July 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A #Clerihew for a change of pace:
Edgar Allen Poe
A writerly bro
Who’s famed for the #Raven.
What a scary poem maven!
#HaikuChallenge #Raven #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writers #BlueskyPoets
In case you're not familiar with #clerihews:
poets.org/glossary/Cle...
Edgar Allen Poe
A writerly bro
Who’s famed for the #Raven.
What a scary poem maven!
#HaikuChallenge #Raven #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writers #BlueskyPoets
In case you're not familiar with #clerihews:
poets.org/glossary/Cle...
Clerihew
Clerihew is a whimsical, skewed quatrain poem–– two rhyming couplets (aabb) of unequal l
poets.org
October 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A #Clerihew for a change of pace:
Edgar Allen Poe
A writerly bro
Who’s famed for the #Raven.
What a scary poem maven!
#HaikuChallenge #Raven #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writers #BlueskyPoets
In case you're not familiar with #clerihews:
poets.org/glossary/Cle...
Edgar Allen Poe
A writerly bro
Who’s famed for the #Raven.
What a scary poem maven!
#HaikuChallenge #Raven #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writers #BlueskyPoets
In case you're not familiar with #clerihews:
poets.org/glossary/Cle...
In honor of #NationalClerihewDay, a celebration of a poetry style created by English writer and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, I share an ode to the turtle:
Mitch McConnell
Presently horizontal
Bent the knee to Don
Didn’t work, now he’s gone
nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
Mitch McConnell
Presently horizontal
Bent the knee to Don
Didn’t work, now he’s gone
nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY
On July 10 each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. His four-line biographical poem offers a brief, though whimsical, approach ...
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July 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
In honor of #NationalClerihewDay, a celebration of a poetry style created by English writer and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, I share an ode to the turtle:
Mitch McConnell
Presently horizontal
Bent the knee to Don
Didn’t work, now he’s gone
nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
Mitch McConnell
Presently horizontal
Bent the knee to Don
Didn’t work, now he’s gone
nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
A clerihew for the crown
July 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A clerihew for the crown
Yesterday was Clerihew Day.
Edward Clerihew Bentley was a British writer known for creating the Clerihew: a 4 line biographical poem, with an AABB rhyme scheme and often humorous.
Van Gogh pronounced his name Van Goff.
Edward Clerihew Bentley was a British writer known for creating the Clerihew: a 4 line biographical poem, with an AABB rhyme scheme and often humorous.
Van Gogh pronounced his name Van Goff.
July 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Yesterday was Clerihew Day.
Edward Clerihew Bentley was a British writer known for creating the Clerihew: a 4 line biographical poem, with an AABB rhyme scheme and often humorous.
Van Gogh pronounced his name Van Goff.
Edward Clerihew Bentley was a British writer known for creating the Clerihew: a 4 line biographical poem, with an AABB rhyme scheme and often humorous.
Van Gogh pronounced his name Van Goff.
.
A Clerihew
Christopher Luxon
Hardly ever mucks in.
He looks a bit sinister
But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister.
.
A Clerihew
Christopher Luxon
Hardly ever mucks in.
He looks a bit sinister
But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister.
.
June 22, 2024 at 5:49 AM
.
A Clerihew
Christopher Luxon
Hardly ever mucks in.
He looks a bit sinister
But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister.
.
A Clerihew
Christopher Luxon
Hardly ever mucks in.
He looks a bit sinister
But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister.
.
For World Poetry Day here is my favourite clerihew
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Dined on venison
Not cheap I fear
Venison's dear
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Dined on venison
Not cheap I fear
Venison's dear
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
For World Poetry Day here is my favourite clerihew
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Dined on venison
Not cheap I fear
Venison's dear
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Dined on venison
Not cheap I fear
Venison's dear
A #clerihew to celebrate #GeorgeOrwell's birthday:
The author George Orwell
We ought not ignore well;
His writings polemic
Ain’t at all academic.
#Clerihews are whimsical, 4-line biographical poems, invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
#Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
The author George Orwell
We ought not ignore well;
His writings polemic
Ain’t at all academic.
#Clerihews are whimsical, 4-line biographical poems, invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
#Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
June 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A #clerihew to celebrate #GeorgeOrwell's birthday:
The author George Orwell
We ought not ignore well;
His writings polemic
Ain’t at all academic.
#Clerihews are whimsical, 4-line biographical poems, invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
#Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
The author George Orwell
We ought not ignore well;
His writings polemic
Ain’t at all academic.
#Clerihews are whimsical, 4-line biographical poems, invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
#Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
God I took fucking forever trying to google up what this poem form was called a few weeks ago and it turned out the word I wanted was “clerihew” but this isn’t actually a clerihew. Aging’s a nightmare
Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
August 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
God I took fucking forever trying to google up what this poem form was called a few weeks ago and it turned out the word I wanted was “clerihew” but this isn’t actually a clerihew. Aging’s a nightmare
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
June 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
First friendly fire attack on @poemthedragon.bsky.social with their character Clerihew.
#ArtFight2026 #SeaWing
#ArtFight2026 #SeaWing
July 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
First friendly fire attack on @poemthedragon.bsky.social with their character Clerihew.
#ArtFight2026 #SeaWing
#ArtFight2026 #SeaWing
Every Saturday we go to a market near the house of the immortal Edmund Clerihew Bentley, inventor of the Clerihew.
There is a modest plaque. But I feel the house needs a clerihew too:
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Proceeded ever so gently.
When he had time
He'd turn out a rhyme.
There is a modest plaque. But I feel the house needs a clerihew too:
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Proceeded ever so gently.
When he had time
He'd turn out a rhyme.
November 30, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Every Saturday we go to a market near the house of the immortal Edmund Clerihew Bentley, inventor of the Clerihew.
There is a modest plaque. But I feel the house needs a clerihew too:
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Proceeded ever so gently.
When he had time
He'd turn out a rhyme.
There is a modest plaque. But I feel the house needs a clerihew too:
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Proceeded ever so gently.
When he had time
He'd turn out a rhyme.
Nicolas Clerihew Bentley
Scene from "A Christmas Carol"
Scene from "A Christmas Carol"
December 25, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Nicolas Clerihew Bentley
Scene from "A Christmas Carol"
Scene from "A Christmas Carol"
First I post a #raven #clerihew, & now I'm posting a #mountain #quatrain. Why no limerick today? Beats me!
There are days I feel old as the hills
And I long for those youth-making fountains.
But this contrary thought gives me thrills:
It’s better than old as the mountains.
#vss365 #Humor #Poetry
There are days I feel old as the hills
And I long for those youth-making fountains.
But this contrary thought gives me thrills:
It’s better than old as the mountains.
#vss365 #Humor #Poetry
October 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Tremendous Clerihew potential in this @lrbbookshop.bsky.social article opening sentence.
February 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Tremendous Clerihew potential in this @lrbbookshop.bsky.social article opening sentence.
Welcome, honored guests. Please check your solemnity at the door.
clerihew name-dropped badly
but meant no harm
#PoetryPartyImpressions #Clerihew #Couplet #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
clerihew name-dropped badly
but meant no harm
#PoetryPartyImpressions #Clerihew #Couplet #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
June 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Welcome, honored guests. Please check your solemnity at the door.
clerihew name-dropped badly
but meant no harm
#PoetryPartyImpressions #Clerihew #Couplet #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
clerihew name-dropped badly
but meant no harm
#PoetryPartyImpressions #Clerihew #Couplet #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
There's something about the pacing of twitter 1.0 threads that's permanently wedged in my brain. Like a free verse clerihew.
'til the end of my days here on this earth I will remember "Converse Weapons, Umbro soccer shorts, and a Looney Tunes tshirt"
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There's something about the pacing of twitter 1.0 threads that's permanently wedged in my brain. Like a free verse clerihew.
In 1954 a single clerihew in The People’s Friend could keep one, for the winter months, in a well-appointed Marrakechi riad surrounded by a semi-permanent haze of the finest hashish.
March 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
In 1954 a single clerihew in The People’s Friend could keep one, for the winter months, in a well-appointed Marrakechi riad surrounded by a semi-permanent haze of the finest hashish.
Michael Flynn
never actually went in.
He took a plea bargain
and later got a Trump pardon.
#clerihew
maga.russian.asset.pageant.wiki/wiki/Michael...
never actually went in.
He took a plea bargain
and later got a Trump pardon.
#clerihew
maga.russian.asset.pageant.wiki/wiki/Michael...
Michael Flynn - Wikipedia
maga.russian.asset.pageant.wiki
December 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Michael Flynn
never actually went in.
He took a plea bargain
and later got a Trump pardon.
#clerihew
maga.russian.asset.pageant.wiki/wiki/Michael...
never actually went in.
He took a plea bargain
and later got a Trump pardon.
#clerihew
maga.russian.asset.pageant.wiki/wiki/Michael...
Imaad Zuberi
is not Somali.
He was born in Pakistan
and ran many a scam.
#clerihew
He earned a BSc in 1997 from the University of Southern California.
not.somali.trumpworld.grifter.pageant.wiki/wiki/Imaad_Z...
is not Somali.
He was born in Pakistan
and ran many a scam.
#clerihew
He earned a BSc in 1997 from the University of Southern California.
not.somali.trumpworld.grifter.pageant.wiki/wiki/Imaad_Z...
Imaad Zuberi - Wikipedia
Not.Somali.Trumpworld.grifter.pageant.wiki
December 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Imaad Zuberi
is not Somali.
He was born in Pakistan
and ran many a scam.
#clerihew
He earned a BSc in 1997 from the University of Southern California.
not.somali.trumpworld.grifter.pageant.wiki/wiki/Imaad_Z...
is not Somali.
He was born in Pakistan
and ran many a scam.
#clerihew
He earned a BSc in 1997 from the University of Southern California.
not.somali.trumpworld.grifter.pageant.wiki/wiki/Imaad_Z...
Project: Split Watches
Typefaces: Exposure (Federico Parra, 205TF); Diatype Mono (Dinamo)
Graphic Design: Rory Stiff, Casey Highfield, Phoebe Leadbeater, Ben Williams
Photographer: David Clerihew
3D: Toby Causton-Ronaldson
Web Design & Development: Max Quinn
www.205.tf/exposure
Typefaces: Exposure (Federico Parra, 205TF); Diatype Mono (Dinamo)
Graphic Design: Rory Stiff, Casey Highfield, Phoebe Leadbeater, Ben Williams
Photographer: David Clerihew
3D: Toby Causton-Ronaldson
Web Design & Development: Max Quinn
www.205.tf/exposure
June 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Project: Split Watches
Typefaces: Exposure (Federico Parra, 205TF); Diatype Mono (Dinamo)
Graphic Design: Rory Stiff, Casey Highfield, Phoebe Leadbeater, Ben Williams
Photographer: David Clerihew
3D: Toby Causton-Ronaldson
Web Design & Development: Max Quinn
www.205.tf/exposure
Typefaces: Exposure (Federico Parra, 205TF); Diatype Mono (Dinamo)
Graphic Design: Rory Stiff, Casey Highfield, Phoebe Leadbeater, Ben Williams
Photographer: David Clerihew
3D: Toby Causton-Ronaldson
Web Design & Development: Max Quinn
www.205.tf/exposure