Rose Clerihew Poems

Alphonse Mucha of Art Nouveau
with posters his design juice did flow
An example would be  'The Rose'*
curvilinear flourishing  dreamlike pose...

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Napoleon, the Military Commander,
Rose to prominence as the indefatigable French leader.
Stood on victor’s podium for long, but Fate pulled down Bonaparte.
A deflated balloon in Waterloo,...

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Harry Horsman in poesy clad
a white rose bred Yorkshire lad
A PoetrySoup stalwart many a year
always true and sincere...

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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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Monet's brush strokes blend to show Argenteuil and Seine.
Monet, Renoir prized evoking faded light and scene
Told to Lilla Cabot, US artist "painting means slight around...

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The incomparable Jackie Robinson 
       who wore "42" rose to prominence and...

broke the Major League Baseball color barrier
 ...

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
In buttonhole set daily a red rose new
His charisma couldn’t beguile the neighbor
The dragon disgorged fire in ‘62’s war.

January 24, 2019

(Note :...

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Old Charlie ran a river boat,

          With naught but love to keep afloat.

   ...

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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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I tell you I like, that Wayland a bunch
He'd be the guy, to be there in a crunch
Not afraid of humor, he paves the way
With...

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