Clerihew Ralegh
...Versatile Walter Ralegh
was a poet surprisingly
Whilst on the way to claiming Viginia
maybe occupied himself with hiku&tanka...
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Categories:
ralegh, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
That Old Sailor Bloke
...Have you heard of Sir Walter Ralegh
That once-famous sailor bloke
Who brought home a cargo
Of leaves for folk to smoke
He may have been a gentleman
An acquaintance of the Queen
That cargo of to...
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Categories:
ralegh, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Macguffin
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"The MacGuffin"
Once through,
cast dreams
across a rippling mind
Circles ever-widening,
no shallow tidal pools
in this design
Through s...
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Categories:
ralegh, imagery, muse, mystery, psychological,
Form: Romanticism
The Call of the Alpha Male
...Robin Hood, man in tights
Julius Caesar, might makes right
Alexander, called "the Great"
Sitting Bull, righteous hate
Robert the Bruce, Attila the Hun
Charlemagne, Napoleon
Hear the c...
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Categories:
ralegh, funny, hero, humorous, men,
Form: Light Verse