By Mary Hill
We all know Arlee Bird
He is a master of the word
Getting thousands to follow his lead
He makes blogs fun to read.
A Clerihew is a poem that features a person and is supposed to make one laugh or at least chuckle. The poems are only four lines long with the first line ending in the name of the person and the second line ending with a rhyme of the person’s name. The third and fourth line are also rhymed.
I once knew a teacher
Who looked like a funny creature
She had a big nose
And holes in her pantyhose.
Can you create your own Clerihew to share? Remember it is supposed to be funny and light hearted; so just have some fun!
I hope you are enjoying our romp through the poetic alphabet. Tomorrow, we will explore the letter D.
LOL thanks Ida. Great. 🙂
I just met a blogger named Mary
She did a poem about Arlee.
She taught me it’s called a clerihew,
and once again I learned something new.
I never heard of a Clerihew before. That’s clever.
Nice! Never heard of this type of poetry before reading your post. Very cute.
I would write you a poem this very night
But eyes are going closed with all of their might
That must mean it’s time for sleep
The poetry will have to keep. 🙂
Hi, I learned about this type of poetry searching an online poetry dictionary. I also visited this website: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/clerihew.htm
Lucy that was a cute poem about Dr. Suess. 🙂
I hadn’t heard of that poetic form before. Let me see….
Oh, good ol’ Dr. Suess
He put boring words to use.
Making reading much more fun
for me, for you, for everyone!
Kids Math Teacher
A poet named Susan Call Hutchison
Liked rhyming, and said, “Yes, that much is fun,
“But give me a poem with a challenging rhythm,
“And that’s when I really start having fun with ‘em!”
I once knew a man
That was a superman fan
How did I know?
His pants always hung low