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Two Clerihews

May 20, 2009 By Edmund Pickett

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(Clerihews are short humorous poems based on the name of a famous person. Writers or historical figures have been most common in clerihews, but any celebrity would do. The writers mentioned here may no longer be that well-known…)

1
John O’hara bemoaned as a tragic loss
that he was not born Louis Auchincloss,
who himself was surely not even awara
that plebeian scribbler, John O’Hara.

2
The last name of Anthony Powell
rhymes with that of Robert Lowell,
which makes no sense, but then
neither did Lowell.

 

© 2009 Edmund Pickett

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