Short Bentley Poems

Edmund C Bentley-
                fame found for a maiden name...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley
wrote poetry everso gently.
His greatest claim to fame
immortalised his mother's maiden name...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley
wrote poetry everso gently.
His greatest claim to fame
immortalised his mother's maiden name...

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Sir Edmund Clerihew Bentley
passed away, so he sent me.
He wrote of gumshoe detectives,
and eschewed dumb invectives.
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QUATRAIN WITH A NAME  a tribute

Edmund Clerihew Bentley
wrote poetry everso gently.
His greatest claim to fame
immortalised his mother's maiden name...

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An Eagle whose name is Don Henley

To media isn’t so friendly

     He wrote “Dirty Laundry”

     Left press in a quandary

But sneers at the poor from his Bentley  





*Written May 11, 2014...

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As a tribute to Sir Edmund Clerihew Bentley 
I now write this unique form- consequently 
Two rhyming couplets, with line lengths unequal 
I'll tribute myself...in my clerihew sequel 



Clerihew Poetry Contest 
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh 
12/18/20...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley,

practiced his craft so intently.

This clever creation still echoes in halls,

outlasting his pricey education at St. Paul’s.



When I read the WIKI'd the 411 on Bentley, I as enthralled. His "HEW" on Sir James Dewar is a classic....

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  I’ve always wanted fancy
    So my car’s a Bentley
  Why am I not satisfied

  For years I’ve craved a mansion
    My house cost me a ransom
  Why am I empty inside

  Seems my car and my house
    don’t add up to much ~
  Could Midas have lost his touch
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Clerihew Troubles                        
                  (Edmond Clerihew Bentley)

Edmond was a Clerihew.  Is that some kind of clue?
And a Bentley too. A Cleri what? A Bentley who? Who knew?
This style of poem is named for him and not some other kin
It’s really way too short for me and getting under my skin...

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Betsy Ross of Colonial days
Could never imagine the ways
Our United States flag would be blessed
To fly on the Moon and Mount Everest.


May 28, 2015


The Clerihew poem came about in the 1920s and is named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), the English writer who invented it.  The rhyming structure of the Clerihew poem is AABB 
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I desire not a Benz
Nor a Bentley 
That'll chase my night away
But a Toyota 
That'll make me sleep at will

I desire not to be rich
Nor hope to be poor
But in all my endeavor 
Let me be pleased 

I desire to be ridiculed
While my body is in truce
With itself and peace all around

I desire to be adequate
With the cost of normal hustle

My Efficient Desire...

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Disciplines of Science

The inquiry of Geology
Differs from Biology.
Biology is about birth,
While Geology is about earth.


I wrote the above poem that was inspired by the following poem written by Edmund Clerihew Bentley who devised this form of poetry. 

The Art of Biography
Is different from Geography.
Geography is about Maps,
But Biography is about Chaps....

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Misconstrued meaning
Bentley said ‘Let him have it’ 
Meant hand him the gun

Innocent man hung
Those words will always haunt him
Posthumous pardon

Poem based on the sad case of teenager Derek Bentley who was hung for murder in 1953 - his words convicted him - he did not actually fire the gun


Contest:-Senryu of Being Misjudged – Marvin Celestial
07~12~15...

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This writer of crime and verse
now remembered for couplets so terse,
A poem to 'show and tell'
this clever jingle-type doggerel-
so amusing,if written well !


Tribute to E(dmund) C(lerihew) Bentley (1878-1956) inspired by John's latest contest.Edmund 
created this form in his 'Biography for Beginners(1905) and is also known for the milestone in 
the crime genre he created with his 'Trent's Last Case (1913)...

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Our wedding was filled with our colors of choice

We selected individuals to lift their voice

To sing songs of unity and songs of love

Knowing our day was ordained from above

We said I do and started our new lives

With you as my husband and me as your wife

Our little boy was ring bearer, you see

The three of us together, in unity

We chose the bentley for a ride, with glee

It was a sign of our living life...abundantly...

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