Love Clerihew Poems | Examples
These Love Clerihew poems are examples of Clerihew poems about Love. These are the best examples of Clerihew Love poems written by international poets.
Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff
avant-garde art he love quite a lot
Pastel dream lady-like was his thing
in Memories' the tennis scene a novel swing
Politicians love to speak at length,
though brevity is not their strength.
They promise wonders bright and new,
then form a committee or maybe two.
Touchstone is an honest fool
He is considered as a comic tool
He often speaks about impractical love mockingly
But falls in love with a shepherd girl shockingly
Shakespeare’s character in ‘As You Like It”
Winnie-the-Pooh, from Hundred Acre Wood,
Love living there, carefree, doing a lot of good,
But his pastime favorite was eating and being funny,
Sitting and slurping globs and globs of delicious honey.
Scarlett O'Hara had everything, including handsome Rhett
yet was selfish and about as mean as one girl could get
Did life get even, we 'll just have to pretend
She rolled down the road on her hoop skirt and is gone with the wind.
From the book, "Gone with the Wind," by Margaret Mitchell
Edgar Allan Poe
was feeling just a little low.
For Lenore, his love was savin',
but he was only visited by a raven.
Holly twirled ‘round fancy soirees,
Paul sighed at her champagne clichés.
She thought love was a Tiffany box,
He knew it was more like odd socks.
Holly Golightly is the naïve, New York City socialite character in Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Juliet’s wondrous lover, Romeo*
serves as an epitome of a perfect husband, more than a beau---
oh, may he resurrect and multiply to fill the demand of an ideal spouse
prayed for by every lady needing a father in a godly home-fortressed house**.
*Shakespeare’s protagonist in his play, Romeo and Juliet
**Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
January 6, 2026
3rd place, "A Literary Character Clerihew" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich; judged on 1/13/2026
Winter wonder land's Frosty the Snowman
always radiates love* with vibrant Christmas plan
miraculously bright midst icy glow
never melting along gifts that flow.
*1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
December 25, 2025
1st place, "Frosty" Clerihew Poem Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 12/26/2025
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
I love your red nose that is full of cheer.
It is time for you to fly up in the sky,
so guess we now need to say bye.
Elsa Lanchester
was from London not from Manchester.
My thoughts about her are a sin,
and I love the dimple on her chin.
Robert Francis Prevost:
a brilliant man but not one to boast.
He brings a message of peace, love and hope,
and holy smoke! He’s the new pope.
Robert Francis Prevost:
as Leo XIV, he will not coast.
And another thing we know about the man:
he is a devoted baseball fan!
Divine Comedy written by the famous, Dante Alighieri
A writer, a poet, and a philosopher with his own theory
Still hard to understand after 700 years
Listening to it in Italian brings tears to your eyes, that’s clear.
It took thirteen long years to complete
As you read about his first love, Beatrice Portinari, so sweet
Went to her grave with his love unrequited
He understood the love he held for her, which ignited
A poem, a line, he saw a lake under his feet
Midway upon the journey of our life is where he started his poem, so rife
They say the first three lines of this work are so well known
That even many who have never read it can recite them - it has been shown.
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 hearts in her shadow.
Lucy became a favorite performer.
She certainly wasn’t a benchwarmer.
Her heart worn on her sleeve,
Caused viewers to truly believe!
Melodic ingenuity of Ludwig van Beethoven
raised music to the realm of art, cadence woven.
A piano virtuoso, he turned into a composer unique,
initiated the romantic era in coexistent classical music.
He infused momentum in symphony,
sonorous in the ninth with harmony.
A few love affairs he had,
but remained bachelor sad,
lived amidst failed romance in agony.
A romantic, he had a strong personality,
struggled heroically with deafness silently.
Despite affliction caused by leaded wine addiction,
composed transcendent music of designed perfection.