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write a clerihew
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 pm
by JonathanBelles
whats a clerihew?
A humorous, pseudo-biographical verse of four lines of uneven length, with the rhyming scheme AABB, and the first line containing the name of the subject.
heres a famous one by Edmund Clerihew Bentley:
Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
here's mine of dew:
Sometimes theres Dew
and the cows go moo.
the dew goes pit pot
off of the roof and sometimes it does not.
mine was kinda lame. the idea was just sent to me via myspace.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:05 pm
by tropicana
Clerihew! Hmmmm, I've never even heard of this. Thanks. Another learning day on earth.
here's mine of rain...
OH! So much rain,
all the water going down the drain.
Thunder, the houses all rattle,
And chases away all the cattle.
Ok, lame also, but I did try.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:34 pm
by MiamiensisWx
Ahh, a fish,
petrified in a dish.
Being eaten away,
and I wish it would stay!
My old mother,
a close friend of my brother.
Once she was there,
and now she is heir.
Just two attempts at it.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:45 pm
by JonathanBelles
wow nice miamiensisWx
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:49 pm
by tropicana
ok here's another attempt..
Everybody Loves Raymond,
Even down in the Cayman.
And with Debra, his wife,
oh what a wonderful life.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:50 pm
by MiamiensisWx
Nice one, Justin! The one caveat, however, is that the word "Cayman" may not flow.
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:36 pm
by JonathanBelles
MiamiensisWx, the best
better than the rest.
clerihews, he did the most
he did so much he has no time for toast.
HAHA couldnt find a word that rhymed with most.
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:26 pm
by JenBayles
How about "clerihews, he did the most; he did so much he now can boast."
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:30 pm
by Josephine96
Here's 1..
There's a football team..
In Miami it seems..
They can not play..
no matter who they pay..
In November.. I will go..
To see this teams show...
Hopefully they wont' be 1-8..
When I go see them use Vikings as their bait
I know.. stupid 1
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:46 pm
by tropicana
OK ok... calm down, its another clerihew written by me:-
Chills moving into South Florida,
You guys need a sweater, duh!
But just wait a few days from now,
and warm weather will return, I vow!
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:51 pm
by coriolis
clerihews I cannot get
my rythm in my ways is set
Now limericks I can produce
I can do them quite profuse
We all know a guy named Chad
As people go, he's not bad
This board he does run
like Atilla the Hun
and the Trolls all end up very sad.