This is a Clerihew: A poem about an individual, usually famous person, using that person’s name in the rhyme scheme.
Named after its inventor, Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
I wrote this about the first random bit of celebrity news I found.
That tireless force of nature called Madonna
Has bagged herself another music honour:
She’s had more albums reach the top than Elvis –
The King is Dead: Long Live The Reigning Pelvis!
You don’t pull any punches, do you:-)
Great one this.
Please come and have a look at my shiju
[which sounds like ‘her footwear].
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…and thanks to introducing me to the shiju format.
More interesting than haiku.
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