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Clerihew Corner
by MetaVerse
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Clerihew Corner
Sep 22
MetaVerse
The Sphinx
The Sphinx
Methinx
Takes flight
At night.
#sphinx
#flight
#night
#mystery
#mysterious
#pyramids
#egypt
#cairo
#clerihew
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Sep 22
MetaVerse
Satiety
Reinbert de Leeuw
Should've given Aldo Ciccolini a lesson or two
On how to play
Satie the right way.
#satie
#reinbertdeleeuw
#ciccolini
#piano
#lesson
#pianist
#music
#musician
#clerihew
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Sep 21
MetaVerse
Li'l Moo
Moo Deng
Is too deng
Adorable,
And if you disagree with me (about anything) then you're
terrible, horrible, torrible and—******!—just absolutely
******* deplorable!
#pygmy
#baby
#girl
#hippo
#animals
#zoo
#zoology
#hippopotamus
#cute
#adorable
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Sep 20
MetaVerse
Milt
John Milton,
The Paris Hilton
Of 17th century English puritanical verse,
Never (as far as I know) dressed as a **** nurse.
#milton
#hilton
#poet
#poetry
#english
#puritan
#clerihew
#dress
#clothes
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Sep 20
MetaVerse
Ignoble Numbers
Robert Herrick,
Poet and cleric,
Wrote numbers that were noble
When they weren't ignoble.
#herrick
#poetry
#poet
#noble
#ignoble
#numbers
#clerihew
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Sep 19
MetaVerse
Sheepish
Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep.
The big bad wolf is full
And sleeping on a bed of wool.
#littlebopeep
#nursery
#rhymes
#sheep
#wolf
#guilt
#innocence
#good
#evil
#food
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Sep 19
MetaVerse
Nashville
Ogden Nash
May or may not have danced the Monster Mash
While thinking
In rhyme and drinking.
#ogden
#nash
#nashville
#dance
#music
#clerihew
#poet
#poetry
#halloween
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Robinette
Lyin' Joseph Robinette Biden
Is hidin'
From the press
Who couldn't care less.
#biden
#media
#press
#information
#president
#silence
#stonewall
#clerihew
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Father God
Father God
Doesn't spare the rod
Or spoil
Any boi or goil.
#god
#corporal
#punishment
#justice
#kids
#children
#spoil
#father
#parent
#clerihew
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Trump Card
Donald Trump
******* King Chump,
And now he's gonna take down
Queen Clown.
#trump
#biden
#harris
#politics
#democrats
#republicans
#independent
#candidate
#election
#clerihew
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Loved and lost
Much
But never lost his touch.
#frost
#loss
#sorrow
#tragedy
#aging
#skill
#ability
#marbles
#mind
#clerihew
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Aryan Nation
Adolf ******
Was a lot littler
Than most Aryan brothers
And their mothers.
#******
#aryan
#height
#frame
#clerihew
#humor
#****
#genetics
#physique
#fascism
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Sep 18
MetaVerse
Endymion
John Keats
Coughed tuberculosis all over his sheets
And died at 25
And remains unalive.
#endymion
#keats
#clerihew
#death
#tuberculosis
#disease
#consumption
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