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Friday Fling #251 for September 27th 2013

A big recent event was the Emmy awards on TV.

A lot was made of the outfits worn by the various celebrities in attendance.

Which struck us as rather amusing, not to suggest idol worshipping.

So this week on the Fling, we’re suggesting you write something amusing

about a celebrity in any walk of life where they might get national publicity.

Specifically, there is a format for poking fun at famous people.

It’s called the Clerihew.

We’ve done this format a number of times in the past on the Fling,

but in case you don’t recall or weren’t here for any of those,

according to ShadowPoetry.com, a Clerihew

is a comic verse consisting of two couplets

and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb

invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16.

The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme.

In most cases, the first line names a person,

and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.

One of the most remembered Clerihews from Bentley’s collection is:

Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

Be sure to save time to read and comment humbly

on your fellow Pals’ cutting Clerihews.

Then go be a rock star at something this weekend!

Below are just a few examples of possible Clerihewables!