Form Poem Contest

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Originally Posted by AuntShecky

Thank you very much,Pen, and thank you to all the participants who submitted such worthy poems.
I am thrilled to be able to choose the next contest form.

The clerihew was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley
(1875-1956), also known as the author of a classic mystery novel, Trent's Last Case.

The clerihew consists of two rhymed couplets, which can be "metrically awkward." The subject is a about a famous person or celebrity of the past or present, and the person's name should appear as the rhymed word in the first couplet.

The info about the person can be as irrelevant, irreverent, or uninformative as you like.

It is, however, intended to be funny. Here's one of Edmund's original namesake quatrains:

Geoffrey Chaucer
Could hardly have been coarser,
But this never harmed the sales
Of his Canterbury Tales.

I hope many Litnetters send in some funny entries. I'll set the deadline for July 9 and announce the winner on Thursday, July 10, which is incidentally National Clerihew Day.

Hope "Pong II" (my computer) doesn't get ornery on that day!

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Question Aunty. Is the poem limited to four lines or is that allowed to vary?

Brittney Spears
brings her momma to tears
who cares about the national news or what just was
when Brittney baby gave herself a new buzz!

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Question Aunty. Is the poem limited to four lines or is that allowed to vary?

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According to my handy dandy Oxford Directory of Literary
Terms, the clerihew is limited to two couplets, rhyming
aa bb.
So, even though one may argue that it's more difficult to write a shorter, concise piece than a longer one, that's the
rule.

John Sidney McCain
Grinned through the pain
Of incredible November 4th drama,
Slurred his words, saying, "Oh what a bummer..."

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Originally Posted by AuntShecky

According to my handy dandy Oxford Directory of Literary
Terms, the clerihew is limited to two couplets, rhyming
aa bb.
So, even though one may argue that it's more difficult to write a shorter, concise piece than a longer one, that's the
rule.

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Thanks Aunty. I saw that after I had posted.

O.K., here goes; I've never done this before, so be gentle. Does it have to be absolutely accurate?

Einstein, couldn't talk till he was four;
His frantic parents wanted more.
Friends and family all despaired,
When Albert spake: "E=MC squared."

Ok, here's my entry:

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Young James Joyce
Had as a teen a crackling voice.
When he went to the girls to get some affection,
He walked down the street with a standing erection.

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:D

All right. Mine is witty, imo, but yours is funny.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Ok, here's my entry:

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Young James Joyce
Had as a teen a crackling voice.
When he went to the girls to get some affection,
He walked down the street with a standing erection.

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:D

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Ok, that's my entry Aunty. But I did get carried away and write quite a few of these. I had a lot of fun. Actually the form just beckons for crude humor. I decided to post a whole slew of these in my latest blog entry. Come and visit and check them out: http://www.online-literature.com/for...515&entry=5700. All who visit, let me know which you liked best. But be aware they are very raunchy. :D

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Originally Posted by Virgil

I decided to post a whole slew of these in my latest blog entry. Come and visit and check them out: http://www.online-literature.com/for...515&entry=5700. All who visit, let me know which you liked best. But be aware they are very raunchy. :D

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Hey, Pen -- can there be multiple entries from the same
LitNet participant?

Auntie

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Originally Posted by AuntShecky

Hey, Pen -- can there be multiple entries from the same
LitNet participant?

Auntie

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The rule is one per person in our contests so far. This is your contest, so it's up to you. Do you feel like judging a whole slew of poems? ;)

For the sake of that old hobgoblin consistency, we'll keep the rules for the Form Poetry Contest the way it's always been: one entry per participant.

Thank you Antiquarian-that really makes my day!:)