Holiday Clerihews

Here is my first shot at composing Clerihews which was a English poetic form that was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

The Guidelines:

• A four line poem or stanza.
• Rhyme scheme: aabb
• First line is a person’s full name.

• The final three lines sum up the person named in the first line in a funny way.
• Vary the rhyming line lengths.

Tom Turkey,

a bird quite perky,

squawked as a winner,

When ham was served for dinner.

The Pilgrims

Sailed the high seas so bold,

And boy, were they very cold,

Came across land to claim,

And began a feast with no shame.

Santa Claus,

A man who evokes joy,

with bestowing gifts of toys,

he travels the vast sky,

powered by a milk and cookie sugar high.

Mrs. Claus,

A woman of mystery

and very little history,

stands in Santa’s shadow,

like the perfect politician’s wife for the show.

Frosty The Snowman

Made from silvery snow,

and specks of poop from flying crows

was truly aghast

when a playful dog pissed on him fast.

Ebenezer Scrooge

A man who lived for greed,

who’s done some nasty deeds,

will leave this world with a wail,

as he awakens to a fiery jail.

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Happy Thanksgiving & enjoy the beginning of the Christmas Holidays!