Clerihews

What is a Clerihew? Invented by the British writer Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), it's a 4-line poem that pokes fun at someone famous. This month's Reader's Digest explains the rules for Clerihews and invites readers to submit their own for possible publication.

I thought I'd give everyone a chance to practice here on my blog. The rules according to Readers Digest are:

The rhyme structure is aabb.
The celebrity is named in the first line.
There are no rules for meter.

Wikipedia takes this a little further stating that the first line should consist solely (or almost solely) of the subject's name. The four lines should be of irregular length (for comic effect) with the third and fourth being the longest. Finally, they shouldn't be satirical or abusive. A few examples are given that are worth checking out.

Here is the example from the Reader's Digest:

Actor Harrison Ford
Was feeling extraordinarily bored.
So he grabbed his hat and picked up his bones
And starred in yet another Indiana Jones.

This was my first effort:

Julius Caesar
Never became an old geezer.
The Ides of March, 44 BC, was the fateful day
When being stabbed he said, "Et tu, Brute?"

Give it a try and post them in the comments!