Clerihew Challenge
by Poeteye (Member) - published: September 15, 2008
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Hey, boys and girls, learn to write CLERIHEWS! Choose the Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate of your choice and have fun!
Here are the rules:

A clerihew is a humorous pseudo-biographical quatrain, rhymed as two couplets with lines of uneven length, more or less in the rhythm of prose. The name of the subject is usually at the end of the first line (sometimes the second line) and is well known. The humor of the clerihew is whimsical rather than satiric.

Here are a couple of examples using the current Administration:

Bush, George W.,
History will judge you
And offer no absolution
For shredding the Constitution.

Cheney, you’re a famous Dick
Big business is your bailiwick.
Is it a wonder we can’t impeach you?
Even your own heart attacks can’t reach you.

Try it today! You're sure to receive lots of comments.

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The following comments are for "Clerihew Challenge"
by Poeteye

Clerihew Challenge
John McCain gives me a pain
But Sarah drives me insane
It’s not her platform thrilling the masses
It’s those expensive, sexy glasses!

( Posted by: Beatrice Boyle [Member] On: September 16, 2008 )

Clerihew Thread
My vote's for Maxine
A pit bull, meaner than mean
Doesn't wear expensive glasses
Too busy out there kicking asses

( Posted by: nitz kitty [Member] On: September 16, 2008 )

See, I told you it was FUN
Sarah Palin, I just have to ask ya:
Is it true hunting’s a value in Alaska?
While it may lack a Washington lobby,
Motherhood’s the value; hunting’s a hobby.

( Posted by: poeteye [Member] On: September 16, 2008 )

clerihew thread
Like I said to Pen in a comment to her, she's already done the Canadian politics thing, and I can no more add to that than try to surpass it (doesn't get much better than Penelope for rhymed verse).

So what I'll do is one Canadian, one American clerihew, eh?

I cannot vote for Justin Trudeau
'cause I don't live in the riding of Papineau.
His dad now flips somersaults in the grave:
a blue-collar riding is no new red wave!

A journalist here called your Sarah Palin
"white trash" and sent reporters wailin',
howlin', screamin' to brink of war;
over what? Some new Alaska hoar?

Lucie

( Posted by: windchime [Member] On: September 26, 2008 )

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