A Clerihew is a whimsical biographical 4-line poem. Its rhyme structure is AABB and is often quite contrived. Like this one made up by the eponymous Mr Clerihew Himself.
Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul's."
And here's one I made up earlier.
And here's one I made up earlier.
If Anna Hazare were a cook
Who wrote a recipe book,
It would be empty for pages
And suggest you fast for ages.
So that's your challenge. Come up with a Clerihew about anyone you please. And post your entry in the comment box. I'll give it a couple of weeks and then announce a winner. Off you go!
i wish i were a maharani
ReplyDeletebut i am just plain ms vani
ms word always corrects my name to vain
and that describes me right as rain
ps: welcome back ammani. this was fun :)
Shri Manmohan Singh
ReplyDeleteTurban to Race Course did bring
But the beard on his face south
Seem to gag his mouth
Pre-coffee try... sorry ;)
Mala is my name
ReplyDeleteIf u dont know me, its a shame
my middle name is cool
and if u think am boasting, u r a fool.. :P:)
my name is Sunita
ReplyDeleteowe this name to a neta
makes me red when people add an h
but its not nice to alwayz make a swipe
when people misspell a name that means polite
My name is Bindu
ReplyDeleteAnd I cannot speak Hindu.
But if my name was Bindi
I still couldn’t speak Hindi.
Clerihew? You want my life story?
ReplyDeleteSugar, spice and not much gory.
Some do call it rather bland,
That's 'cos I live in the land of dust and sand.
In life, there is lots to do and places to reach
ReplyDeleteBut all I do is only preach
If only I could pull up my socks
and prove to myself that life really rocks :)
Liar Liar Lipstick,
ReplyDeleteBorn on a broomstick.
Broomstick broke,
Liar got a poke!
Ex President Bill Clinton
ReplyDeleteIs now long forgotten
All coz of Monica Lewinsky
who one day I guess had too much whisky ;)
He wasn't single
ReplyDeleteBut wanted to mingle
So he caught on to Jingle
Just to make her tingle!
You all only autobiography aa? Me too :p
ReplyDeleteThere’s this woman called Inbavalli
Whose name just about rhymes with palli
Merrily she eats, happily she reads
There’s little else to the life she leads
There’s one Mr. Fate
ReplyDeleteQuite my pal and mate
With a decent diet I was slim
Now that I’m fat, it’s HIM
Chidambaram's been to Harvard,
ReplyDeleteHe always put his best foot forward
But the spectrum wars scarred him
now his light burns dim.
Digvijaya singh says in sentences always long,
ReplyDelete"Right is wrong"
Years of blustering has made him uncouth,
for his foot is always in his mouth.
Modi can bluster and bluff
ReplyDeleteWith balls so tough,
Is he good or bad, the jury is still out,
Now you decide whether it is Narendra or Lalit I am talking about.
Yo my name is Barack Obama
ReplyDeleteMy father's black but I have a white momma
My campaign slogan was "Yes, we can!"
After I became president I wimped out and ran
En peru umma
ReplyDeleteNaan eppovame irukka maaten summa
Should I have written this in Ingilipees?
Ech-oos me please ;)
Ammani is a blogger
ReplyDeleteA rare woman slogger
I write this hiding under a wig
Lest she calls me a Male Chauvinist Pig