Donald Trump –
Likes to hump –
Controversy –
And stupidity
01.01.16
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Notes to this poem…
Nelson Mandela Clerihew
Or a more whimsical clerihew version, the way clerihews are supposed to be…
Nelson Mandela –
Let me tell ya –
Was one hella
Of a fella!
07.12.10
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Notes to this poem…
Michael Jackson Clerihew
Michael Jackson,
Psycho black son,
He was the King of Pop,
And of his boys love shop.
06.25.09 – 07.10.09
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Stephen Hawking Clerihew
Stephen Hawking –
Had a computer do his talking –
But as dull as a machine may sound –
Sheer brilliance always sounds profound
04.07.98
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Notes to this poem…
Edwin Hubble Clerihew
Edwin Hubble –
Stirred up trouble
By proposing the universe was growing –
And at a rate that was not slowing
01.13.98
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Notes to this poem…
Marie Curie Clerihew
Marie Curie –
Attacked science with a fury
More intense than radioactive burns –
And rarer than polonium urns
09.08.97
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Notes to this poem…
Sigmund Freud Clerihew
Sigmund Freud –
Was paranoid –
To him – every little thing
Had some big meaning
07.31.95
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Notes to this poem…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clerihew
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –
Was the Master of Classical music art –
Despite his music often sounding jovial –
The genius behind it was nothing trivial
06.24.95 – 07.23.95
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Notes to this poem…
Johann Willard Gibbs Clerihew
Johann Willard Gibbs –
Dispelled more than a few fibs
In thermodynamics –
And also in sound acoustics
07.12.95
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Notes to this poem…
Linus Pauling Clerihew
Linus Pauling –
Found his Nobel calling
First – as a Chemist –
Then – as a Peace activist
02.15.95 – 07.12.95
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Notes to this poem…
Johann Strauss Jr. Clerihew
The junior Johann Strauss –
Knew how to put joy into a house –
His waltzes made people go round & round –
Long after he’s been in the ground
06.24.95 – 07.03.95
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Notes to this poem…
Sergei Rachmaninov Clerihew
Sergei Rachmaninov –
Wrote music for those in love –
His melodies soared without bound –
It was love – in the form of sound
06.24.95 – 07.03.95
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Minh Tan's Old Poetry 