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Bêthberry · 06-16-2007, 08:43 AM

Sam Gamgee
Had quite a family
and The Shire would be rotten
if Rosie didn't to him cotton.

Gollem
was ever so solemn
Would the story ring differently
if he had a taste for comedy?

How to do Clerihew

Nogrod · 06-16-2007, 05:55 PM

Fun!

And especially for us non-English speakers! At last rhymes that are meant to be cranky in the first place!

Túrin, son of Húrin
befriended with a kinsman of Durin.
But who would have ever made the wager,
that all he would do was to act like a teenager?

(yep, I just finished the CoH)

Morthoron · 06-17-2007, 04:20 PM

Elrond Peredhil
Is in a quandary still
Whenever he committed a gaffe
He got scolded by his better half

Bêthberry · 06-17-2007, 08:08 PM

Excellent clerihews, Nogrod and Morthoron. You've provided unexpected little twists about your characters and have considerably raised the bar. (Of course, if we were doing the limbo, that would help me alot.

)

Fordim Hedgethistle · 06-18-2007, 08:33 AM

Frodo,
He's no dodo:
When he sees danger ride--
He hides!

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-18-2007, 06:24 PM

Aragorn,
Often the subject of scorn,
Was nicer than was told:
Not quite shiny, but still gold.

Morthoron · 06-18-2007, 08:56 PM

Tuor and Turin
Were the sons of Huor and Hurin:
One found Elvish wedded bliss,
The other got a blind date with his sis.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-19-2007, 07:19 AM

Eowyn,
Fair and thin,
Caused a story-bender
With her gender!

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-19-2007, 09:30 AM

Folco
Didn't go.
Was he afeard?
From the book he disappeared.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-19-2007, 10:00 AM

Tom Bombadil
-masterful of tree and hill-
Puts on the Ring
And lo! You cannot see the thing!

Fordim Hedgethistle · 06-19-2007, 10:51 AM

Imrahil of Dol Amroth
Protected the guard of Osgiliath;
Rescued Faramir, saved Eowyn, Aragorn first did see--
But for all that he did not warrant a part in any movie.

Morthoron · 06-19-2007, 09:39 PM

Desperately rode Radagast,
And finally caught Gandalf at last;
But he was beguiled by cunning words,
So all his efforts were for the birds.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-20-2007, 06:35 AM

Hear the story of Angmar's nasty Witch King:
An evil git enslaved by a ring,
He terrorized the human race
'Til a chick ran a knife through his face.

Bêthberry · 06-20-2007, 09:23 AM

Ah! I'm away for a day and the thread moves with wit and speed. Good to see people having fun. Perhaps I should be away more often?

Ruling firmly, Théoden King
denied a girl her fling.
Then like a monarch was not nonplussed
when beneath his mount he was crushed.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 06-20-2007, 10:09 AM

Dear and sensible Fatty Bolger,
posed as Crickhollow's newest lodger.
Of walking he'd have none,
but soon found he'd rather run.

Morthoron · 06-27-2007, 11:08 AM

Poor Old Eol!
Deprived of his last meal!
But King Turgon's verdict you may recall,
Left no time for dining careening off the wall.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-27-2007, 12:11 PM

Bilbo, when lost with a ring in a cave
Was subject to danger most grave
From a creature called Smeagol.
Next thing you know, "Look! An Eagle!"

Fordim Hedgethistle · 06-28-2007, 07:15 AM

Treebeard
Is afeard,
Not of wizard's ire,
Just fire.

Elmo · 06-28-2007, 07:21 AM

Poor Elmo!
Where did you go?
Never heard from you, not even a tweet,
Did you end up in Sesame Street?

Morthoron · 06-28-2007, 07:59 PM

Beleg said of Turambar,
"There are none as narrow-minded as you are."
But Turin merely pointed to Mim
And said, "Nay, I am not as petty as him."

Galadriel55 · 11-22-2010, 06:37 PM

Eomer, a brave Rider, Third Marshal of the Mark
With Theoden brought light to Minas Tirith when 'twas dark.
At times he may get a little violent,
But he never keeps his thoughts silent.

Galadriel55 · 11-26-2010, 02:28 PM

Pippin
Went a-fishin'
To the rod he didn't attach the hook -
People yell, "Fool of a Took!"

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-20-2011, 08:22 AM

Of Sauron, The Lord of Dark:
Hear this information. Hark!
He used his armies to commit atrocities beyond description,
But at least embraced equal opportunity conscription.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-28-2011, 09:56 AM

Eowyn
Slayed efficiently by being a woman.
Rejected by Aragorn, feeling blue,
She looked at Faramir and said, "You'll do."

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-28-2011, 10:46 PM

Boromir:
I hear
The Horn of Gondor when it gets blown.
Is that the moan of the instrument? Or your own?

Galadriel55 · 01-29-2011, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

She looked at Faramir and said, "You'll do."

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Merry of the Brandybucks
Said to Pippin, "Shucks!
Do we have to follow Frodo?
He's a) fat, and b) a dodo!"

Galadriel55 · 01-29-2011, 02:54 PM

Galadriel
Doesn't go along very well
With time-management. To be clearer,
She spends the day looking in her mirror.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-31-2011, 01:10 PM

Frodo,
Where'd your finger go?
Ah! Inside of Gollum, beneath the plume
Within the fires of Mount Doom.

Galadriel55 · 01-31-2011, 05:18 PM

Gollum's dentist
Made of medicines a checklist:
Smeagol is in a tight fix,
His teeth are only six!

Anguirel · 02-01-2011, 09:43 AM

Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amras in Amrod
Contrived to be born to a mother still slim as a ramrod.
Amras, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, and old and young redheads
In disarranged order went down a succession of deadheads.

Bêthberry · 02-03-2011, 01:17 PM

Amazing to see this old thread come up for some fresh air. Good ones, all!

Galadriel's phial
gave a smile
to Frodo
where the sun don't go.

Celeborn
was quite forlorn
when to the West
sailed half his best.

Galadriel55 · 02-21-2011, 04:51 PM

Eol went to find his wife,
But instead he lost his life.
No one went down the mountian-side
To scrape off the rocks Eol's insides.

Galadriel55 · 03-17-2011, 03:53 PM

Osse wrecked the ships all night,
Amusing himself until it was light,
Because Uinen came at dawn
And said, "Honey, do calm down!"

Legolas
Said, "Alas!
I have competition. I would
That there was no Robin Hood!"

Galadriel55 · 03-27-2011, 02:05 PM

Frodo kept the Ring
nd thought that no one knew about the thing.
Merry had to prove him wrong -
For a long time he knew all along!

Morthoron · 03-30-2011, 07:53 AM

Arwen was changed by Peter Jackson
Into an Elvish woman of action
Like some gladiator bred for an arena
Thus the Half-Elf warrior princess Xena.

Morthoron · 03-30-2011, 12:27 PM

Since I'm already Clerihewing the films, I'll add this one that I posted on another thread concerning The Hobbit movie. God knows if I'll remember where it is a year from now...

Of the dubious character Itaril,
Some may call her a bitter pill;
Yet along came Saoirse Ronan
To play this Elfess Conan.

Galadriel55 · 12-15-2012, 06:45 PM

Arwen Undomiel,
You are the granddaughter of Galadriel,
And now thou darest
Argue about who is the fairest!

06-16-2007, 08:43 AM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Barrow Downers ain't no frowners; we comes to do the Clerihew Sam Gamgee Had quite a family and The Shire would be rotten if Rosie didn't to him cotton. Gollem was ever so solemn Would the story ring differently if he had a taste for comedy? How to do Clerihew __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

06-16-2007, 05:55 PM	#2
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Fun! And especially for us non-English speakers! At last rhymes that are meant to be cranky in the first place! Túrin, son of Húrin befriended with a kinsman of Durin. But who would have ever made the wager, that all he would do was to act like a teenager? (yep, I just finished the CoH) __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

06-17-2007, 04:20 PM	#3
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Elrond Peredhil Is in a quandary still Whenever he committed a gaffe He got scolded by his better half __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

06-17-2007, 08:08 PM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Excellent clerihews, Nogrod and Morthoron. You've provided unexpected little twists about your characters and have considerably raised the bar. (Of course, if we were doing the limbo, that would help me alot. ) __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

06-18-2007, 06:24 PM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Aragorn, Often the subject of scorn, Was nicer than was told: Not quite shiny, but still gold. __________________ peace

06-18-2007, 08:33 AM	#5
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Frodo, He's no dodo: When he sees danger ride-- He hides!

06-18-2007, 08:56 PM	#7
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Tuor and Turin Were the sons of Huor and Hurin: One found Elvish wedded bliss, The other got a blind date with his sis. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

06-19-2007, 07:19 AM	#8
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Eowyn, Fair and thin, Caused a story-bender With her gender! __________________ peace

06-19-2007, 09:30 AM	#9
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Folco Didn't go. Was he afeard? From the book he disappeared. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-19-2007, 10:00 AM	#10
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Tom Bombadil -masterful of tree and hill- Puts on the Ring And lo! You cannot see the thing! __________________ peace

06-19-2007, 10:51 AM	#11
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Imrahil of Dol Amroth Protected the guard of Osgiliath; Rescued Faramir, saved Eowyn, Aragorn first did see-- But for all that he did not warrant a part in any movie.

06-19-2007, 09:39 PM	#12
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Desperately rode Radagast, And finally caught Gandalf at last; But he was beguiled by cunning words, So all his efforts were for the birds. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

06-20-2007, 06:35 AM	#13
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Hear the story of Angmar's nasty Witch King: An evil git enslaved by a ring, He terrorized the human race 'Til a chick ran a knife through his face. __________________ peace

06-20-2007, 09:23 AM	#14
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Ah! I'm away for a day and the thread moves with wit and speed. Good to see people having fun. Perhaps I should be away more often? Ruling firmly, Théoden King denied a girl her fling. Then like a monarch was not nonplussed when beneath his mount he was crushed. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

06-20-2007, 10:09 AM	#15
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Dear and sensible Fatty Bolger, posed as Crickhollow's newest lodger. Of walking he'd have none, but soon found he'd rather run.

06-27-2007, 11:08 AM	#16
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Poor Old Eol! Deprived of his last meal! But King Turgon's verdict you may recall, Left no time for dining careening off the wall. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

06-27-2007, 12:11 PM	#17
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Bilbo, when lost with a ring in a cave Was subject to danger most grave From a creature called Smeagol. Next thing you know, "Look! An Eagle!" __________________ peace

06-28-2007, 07:15 AM	#18
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Treebeard Is afeard, Not of wizard's ire, Just fire.

06-28-2007, 07:21 AM	#19
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	Poor Elmo! Where did you go? Never heard from you, not even a tweet, Did you end up in Sesame Street? __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering. Last edited by Elmo; 06-28-2007 at 07:24 AM.

06-28-2007, 07:59 PM	#20
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Beleg said of Turambar, "There are none as narrow-minded as you are." But Turin merely pointed to Mim And said, "Nay, I am not as petty as him." __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

11-22-2010, 06:37 PM	#21
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	great thread! Eomer, a brave Rider, Third Marshal of the Mark With Theoden brought light to Minas Tirith when 'twas dark. At times he may get a little violent, But he never keeps his thoughts silent. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-26-2010, 02:28 PM	#22
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	one more: Pippin Went a-fishin' To the rod he didn't attach the hook - People yell, "Fool of a Took!" __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

01-20-2011, 08:22 AM	#23
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Of Sauron, The Lord of Dark: Hear this information. Hark! He used his armies to commit atrocities beyond description, But at least embraced equal opportunity conscription. __________________ peace

01-28-2011, 09:56 AM	#24
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Eowyn Slayed efficiently by being a woman. Rejected by Aragorn, feeling blue, She looked at Faramir and said, "You'll do." __________________ peace

01-28-2011, 10:46 PM	#25
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Boromir: I hear The Horn of Gondor when it gets blown. Is that the moan of the instrument? Or your own? __________________ peace

01-29-2011, 02:54 PM	#27
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	Galadriel Doesn't go along very well With time-management. To be clearer, She spends the day looking in her mirror. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera Last edited by Galadriel55; 01-29-2011 at 02:59 PM.

01-31-2011, 01:10 PM	#28
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Frodo, Where'd your finger go? Ah! Inside of Gollum, beneath the plume Within the fires of Mount Doom. __________________ peace Last edited by Feanor of the Peredhil; 01-31-2011 at 01:43 PM.

01-31-2011, 05:18 PM	#29
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	Gollum's dentist Made of medicines a checklist: Smeagol is in a tight fix, His teeth are only six! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-01-2011, 09:43 AM	#30
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amras in Amrod Contrived to be born to a mother still slim as a ramrod. Amras, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, and old and young redheads In disarranged order went down a succession of deadheads. __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

02-03-2011, 01:17 PM	#31
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Amazing to see this old thread come up for some fresh air. Good ones, all! Galadriel's phial gave a smile to Frodo where the sun don't go. Celeborn was quite forlorn when to the West sailed half his best. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bêthberry; 02-21-2011 at 10:30 PM.

02-21-2011, 04:51 PM	#32
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	Eol went to find his wife, But instead he lost his life. No one went down the mountian-side To scrape off the rocks Eol's insides. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-17-2011, 03:53 PM	#33
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	Osse wrecked the ships all night, Amusing himself until it was light, Because Uinen came at dawn And said, "Honey, do calm down!" Legolas Said, "Alas! I have competition. I would That there was no Robin Hood!" __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-27-2011, 02:05 PM	#34
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,492	Frodo kept the Ring nd thought that no one knew about the thing. Merry had to prove him wrong - For a long time he knew all along! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-30-2011, 07:53 AM	#35
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Arwen was changed by Peter Jackson Into an Elvish woman of action Like some gladiator bred for an arena Thus the Half-Elf warrior princess Xena. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

03-30-2011, 12:27 PM	#36
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Since I'm already Clerihewing the films, I'll add this one that I posted on another thread concerning The Hobbit movie. God knows if I'll remember where it is a year from now... Of the dubious character Itaril, Some may call her a bitter pill; Yet along came Saoirse Ronan To play this Elfess Conan. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.