Presidential Clerihews (Light Verse about Bush and Carter)
I’m experimenting with a new (to me) type of light verse: the clerihew. Wikipedia provides several examples and describes the form as follows:
* It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it pokes fun at mostly famous people
* It has four lines of irregular length (for comic effect); the third and fourth lines are usually longer than the first two
* The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme
*The first line consists solely (or almost solely) of the subject’s name.
I’ve written a pair of clerihews about two former U.S. Presidents, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush:
Jimmy Carter,
Energy martyr.
Warned we’d be debtors,
Looked lousy in sweaters.
George W. Bush,
A pain in the tush.
Less nasty and brainy
Than running mate Cheney.
Tags: Clerihews, Dick Cheney Satire, Energy Humor, George Bush Satire, Jimmy Carter, Light Verse, Presidential Poetry
Omar Suleiman
Egypt’s new bully man?
The poeple oppose thee
No “Baby Doc” Hosni!
Wonderful, Steve!
Sarah Palin,
Parasailin’:
Takes a leap on a dare
and gets way too much air.
I like that murr!
very good madkane!
Bush 43
an imbecile he
was a rich spoiled brat
who couldn’t spell cat
if given a C
an A and a T
but the boy partied hard
and deserted the Guard
Thanks! Fun verse, Scott and Rob!
Clerihews are indeed a funny poems.You played them well :)