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alia
Citizen
Username: Alia
Post Number: 107
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 5, 2003 - 3:59 pm: |     |
I got this word from my word-a-day email from wordsmith.org http://www.wordsmith.org
clerihew (KLER-uh-hyoo) noun
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.
[After writer Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), who originated it.]
Here is one of the first clerihews he wrote (apparently while feeling bored
in a science class):
Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
Here's mine, let's see yours.
Albert Einstein
Created a time line.
Understanding his theory might be a sedative,
Suffice it to say, everything's relative.
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Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 1568
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 5, 2003 - 4:07 pm: | |
Dave Ross,
Thread boss.
If your words have offended,
He'll make sure you're suspended.
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1619
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 - 9:01 am: | |
Rescheduled again
By the mother hen.
My boss makes me crazy.
Too bad I'm not lazy. |
bak
Citizen
Username: Bak
Post Number: 318
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 - 10:48 am: | |
We just had a baby.
"After six weeks, then Maybe".
Many dads at this point would be violently cursing,
But thank God, for my sanity, my wife is nursing.
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Willis Van Devanter
Citizen
Username: Vandevanter
Post Number: 162
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 - 12:16 pm: | |
George Bush,
head up tush.
"Let's cut taxes
to defeat the Axis." |
Ed May
Citizen
Username: Edmay
Post Number: 1415
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 11:32 pm: | |
Jamie Ross
MOL Boss
Is often found
Underground
Ed May |
Marilyn May
Citizen
Username: Marilynmay
Post Number: 117
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 11:34 pm: | |
Jamie Ross -
His comedy's boss -
Tells funny jokes
To comedy club folks |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4648
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 11:44 pm: | |
Ed May
Some say
Stays up nights like a zombi
Posting about sombi |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 1259
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 10:26 am: | |
Hey, Art has been going to the park,
he's even been there after dark.
Walking and talking, looking and thinking,
can anyone guess if something is stinking?
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aquaman
Citizen
Username: Aquaman
Post Number: 90
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 10:53 am: | |
Alia likey write in Po-em
Aqua know how, lemme show 'em
Forget about this Clerihew
The learned poets write Haiku! |
Ed May
Citizen
Username: Edmay
Post Number: 1499
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 11:41 pm: | |
Jamie Ross
MOL Boss
Is sometimes found
Aboveground
Ed May |
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