Clerihews

A ‘Clerihew’ is a silly and funny four line poem. The name comes from Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who pioneered this form. These poems are about a specific person or a character and the second line has to rhyme with the subject’s name. The scheme is AABB. Here, I have written three of them on Alice, Uncle Scrooge and Misha, the bear of the ‘Misha’ magazine that was published from USSR in early 90s and was quite popular. I was crazy about it! This is my first attempt in writing Clerihews; I hope you will like them! Suggestions and comments are most welcome!

There was once a dreamy girl called Alice

Whose heart was pure and free of malice

She saw a rabbit holding a watch in hand

Chased him and entered the wonderland!

 Too stingy was the rich Uncle Scrooge

He wore specs and his wealth was huge

And loved his money more than his life

That’s why he stayed single, sans a wife!

There was once a bear named Misha

He was cute and lived in frosty Russia

But he gathered quite an enviable fame

A hit magazine came out in his name!

(Image from: bunnyfriend.deviantart.com/art/Misha-the-Olympic-Bear-348450196)