Father Clerihew Poems

Adam* is the father of human race
such is truth from the Bible all must face...  
though created by God's perfection-zest
he needed Eve for blest...

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England’s acclaimed bard William Shakespeare
had a father whose jobs included tasting beer!
Lines from Shakespeare’s plays might put hearts aflutter
or poke fun; i. e., “Thou art...

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Engraver George Vertue
a father of art history to give him his due
He thought pastel 'the' medium
it does makes for messy finger&thumb...

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Mother kissed father, and tripped.
Father told children, and ripped.
Mother returned; children kissed mother.
Children told father, and bother.
Mother weep; children missed.
Mother tell; Father kissed....

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James Gilray a characterist
with acerbic comment oft did persist
Dubbed the father of polticised cartoon
famous now for many a lampoon...

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James Thornhill -Hogarth's father-in-law
with the best wall fresco you ever saw
A large example still can be seen
at Blenheim&Chatsworth perhaps you've been...

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Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ll
Her seemingly eternal monarch--God has now beckoned
Balmoral Castle, reigned over the United Kingdom
"God Save The Queen" The British national anthem
21 April...

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Cozens artists both father & son
fore named Alex&John
The latter using accidental blots so visual
both in their era quite unusual...

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The Nicholsons Wiiliam& Ben
English artist men
Landscape Father Bill ,the son pioneered abstract
Ben married sculptor Hepworth to be more exact...

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
a name in art to follow
A master of perspective
father&son had much pleasure to give...

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Frasier Crane
had a hyperactive brain
loved all things suave and debonair
but not a fan of his dad's armchair

Martin Crane
got by with his dog and cane
was a...

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Garfield and Jon,                                             ...

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In the legend of one,William Tell
an archer& Swiss-born rebel
Such accuracy & skilled know-how
but,to an Austrian hat would not bow.

So had to skewer an apple on...

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Bearing boyish looks of our great Daddy
here stands our very own Manong* Rudy
the brood’s eldest, yet he looks the youngest
simply because his virtue of kind...

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My Dad, a huge giver                    ...

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