EMPRESS of Art, for thee I twine This wreath with all too slender skill. Forgive my Muse each halting line, And for the deed accept the will!
Here's another poetic form I've never tried, but it sounds like a lot of fun! The clerihew is very simple. It is about a person. It is funny. It is four lines long, the first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme. This form was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, and is named after him. While he was a student, he began writing these humorous poems about the people he was studying. They were a great hit with his friends! The first Clerihew ever written was this: Sir Humphry Davy Detes
Posted by Bored in Vernal at 8:49 PM Labels: Clerihew , Edmund Clerihew Bentley , Weekly Writing Challenge