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It's #Clerihew Day! https://poets.org/glossary/Clerihew

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Thought he’d never be saintly
So he invented the clerihew
To give people something to laugh at too

#poetry #whimsy #poet

Tomorrow is the birthday of Satchel Paige, born July 7th, 1901. Possibly 1905 or 1906. Maybe 1909. Perhaps 1911.

Here's a little #clerihew I wrote about him:

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Never seemed to age.
Told his outfield, "Sit down
While I go to town."

@nightside
Has good eyesight,
Which helps both when knitting
And when the Hollow Knight is hitting.

#clerihew #poetry

Ralf Hütter
never rides a scooter.
He likes
bikes.

#kraftwerk #clerihew

#PopeFrancis Had many stances His last being support For the Vatican asking J.D. Vance to self-deport #clerihew #RIP

Leonard Nimoy
while just a small boy
learned a trick with his hands
that, canonically, stands.

#clerihew

Jacques Tati
built a whole city
as a set for "Playtime"
which didn't make a dime.

#clerihew

Russell and Ronald Mael
Tho Californians, are quite pale
Russ is the one you hear sing
His brother dances the buck-and-wing.

#clerihew

George Herriman
Was African-American
Kept it under his hat
And drew Krazy Kat

#clerihew

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Never seemed to age.
Told his outfield, "Sit down
While I go to town."

#clerihew

#acrostic

Swiftly gas is injected
Permeating the chamber;
At the point at which
Rotation's complete—
Kapow!

— § —

#clerihew

Stephen Collins Foster
rates high on the roster
for composing catchy tunes,
though no "Clair de lunes".

#AcrosticChallenge: spark
#SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity

#clerihew

Ella Josephine Baker
became a great mover and shaker,
but while busy with civil rights lobbying
I hope she found time for hobbying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Baker

#micropoetry #shortpoems

Found an old comic #clerihew

@jo

Fame!

I'm in a #clerihew

Any accent is acceptable if it enables a rhyme!

@Algot

Shows promise. 😄

Runeman Algot
Eschewed any ergot.
His tootian traffic
Often contained a graphic.

#clerihew
#smallpoems

Poor unworthy stuff,
But I’ve not had enough
Of coffee this morning,
And I’m still yawning.
(which is a perfect rhyme in my Old World accent) 😉

@jo

Oh, like our pal, Kevin Hodgson?
Yeah, you know the one.
He rhymes and he writes
About anything in his sights.

#clerihew
#smallpoems

How's that for a first shot?

@Algot

I wonder whether ever you
Have tried your hand at clerihew?
It is a quirky noble form,
Eccentric way beyond the norm,
A humor rich, forgotten space
That I suggest you might embrace.

(Not a #clerihew, by the way)