Mickey Mouse,
the man who built Walt Disney's house,
unlike the wannabes and pretenders,
wore white gloves and suspenders.
Contest: Cartoon Character Clerihew
Judged: 8/17/2025 6:29:00 AM
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Placement: First
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse
Still struts through each media house,
With hose stretched tighter than his grin,
And yellow shoes too big for his thin shin.
Poor old Mickey Mouse
Minnie asking for a house
dreams in the trash
they being short on cash
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Carton Character Clerihew
12.8.25
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
wanted to buy a fancy estate house
went scurrying to a corporation bank
found it full of greedy glitzy hanks !
Already the morning
is full of momentum
and is beginning to crash through
the defences, leaving pieces
scattered behind.
There are always broken
things left in the wake of time.
Take that Mickey Mouse clock
for example
with the snapped spring
and missing hand, the toy truck
with the bent and rusted out
trailer, the football
with its perished bladder.
You would gather up
all the broken toys
and put them in a box
in the vague hope that one day
they could be fixed.
They never were.
A life always leaves
a long trail of debris behind
until there is nothing left
to fall off, break or perish.
Mickey Mouse! Maestro of entertainment!
Monument of fun, frolic, sports, and games
Masters many in mental management
Molding and making minds gain grandeur aims
Monument of fun, frolic, sports, and games
Marvelous basketballer, here, he seems
Molding and making minds gain grandeur aims
Mesmerizes children with modish dreams
Marvelous basketballer, here, he seems
Masters many in mental management
Mesmerizes children with modish dreams
Mickey Mouse! Maestro of entertainment!
#1
02 August 2021
Pantoum Rhyme 1 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Mickey playing basketball jumps up high!
Ball in the basket, twenty points are scored,
Minnie cheers from the stands, “Yippee! Bull’s eye!”
There he is winning, the one she adored,
Ball in the basket, twenty points are scored,
One after another, keeps shooting them,
There he is winning, the one she adored,
Minnie is all smiles, her Mickey’s a gem,
One after another, keeps shooting them,
Minnie cheers from the stands, “Yippee! Bull’s eye!”
Minnie is all smiles, her Mickey’s a gem,
Mickey playing basketball jumps up high!
07.21.2021
10 syllables per line
Photo #1
For Eve Roper's "Pantoum Rhyme 1" contest
Mickey ran and jumped and made a slam-dunk
Minnie Mouse, Donald, and Daisy Duck cheer
Double dribbling on Pepé Le Pew the skunk
He lost the ball to other team was clear
Minnie Mouse, Donald, and Daisy Duck cheer
Mickey dribbling fast put it through his legs
He lost the ball to other team was clear
In hushed prayer he kneels on his forelegs
Mickey dribbling fast put it through his legs
Double dribbling on Pepé Le Pew the skunk
In hush prayer he kneels on his forelegs
Mickey ran and jumped and made a slam-dunk
7/15/2021
Pantoum Rhyme
Mickey Mouse took him a wife.
He was fortunate in life.
He made Minne his love.
And was blessed from Heaven above.
Mickey Mouse is as popular as ever.
So cute and round and ultimately clever.
Smiling from sweatshirts, shoes and socks.
Laughing at us from purses, belts and clocks.
If his name had remained Mortimore, would it still be so?
I wonder as I see his grinning face wherever I go….
Judge Brett Kavanaugh has no fears
Of FBI back-tracking years
On every attack
His friends have his back
Since Brett wore his Mickey Mouse ears!
Mickey Mouse,
has his own clubhouse.
He's a real celebrity,
you can see him at Disneyland or on TV.
6/16/15
Walt made Mickey a mascot of fantasy.
They grew together building a legacy.
According to his lovely wife,
They mirrored each other's personality of life.
Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse
are painted on walls of green.
A maple crib stands in the corner.
It's a picture perfect scene.
There is only one thing missing
in this room so perfectly designed.
The baby was never to take a breath.
You have to wonder what God had in mind.
Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse
live behind an ever closed door.
To look at the would-be parents
you couldn't tell who was grieving more.
Not all plans have happy endings;
some endings never seem to end.
How much sadness can two people take
before they break instead of bend.
Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse
are painted on walls of green
in a room now shrouded in sadness
where no child will ever be seen.
~~~ 03/01/2013 ~~~
Francine Roberts
Cute little Mickey,
Shown on national T.V.
Adorned by many,
Loved by Minnie.
You act gracefully,
You make me happy,
Before I sleep every day,
I make sure you and I will play.
You are my favorite mouse,
Different designs you can see in our house,
Can’t take my eyes off you,
I always hug you when I’m feeling blue.
Written by: Maria Paz
January 3, 2013
For Leonora's Contest
2nd Place Winner
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