Clerihew Webster
John Webster of Holborn town
a playwright of renown
Best known for. ' Duchess of Malfi
&a poet he also was to be
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Categories:
webster, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Webster, King of the Lions
Listen to the roar of the noble beast,
The King needs no introduction.
Whether lazing about or hunting a feast,
He puts on quite a production!
His thunderous roar is his lion’s song,
He is Lord of the African Plaines.
Clever, handsome, sleek, and strong,
You know him by reputation and name.
He sports a great mane, his most prominent feature,
And he wears
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Categories:
webster, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Webster Say What
When I was a little boy,
I brooded day-to-day
Ever since I found out
I had my native tongue
violently taken away
Swore in my heart,
I would make my own language —
words only I knew the meaning of
Take the opaque warrior’s vocal signs,
and put an X for unknown
at the bend of the translation dead end
Smiley slave pretzel
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Categories:
webster, childhood, family, language, self,
Form: Bio
Webster Werewolf
Long soul shaking melancholic howl
Breaks up the night
Even the bravest hunter
If smart will cower in fright
As the full or bloodshot moon sets
The yellow eyes pierce through the soul
His visage seems to be from dark side of that very moon that sets
The werewolf goes on the hunt sole
The men try to trap it underneath
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Categories:
webster, animal, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Noah Webster
Eye reckon Noah Webster thought he'd concocted thee perfect dictionary!
Aye'm hear two tell ewe it ain't perfect and four a reference eye'd bee vary wary!
Yew see, there is one 'mistake' and one 'error' listed under 'M' and 'E'!
Their ain't know gittin' around them fax and aye think ewe will
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Categories:
webster, funny, on writing and
Form: Clerihew