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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) is remembered mainly for his classic detective story Trent's Last Case and for the humorous verse form that was named after him - the clerihew. It was at the age of sixteen, while he was at St. Paul's School in London, that Bentley first started writing clerihews, as a diversion from school work. G. K. Chesterton, Bentley's life-long friend, was at St. Paul's at the same time, and he too wrote clerihews. What is a clerihew? Very simple.. * It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it pokes fun at mostly famous people * It has four lines of irregular length (for comic effect); the third and fourth lines are usually longer than the first two * The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme * The first line consists solely (or almost solely) of the subject's name. Now that you know all you need to know about clerihews, write me some!  They can be of famous people, present or past, movie stars, athletes or anyone you feel the readers would be able to identify. Just to be on the safe side, let's keep current political figures out of it!  Here's one of mine... Poor Henry Morton Stanley Will not be remembered as manly. His fame, as you may have assumed, Is only for what he presumed. Believe me, these suckers are NOT easy! Have fun..... |
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JenniferMaxwell
since 2006-09-14
Posts 2423 |
sorry to tell you jenn jenn the bubble head is at it again though her lightbulb is dim her hair’s bright with static as she pulls silly clerihews from her empty attic Too wordy? No political figures, Balladeer? Sigh~ But we could have had left wing/right wing dueling clerihews. |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Yep, a bit too wordy. The first line should basically just be the name and maybe an adjective thrown in. The piece should poke a little fun at the subject in a clever way. Nope, like i said, it's a bi-partisan forum. The dueling clerihews would be for the Alley |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Okay, I am gonna poke fun at my hero! ----- Fearless Lance Mackey races dogs It’s long distance dog race wins that he hogs Twice in the same year, he has won the Iditarod and the Quest Some say his over-sized ego places Lance above the rest! --- Alison |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I am wordy, wordy, wordy and that is why it took so many words to say that I am wordy!  |
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JenniferMaxwell
since 2006-09-14
Posts 2423 |
Don't worry about it, Alison, being wordy is part of our feminine charm. |
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JenniferMaxwell
since 2006-09-14
Posts 2423 |
Last try for tonight: Pop star Madonna will soon be a gonna when fifty candles on her cake melt the plastic in her shimmy and shake. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
... and charming we are! And that poem is really funny. |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Alison, I think you did a rod before writing that one! I LIKE it Jenn, now you have it! The celebrity, the humor, the word-bending...it has it all (and not that wordy  )  |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Yay! |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Balladeer is a bit queer* He teaches poets with a ruler and fear! No matter how many little ditties that they compose and write Balladeer's dancing feet and meter makes them quite uptight! (*'Queer' as in 'odd') When you have time, oh wonderful and magnificent teacher, could you check out my Ptarmigan poem again, please? A |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
A ruler and fear? Oh, Alison...and after I've given you some of the best minuets of my life!  |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Well, someone rapped my knuckles! |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
Hello Sir, Here's my attempt..sorry for the late submission.. Micheal Clerihews Legend Micheal Jackson, With his music made claxon, With his conterversies made news, I ask all the little kids to excuse. Prasad.N "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Never too late, Prasad...very clever stuff!  |
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Marc-Andre Senior Member
since 2008-12-07
Posts 501 |
I hope this one isn't too political... John Choon Yoo My enemy (and yours too): St. Peter has assigned his interrogation To Satan in an undisclosed infernal dungeon. |
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