In Competition No. 2921 you were invited to write a clerihew about a fictional character.
The clerihew is a comic four-line (AABB) biographical poem characterised by metrical irregularity and awkward rhyme. The first line is often the subject’s name. Or, to put it another way:
E.C. Bentley
Quite accidently
Invented this form of wit,
And this is it. (Anon)
Here is another Bentley-inspired clerihew, this one written by Michael Curl:
E.C. Bentley
Mused while he ought to have studied intently;
It was this muse
That inspired clerihews.
There was much to applaud in an entry full of wit and whimsy. Those printed below fought off stiff opposition to bag £8 per clerihew.
Crow
didn’t want it so.
Given another chance he wouldn’t choose
to be muse to Ted Hughes.
D.A. Prince
Robinson Crusoe,
Wistfully regarding his unused trousseau,
Said, ‘I’m approaching do-or-die day!
If I’m not rescued Thursday, I’ll marry Friday.’
Roger Slater
Ishmael
Received phish mail
But he knew it was a trick
When they claimed they could lengthen his Moby Dick.
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