WEDNESDAY and time to link up with Terri for
NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY
July 10th of each year celebrates National Clerihew Day in the United States. Edmund Clerihew Bentley created the whimsical, four-line biographical poem.
An English novelist and humorist, Edmund Clerihew Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a 16-year-old student when he thought up the lines for his first ever clerihew.
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium
As with most poetry, the Clerihew is defined by a set of rules. It must contain four lines, rhyming couplets of AA/BB, a person’s name in the first line, say something about that person and it should be humorous. It is meant to be a funny poem, of course.
Sounds like a fun exercise!! I'm going to give it try!
1. Try your hand at one of these Clerihew poems, or two or three!
2. Tell us something about your week so far.
July 10th of each year celebrates National Clerihew Day in the United States. Edmund Clerihew Bentley created the whimsical, four-line biographical poem.
An English novelist and humorist, Edmund Clerihew Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a 16-year-old student when he thought up the lines for his first ever clerihew.
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium
As with most poetry, the Clerihew is defined by a set of rules. It must contain four lines, rhyming couplets of AA/BB, a person’s name in the first line, say something about that person and it should be humorous. It is meant to be a funny poem, of course.
Terri freely admits that she had no idea what Clerihew Day was about until she read about it above. And I've never ever heard of a Clerihew Poem!
1. Try your hand at one of these Clerihew poems, or two or three!
There once was a lady named Mary,
Who loved to ride on the ferry.
One day she fell over
And swam to the White Cliffs of Dover!
2. Tell us something about your week so far.
Not much to talk about here, unless you find laundry and house cleaning fun! That's what I've done for two days...today I'm taking a break.
This was so much fun, I loved writing the poem even though it's a little stupid funny.
Thanks Terri!!
Until Next Time
I enjoyed your Clerihew poem! I need to get to some cleaning and laundry! Ugh! Thanks for joining in today!
ReplyDeleteGreat closer on your Clerihew! Swimming to those White Cliffs sounds mighty refreshing about now!
ReplyDeleteI loved your poem!!! Laundry is never done around here, or so it seems, sigh.
ReplyDeleteP.S. What a pretty background, smiles
ReplyDeleteLoved your clerihew! I did laundry today. Loved your answers. Have a nice week.
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