Short Clerihew Poems
Short Clerihew Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Clerihew poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Clerihew poetry form by poem length and keyword.
Dr Doolittle
Dr. Doolittle
certainly didn't!...
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Categories:
care, character,
Form:
Clerihew
Chopin
Frederic Chopin
was no flash-in-the-pan...
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Categories:
music,
Form:
Clerihew
No slim pickins
Mr. Charles Dickens'
Plots always thickened...
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Categories:
literature,
Form:
Clerihew
Lady Liberty
Against Vladimir Putin
Lady Liberty is rootin'...
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Categories:
freedom,
Form:
Clerihew
Way-ward
Danny Kaye
had a way
with a word
~ so absurd!...
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Categories:
funny, nonsense, words,
Form:
Clerihew
Horrow Show
Steve may be King ~
but Poe was no shmoe...
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Categories:
horror, scary,
Form:
Clerihew
Dukes of Hazard TV
Tom Wopat
Where ya at?
Generally crazy,
Or pushing up daisy?...
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Categories:
car, childhood, crazy, funny, word play,
Form:
Clerihew
About Marilou
A Clerihew
About Marilou...
She's my boss
~ No can do
...
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Categories:
humor, relationship,
Form:
Clerihew
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
To tell the truth
Was as good a hugger
As a slugger
...
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Categories:
humor,
Form:
Clerihew
Mrs Freud
Mrs Freud
Was quite annoyed
With what Sigmund did
With his id
...
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Categories:
humor,
Form:
Clerihew
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty
indubitably
was a walnut
who fell off it.
...
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Categories:
children
Form:
Clerihew
My Friend Tim
My friend Tim,
Dosnt know how to swim.
But hes smart,
As a pop tart....
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Categories:
funny,
Form:
Clerihew
Who's He
Mr. LeBron James
The King of Hoops
No Big Deal
On Poetry Soup...
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Categories:
basketball, perspective, poetry, star,
Form:
Clerihew
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Was understandably piszt
When the dog chewed
His étude
...
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Categories:
humorous,
Form:
Clerihew
Smile
Mr Alan Funt's
Camera: So candid,
rural America
wanted to ban it...
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Categories:
america, image, mirror,
Form:
Clerihew
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan
was an also-ran
till, knock on wood
~ 'So far, so good'...
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Categories:
humorous, language,
Form:
Clerihew
CLERIHW bach
BACH JS&JC
from a musical dynasty
along withJM&JL
a quartet so unusual...
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Categories:
music,
Form:
Clerihew
Na-nu Na-nu
Robin Williams
Tickled millions
With na-nu, na-nu
Till he was through...
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Categories:
humor, loss,
Form:
Clerihew
Mother Teresa Ball
Mother Teresa Ball
Had no hair at all,
Under her wimple
Was one giant pimple....
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Categories:
humorous, religion,
Form:
Clerihew
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny,
Was not funny
till what's up doc(ed)
with a carrot mocked
...
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Categories:
animal, humorous, nonsense,
Form:
Clerihew
ugly but successful
Abraham Lincoln
was an ugly ducklin';
but became president
among the eminent....
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Categories:
funny, hope, people, uplifting
Form:
Clerihew
Spoke to a Lion
A clown named Fofoofnik
Was quite a goofnik
Spoke to a lion
In Hawaiian...
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Categories:
animal, silly,
Form:
Clerihew
Twaddle
Austan Goolsbee
said can't you fools see
the Swedish model
a bunch of twaddle....
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Categories:
career,
Form:
Clerihew
Cursed with a hex
Poor Donald Trump
Cursed with a hex --
Forever to tweet
And eternally text...
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Categories:
fate, irony,
Form:
Clerihew
prez
Mitt Romney
campaign irony
Future president for hire
Then half of America fired...
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Categories:
people,
Form:
Clerihew