CLERIHEWS

"A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund 
Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a 
famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown or spurious 
about them. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line 
length and metre are irregular. Bentley invented the clerihew in school and then 
popularized it in books." -- Wikipedia

Miss Austen
Sadly never visited Boston
'Twas too many miles
From the Isles

Poor Henry Ford
Was horribly bored
Until he nimbly
Invented mass assembly

Adolph Coors
Had little patience with boors
Who could only find fault
With his hops and malt

Chevrolet
Almost went away
Until the citizenry
Graciously relieved their penury

Isadora Duncan
Ever the terpsichorean
Flung her long red scarf into a spoke
And broke

Herbert Hoover's
Economic maneuvers
Led straight to the abyss
Yet he sensed nothing amiss

Lassie
Though pert and sassy
Took special care with her tail
To conceal she was male

Stalin
Was crestfallen
And moved to hysteria
When he ran out of room in Siberia

Chairman Mao
Perched on the prow
Navigated the Yangtze
For a look-see

President Washington
Abhorred the whimsical pun
So would no doubt be in dismay
At Birthington's Washday

COVID-19
Was torn in-between
An infectious personality
And a gift for lethality


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