tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post7285356376335824615..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - ClerihewTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-5980079437868135192013-08-01T21:38:10.226-04:002013-08-01T21:38:10.226-04:00Lots of fun! Here are a couple from me:
Glory! Go...Lots of fun! Here are a couple from me:<br /><br />Glory! Gory Edward Gorey<br />Told a most alarming story.<br />He ordered horrors alphabetical.<br />Thank the Lord, it's hypothetical!<br /><br />****<br /><br />If I were only Stephen King<br />Then I could publish anything.<br />Rub two sticks, and dub it fiction.<br />Fires start from too much friction.<br /><br /><br />—Steven Withrow, Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-33889511507247623182013-07-29T21:56:48.391-04:002013-07-29T21:56:48.391-04:00Kate I so agree with the last one of yours. The o...Kate I so agree with the last one of yours. The one before that is clever too. Jane, I love it when you participate in these. Feels like I'm doing a writing session alongside the prom queeen. <br /><br /><br /><br />JAMES EARL JONES<br /><br />James Earl Jones'<br />Thunderous tones<br />Scared to the core<br />A dinosaur.<br /><br />HOME RUN DIET<br /><br />Babe Ruth <br />Told the Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-30365396077957082542013-07-29T20:21:55.860-04:002013-07-29T20:21:55.860-04:00Jane, I especially like the Johnny Depp one!
Edg...Jane, I especially like the Johnny Depp one!<br /><br /><br />Edgar Allan Poe<br />Was enchanted by woe.<br />Wrote of horror and rot,<br />and drank quite a lot.<br /><br /><br />Dame Agatha Christie<br />Could write a good mystery.<br />She really should have died<br />From an ax or cyanide.<br /><br /><br />The new baby prince<br />Gave a squall and a wince.<br />With all of that fame<br />WhyKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-77596517141790435192013-07-29T02:54:14.447-04:002013-07-29T02:54:14.447-04:00A Convention of Clerihews
Barak Obama
Had quite a...A Convention of Clerihews<br /><br />Barak Obama<br />Had quite a good Mama.<br />His Dad, so it’s feared,<br />Well, he disappeared.<br /><br /><br />Oh that Johnny Depp<br />Has plenty of pep,<br />Has oomph, zip, and zest.<br />Does pirates the best.<br /><br /><br />The hunky Sean Bean<br />Can often be seen<br />Sword in his hand,<br />Making a stand.<br /><br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br />Pojaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.com