Short Clerihew Poems
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Cookies are a very good snack
They taste really good with Big Mac's
I eat them all the time
Only because they cost a dime
Howie Mandel,
the germophobe we all know well.
I look to his head and think:
so that's where all my Windex went!
Lady Obama, Michelle
Will push the economy to fail
While at the expense of her nation
Takes a trillion dollar vacation
William Henry Gates
Never lifted weights
He spent his time in the loft
inventing a thing called Microsoft
5/28/15
Past Race
Senator McCain
Is of noted Republican fame.
His campaign for Presidential drama
Was taken away by Obama.
Mike Huckabee,
a presidential wanna be.
Former governor and preacher man,
is touting his "Fair Tax" plan.
8/22/15
Jesus Aquando
learned all about pitching from Brando
coulda been a contenda
till Stella decided to question his genda.
control and command
of that which comes out of your hand
advances your cause
while giving the hitter occasional pause.
George Harrison
Quiet Beatle by comparison
Kermit the Frog was one of his peeps
Still his guitar gently weeps
Mr. Justin Smollett
Has nary a regret
He concocted a most egregious hoax
But won't apologize to us flummoxed folks
Swiaaborn Arnold Bocklin
whose art so rarely brought a grin
His works a dream-like reverie
in moody landscapes so free
Widower Jean Chardin
simplicity was his genre then
Small crystallized moments of intimacy
in life study symbols we see
Immigrant Jacob Epstein
became a 'sir' in due time
Sculptured bronze portrait bust
his Coventry St Michael is a 'must'
Johann(or John) Zoffany
made portraitd for all to see
He kept in the financial loops
with hi deightful informal groups
Painter Paula Rego
was Portugese,as you may know
Pastels her particular thing
artist Victor Willing her a wedding ring
Casper aka Gasper Netscher
a portrait painter oh so pure
His genius so fully displayed
depicted by rugs,silk & brocade
To George Robert Conquest
conservative form were a poetic zest
A leader of the 'movement'
poets on convention bent
Artist Henry Raeburn
with portriture much cash did earn
Charging fees proved to be a spur
to his carefilled miniatures
William Merrit Chase had style
prolific&so versatile
Scenes of LongIslan Shinnecock
light& spontaneous genre to shock
German George Flegel
of whom you may have heard tell
Still life his passion&metier
exccedingly well therefrom did fare
John Frederick of the Lewis dynasty
profligacy his legacy
obsessive detail&useof gouache
so making viewers teeth knash
Composers Schumann husband&spouse
music filled their marital house
Clara an infant prodigy
Robert with musical urgency
Thomas Ernest Hulmeaka 'T E'
sent down from Cambridge was he
After some trouble&strife
settled into an 'Imagiste' life
Stanley Spencer was a knight
with eccentric art so bright
He loved his local Cookham village
depicting it in a collage
Illustrator Winslow Homer
as a painter caused quite a stir
Depicting the force of nature
with sea studies so real&sure