A Clerihew or Two.

Hey cats,  better get your coffee and sunglasses ’cause it’s time for some poetry, man! Brought to you by the brother’s beatniks blog.

On that note here are few clerihews I wrote for school.  A clerihew is a type of poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.  They’re very simple poems, really, the first line is the name of some famous person who the poem is about and the rhyme scheme is AABB.  Those are really the only requirements.  And so without further ado my clerihews!

Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Converted to Catholic from Anglican
In his books he said protestants fail
To recognize the good of ale.

Mr. George Washington
Was a wealthy farmer’s son,
But he decided to deal with men in battle
So he wouldn’t have to deal with cattle.

G.K. Chesterton
Is a famous Englishmen
When he needed to fill his coffers
He became a Catholic author.

(I know two Chesterton poems is excessive, but I couldn’t resist).
And finally…

Edmund Bentley Clerihew
Needed something new to do
He said, “I’ll never have to work again
If I write poems of famous men!”

Well that’s it I hope you dig these poems Daddy-o!