I really love writing clerihews. Unfortunately, most are inside jokes between me and my friends, so here are some of my better ones about book characters and musicians.
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Benedict, Fish,
Had only one wish
If she would come-to
That wish would come true.
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Dear Nickleback:
I want four minutes back.
Your new single is lame.
Your songs all sound the same!
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My Darling Adam Young,
So sweetly have you sung
To me for near a year
And I love you, Adam, dear!
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With an angel voice, Taylor sings
With glitter and glitz and popstar blings.
She sings of Stephens, and Corys, and jerks name Joe
We relate to her music; T'is why we love her so.
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Edmund Pevense
It is clear to see
That you have changed, much so,
Since the Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe.
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Dearest, dearest Peeta,
really could not be sweeta
Until he was hijacked
Now we just want him back
~~~
some of them are rather failish, but oh well. ::)
Comments
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Yes, a 4 line poem with the first line containing a proper noun, and an AABB rhyme scheme. Such as:
Bridget, thank yo'/For catching my typo./My spelling can be bad, / For your honesty I am glad.
(that was terrible, but you get the point ::) )
So... is a clerihew just a
So... is a clerihew just a four-line poem?
BTW, as a long-time fan of Nickelback, I have to correct your spelling of their name. See italics. I haven't heard their new single though.
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