Son Clerihew Poems

Urbino's Raphael
died so young big unwell
Son of a painter/poet
who this genius did beget...

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English poet Rudyrd Kiplng
'My Son Jack' a WWI ode did bring
Alsi known for for the poem 'If'
in a simple style never stiff...

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Puritan poet John Milton
a scrivenor's son from London
He made a mark with Paradise Lost
going blind was an early cost...

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Well, I remember my Mom as the Iron lady forever
I fear no more her strictest rules
I am now back on stage with this clerihew
I was...

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Gravesend Thom Gun
was journo's son
An existentialist penman to be
with eligaic touches so free...

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Leigh Hunt son of a preacher man
libelling Prince Regent ending in the 'can'
Consistently championed Byron&Shelley
a poet ogf Peace undoubtly...

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John Dryden son of a country squire
as a puritan poet was not for hire
A  virtuoso saturist quite a lot
losing the laureateship when his religion...

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Berhamsted poet Wiliam Cowper
a rector's son for sure
An evangelical for his sins
influential with Newton for Olney hymns...

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A gardener's son was Richard Corbet
to verse he did his wit set
Though later a Bishop of Oxford
perhaps with poetics he became bored...

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Engish poet Thomas Campion
read verse to his son
Cherry-ripe hid famed lyric
a poem so euphonic...

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Lord Byron aka George Gordon
a privileged Baron's son
In poetry found instant fame
wine,women & words  daily game...

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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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Farmer's son Jean-Francois -MilletM
known rural scenes in his day
Small scale reflections were his thing
medetative art he did bring...

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William Nicholson & son Ben
both portraiture art men
Bill painted with his eyes
in the moment & no surprise...

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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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