Clerihews: A Personal History

Authors

Rollin Stearns

Abstract

It was many years ago that I first became acquainted with a form of light verse called a clerihew. At the time I was reading some poetry by W. H. Auden. Most of Auden's poetry was serious, but some of it was light, and I especially liked the following:

James Watt
Was the hard-boiled kind of Scot
He thought any dream
Sheer waste of steam.

Recommended Citation

Stearns, Rollin (2008) "Clerihews: A Personal History," Word Ways: Vol. 41 : Iss. 1 , Article 5.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol41/iss1/5