan was a twin
but less fame than his brother did win
Henry wrote of the spiritual
Tom a little ore hermetical...

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Poet John Barrington Wain
as a novelist soon found fame 
Also a freelance journalist
&with poetry did persist...

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Domeniko Theotokopolous found fame
El Greco was a taken name
He loved lettering
thinking thy made.his paintings sing...

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Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame
versifying was another game
Poems of satire of his day
coming to London to have his say...

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Composer Franceca Caccini
songs&music set her free
She thereby found a little fame
also using a patron's names...

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A joke himself, one Elon Musk
runs his business by being brusque.
Maybe "ruins" is the better word for fired folks
who do not laugh at his last-ditch...

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Dinos Cristianoopo!us a pen name
gave Constantine Dimitri his fame
With  world wide renown quote
he became a poem of note...

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Merit Oppenheim of teacup fame
delicate whimsy was her game
Her theme being the surreal
clearly she was the 'real deal'...

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Samuel Taylor-coleridge
via Amerindians found a spiritual bridge
He hyphenated thus his name 
&  cantata brought choral fame...

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Francisco de Goya of Spain
in art found lasting fame
Popularity came so soon
as he began a tapestry cartoon...

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Minework/poet Joseph Skipsey
reading helped his mind be free
He found the time to tech himself
finding fame but little wealth...

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Fritz Hugh Lane
of Luminist school fame
A mster of the frozn moment
visually equal to the transcendant...

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The late dear Carolyn Devonshire
a poetry souper who did not retire
A contest contestant to her very end
peer poet par excellente,& good friend

Carrie Richards is her...

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Louis Phiilip Wain
painting cats brought him fame
Humour in his comic strips
faded as he lost his grip
...

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