** A clerihew is a comical biographic verse. See full explanation below photos.
i.
All the ladies admired the young Houdini,
but wished he performed in a thong bikini.
Their screams take it off created a racket
as he hung upside down in a confining strait jacket.
ii.
Rip Van Winkle slept away the years,
escaped his wife’s nagging and too-often tears.
Thought he’d be a ladie’s man, a new phenomenon,
instead he limped beside the dames, testosterone gone.
Written for dVerse, a poet’s pub, where today Gayle asks us to write a Clerihew: a comic verse on biographical topics consisting of 2 couplets and an aabb rhyme scheme. The first line is to name the individual. Form invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at age sixteen. Very challenging to write humorous poetry!!! Pub officially opens at 3 PM Boston time…drop by and read some more of these — or try your hand at comical verse and share yours with other dVerse readers!
lillian the home poet 
OMG, that first one is a riot! This prompt is probably going to draw out some very entertaining work. Yay! My favorite poetry to read is bizarre and/or funny. So I’m stoked.
Really, I’m still cracking up over that one.
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LOL — that’s what we aim for with this prompt! So gald to tickle your funny bone! hmmmm me thinks I need to edit the second one a bit.
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Oh no, it’s good too. I just found the first one to be flipping hilarious.
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Smiling ear-to-ear. If Houdini work a bikini, we would know if Harry was hairy!
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ooooh,,,,,didn’t think of that harry/hairy line! Good one! 🙂 Such a challenging but really really fun prompt!
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Ha loved the first one really… Houdini in a thong bikini is hilarious….
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Glad you to make you smile, my friend! 🙂 This is really a fun fun prompt — will look forward to reading the the posts for it. Chuckling is good for the soul!
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Oh my gosh…totally love both of these, Lillian. You’re good at writing humor. I can just hear all the women yelling at Houdini to take it off…ha! I almost chose Rumpelstiltskin!
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Really really a fun prompt! Oooooh….you must do another one with Rumpelstilltskin! I’m smiling already and I haven’t even seen it!
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So very happy that you enjoyed this prompt. Okay, will see if I can come up with something about Rumpelstiltskin…really dating myself with this one!
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You had me at Houdini; hey, we are all having TOO much fun with this prompt. I, of course could not move away from political parody.
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LOVED your political clerihews! So good to smile at all these posts………..a FUN FUN FUN prompt! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed, Glenn.
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These are hilarious, although I don’t know if I can get the image of Houdini in a bikini out of my head and for that I may never forgive you. (Just kidding, you know I will 😉 )
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Chuckle chuckle. Glad you enjoyed!!! Instead of an ear worm, an eye full??? Chuckle again!
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Too bad about Rip Van Winkle. I had not thought of Houdini in that way before.
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Glad you enjoyed! 🙂 Always fun to take a different perspective!
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LOL. Those are both extremely funny images.
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So good to see your LOL! 🙂
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Fun stuff.
Maybe you should market a Houdini thong.
The motto could be “don’t be left hanging by a thread.”
You could also market a Rip van Winkle dream cream kit complete with testosterone.
Ha.
Randy
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Oh, Lawdy; that’s funny.
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Well, if I was a bit younger and just starting my career, these would be great ideas! Maybe some other readers will take up the challenge 🙂
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hahaha these are funny! Great job with the rhyming, too!:)
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Happy to make you smile 🙂
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he, he, he – thanks for the laugh
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Happy to put on the clown nose for folks today 🙂
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They are both very good, but the first one really made me smile. These are such fun to read
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I’ll be doing my reading tomorrow AM — company coming today — but looking forward to starting my Saturday with a grin on my face 🙂
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Clever take on the prompt, Lillian! Lots of smiles at dverse today 😉
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oh and it’s so fun to have a smiling day! 🙂
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That first one cracked us all up, I think. 🙂 Creative take, Lillian! 🙂
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Always fun to provide a chuckle or two! Such a fun prompt to work with!
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Oh my goodness…that made me chuckle. So much fun to work with whimsical names like Houdini….he was just asking for that bikini…hehe.
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Challenging but really really fun prompt! Glad you got a chuckle out of it! 🙂
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Great treatment Lillian! Hilarious! Rip van Winkle had problems, did he? Didn’t know that!
Hank
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Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Houdini in a thong bikini followed by Rip van Winkle! Ha ha ha!
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Chuckle chuckle! 🙂
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Love the Van Winkle one! But both are very clever.
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Yeah — good ole Rip really cooked his goose 🙂
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WOW! What a combo! This is a one-two punch of clever Clerihewing!
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It was a really fun prompt. So glad you enjoyed! 🙂 Keep ’em smilin’ I always say!
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Great laughs, very necessary! 😀
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This was such a timely prompt — we all need some smiles in our lives these days.
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Lillian! I smirk, blush and applaud! Comic perfection!
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Loved this prompt — heading over for some giggles this morning as soon as I make my morning cup. Glad you enjoyed these little ditties!
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aughing out loud I am. So clever and funny!
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Thanks, Nan. Always happy to provide a grin!
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LOL – a stab at both men and ladies. Well done.
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Glad you enjoyed!
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