Life Clerihew Poems
These Life Clerihew poems are examples of Clerihew poems about Life. These are the best examples of Clerihew Life poems written by international poets.
700 Years - Dante AlighieriDivine Comedy written by the famous, Dante Alighieri
A writer, a poet, and a philosopher with his own theory
Still hard to understand after 700 years
Listening to...
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Categories:
love, poems, poets,
CLERIHEW MACKINTOSH-ESCharles&Margaret husband&wife
led an active artistic life
Together made many a design
of floral motifs so fine
...
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Categories:
clerihew, art, word play,
Jimmy Carter's LifeOne hundred-year-old Jimmy Carter
Loved nature and in Georgia Conservancy a charter (member)
He vetoed the damn for the Flint
Some people's dreams left at a sprint...
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Categories:
age, community, conflict,
CLERIHEW - PEIRAIKOSAncient Greek artist Peiraikos
for topics was not at a loss
He painted the common &ordinary
so was nicknamed the 'rhyparography'*
* still life...
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Categories:
art, word play,
StageROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER
Stage
Life is true
Life is brave
Death is but a stage
So break...
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Categories:
beauty, blessing, butterfly, care,
CLERHEW braques outlinesLe Havres Georges Braque
as a Fauv/Cubist was no slack
He also loved to outline white
his still life* such a delight...
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Categories:
art, word play,
Bob Newhart-RIPBob Newhart…
hope you find a good part
for your expression of deadpan
in heaven since you kicked the can
Bob Newhart…
perhaps I meant the bucket, ye old fart
made...
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Categories:
tribute,
William Charles LunaliloWilliam Charles Lunalilo
First King, chose by the people
Grandnephew of the Great King, as the people vote, was unanimous
Next year, King Kamehameha the Sixth died of...
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Categories:
appreciation,
SANTOS DUMONT
Santos Dumont so much invested
In his life, he many things invented
he even flew heavier...
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Categories:
allusion, appreciation, tribute,
Michael Landon
Actor and filmmaker, Michael Landon -
his shows were addictions folks couldn’t abandon!
As a javelin thrower, he could have gone far.
Once injured, he changed paths and...
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Categories:
celebrity,
Charles LambRenowned poet Charles Lamb,
Was gentle like a lamb.
He took care of Mary, his sis,
Who drove him crazy when her sanity was amiss.
In a mad fit...
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Categories:
celebrity, conflict, mental illness,
Adam Lambert
"Life is about taking risks to get what you want."
...
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Categories:
tribute,
The Future in the MakingSimultaneous writing and drawing, ooh da Vinci
Master of everything, claiming "itsa cinchi"
Painter of the last supper and the Mona Lisa
Born 279 years after they...
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Categories:
appreciation,
A Hero for the WorldNelson Mandela
by most accounts was quite a fella.
But sometimes he was dissed and dismissed,
said to be a card-carrying Communist.
Nelson Mandela fought segregation
in South Africa, his...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, hero,
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLI munch once moreRomantically symbolic for sure
Munch's metaphor takes the floor
here in the Dance of Life*
so many are especially rife...
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Categories:
clerihew, art,