#clerihew
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
Was strangely not overjoyed
On finding his brother
In bed with his mother
Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM UTC
Kris Kristofferson, a poet's soul,
With lyrics that made hearts whole.
From “Me and Bobby McGee” to the silver screen,
His talents shine, forever seen.
Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 2:36 AM UTC
Waylon Jennings, with a rebel's heart,
His country songs, a work of art.
With a voice that defied the norm,
He weathered every storm.
Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 2:37 AM UTC
Willie Nelson, with timeless grace,
His guitar and voice set the pace.
On the road again, his music flows,
A legend whose legacy grows
Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 2:37 AM UTC
Johnny Cash, the Man in Black,
With a voice that told of every track.
From Folsom Prison to Ring of Fire,
His songs of life never tire.
Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 2:38 AM UTC
Robert Herrick,
Poet and cleric,
Wrote numbers that were noble
When they weren't ignoble.
Sep 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM UTC
Father God
Doesn't spare the rod
Or spoil
Any boi or goil.
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024 at 3:25 PM UTC
Robert Frost
Loved and lost
Much
But never lost his touch.
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024 at 2:53 AM UTC
Adolf ******
Was a lot littler
Than most Aryan brothers
And their mothers.
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024 at 1:42 AM UTC
Edgar Allan Poe
Never wrote a poem about a crow,
But he did write a poem about a misbehavin'
Raven.
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024 at 1:15 AM UTC
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Invented an eminently
Humorous verse form
That's also a terse form.
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024 at 1:09 AM UTC
Husken, Wendy:
Ever trendy,
Always knitting
Something fitting.
Hudson, Simon
Working on his rhyming.
Not got it right yet,
Graphics is a better bet.
A Littlefair called Gail,
Often goes beyond the pale.
A canny Glesga lass,
Always as bold as brass.
That massive hulk Chris Bygott
Would make a ****** good pirate.
But he loves table tennis and fishing:
For success he’s always wishing.
He hasn’t done too bad,
Done even better than Dad.
Paul Butters
© PB 9\4\2020.
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 7:16 AM UTC
George Harrison
Quiet Beatle by comparison
Kermit the Frog was one of his peeps
Still his guitar gently weeps
Oct 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 at 2:56 PM UTC
John Winston Ono Lennon
From Britain to Brooklyn, decked in denim
Controversial through his political and peace activism
Felled by Mark David Chapman's act of barbarism
Oct 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 at 2:50 PM UTC
Poetic delicacies,
Chilled haiku sake,
Sautéed clerihew au jus,
Free-range limericks
baked to perfection,
Footle fries,
Yum!
Oct 23, 2019
Oct 23, 2019 at 6:10 PM UTC
Clara Oswald Who
The Doctor's secret wife—who knew?
Returned from September's honeymoon
By way of last year's month of June
Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019 at 3:50 PM UTC
John Keats
Didn’t write any Tweets
Nor ever undertook
To post on Facebook
Percy B. Shelley
Sailed the Don Juan to sea
Where a monstrous storm seen rarely
Robbed Frankenstein’s Mary
His friend, Lord Byron,
Watched the beach with his pyre on
And then, on a whim,
He went for a swim
William Shakespeare
Loved his wife so sincere
That he willed her when dead
His second best bed
Sir Wilfred Owen
Wrote a **** spiffing poem
And he might well have wrote more
Had he outlived the war
Robert Frost
Got hopelessly lost
When for giggles and a laugh
He took the wrong path
Emily Dickinson
Needed hope to cling on,
So for lack of lucky heather
She clutched an old feather
William Blake
Saw the tiger, too late,
And he felt a cold shiver
As it ate his liver
Jul 13, 2019
Jul 13, 2019 at 7:50 PM UTC
Good old Norman,
Thank goodness he’s normal.
Unlike many a friend,
He hasn’t gone round the bend.
Stevens is his surname:
He never plays the Blame Game.
Such a decent chap
And never utters *******
Whoops, I had to miss that rhyme,
To avoid committing a bit of a crime.
Norm is quite the hero,
And something of a Shakespearo.
He’s maybe my biggest fan,
From England to Japan.
Reading poems from me,
Right there on his Smart TV.
So Norman enjoy your beer,
As I will always be here.
Paul Butters
© PB 1\12\2018.
Dec 1, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 at 6:22 AM UTC
Donald Trump
Is no chump.
Makes America rich,
Without any hitch.
Says what he thinks,
And never even blinks.
Kowtows to no-one:
Just gets the job done.
Paul Butters
© PB 15\10\2018.
Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 at 10:20 AM UTC
Donald Trump
Sure packs a thump.
For America First
He does his worst.
Paul Butters
© PB 8\10\2018.
Oct 10, 2018
Oct 10, 2018 at 6:03 AM UTC
that crazy man Rodrigo Duterte
best watch out or he'll end up muerte
if he keeps on being a windbag
he might find himself sporting a toe tag
Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 at 8:56 PM UTC
I often wonder if Robert Frost
in all his life ever got lost
did that road he took need corrections?
if so, as a man, did he ask directions?
Jun 18, 2018
Jun 18, 2018 at 12:22 PM UTC
Association Footballer Ronaldo,
The new Wizard Waldo.
Oh what a fandango,
You bet he can tango.
Paul Butters
© PB 18\11\2017.
Nov 18, 2017
Nov 18, 2017 at 5:14 PM UTC
Nicola Sturgeon
Needs no urging.
Scottish trouble,
Let’s burst her bubble.
She wants to split the UK
And make it rubble.
Theresa May thinks she’s the dregs.
The papers? They only ask,
(Nicola and Theresa) -
Who’s got the better legs?
Paul Butters
Mar 31, 2017
Mar 31, 2017 at 2:17 PM UTC