Snow's Writing for 2019, 2020, & Beyond

Week 6: Clerihew - James T. Kirk

James Tiberius Kirk
Really loved his work
commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise
without a single compromise.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Form: Clerihew  

Number of Lines: 4

Rules: A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme. In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.


Choices for the Poets to make this week: You may write your poem about a real person or a fictional character.
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