Game Star Trek Clerihews

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

First of all, what's a clerihew?

According to Wikipedia:

A clerihew (/ˈklɛrɪhjuː/) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line length and metre are irregular.

Let's try writing some clerihews about Star Trek characters.

Logical Mr. Spock
Nonetheless is locked
In a battle between his selves
The humans and elves

(Note: I didn't put this in "Fanfiction" because anyone can give it a try, not just those who frequent the fanfiction board. It's something more along the lines of the game/joke threads.)

 

[Will_Carter]

Emotional Doctor McCoy
A man seemingly without Joy
He is a doctor not
Some silly half-addled poe-ott.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Mr. Scott, the engineer
Quickly gives the all-clear
He said it would take longer
Which makes him look stronger

 

[Forbin]

Mechanical Mr. Data
Has the emotions of a tater
He has a functional thing
So Yar gave him a fling

 

[1001001]

(Note: I didn't put this in "Fanfiction" because anyone can give it a try, not just those who frequent the fanfiction board. It's something more along the lines of the game/joke threads.)

I understand, but this topic does not fit the description for this forum. And game threads generally belong in the lounges.

If you're asking people to write original poems about Star Trek, that's Fan Fiction.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

That's fair. I hope more people continue to try it, however.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

What about poems about the actors only? Non-fiction famous people per your definition.
Birth two stones with one bird.

Or parallel universes if done right. I wonder if any last names rhyme with ''orange.''

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Sure, you can do that if you want. I was hoping mainly for character poems, though.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

A rare anti-Spock comment from Scotty
Accused him of being extra-snotty
The valid complaint drives
From Spock's words in THAT WHICH SURVIVES.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Leonard McCoy, admittedly
(Some would say dim-wittedly)
Chose the danger of space
Over staying in one place

 

[Forbin]

Lovely Janice Rand
Once had to make a stand
The captain she stopped to beg
to see the pustules on her leg

 

[Forbin]

That local guy likes
when the Red Hour strikes.
To go wild he'll dare ya.
Come for the Festival, ehr ya?

 

[Forbin]

Idealistic Dr. Sevrin and some kids who are hip
conspire to take over the ship.
To mythical Eden he makes it fly
and eats forbidden fruit that makes him die.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Nyota Uhura, all ears
As an alien ship appears
Needs a dictionary on hand
When she can't understand

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Kirk, by those satirizing
Is said to be womanizing
Who'll save the ship when femmes entice?
He makes a noble(?) sacrifice

 

[HIjol]

Shady, plucky Vash
To Jean Luc was a “rash”
An itch he had to scratch
Together; quite a match

 

[Forbin]

Lokai and Beale are having a fight.
The reasons are there in black and white.
And their bigotry has led
to a planet that's dead.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Poor Pavel Chekov, the Russian
Aged not and became a pincushion
Was spared holes in his head
Though an earworm once fed

 

[Forbin]

Young Wesley Crusher is smart as a whip.
His mother the doctor brought him along on the trip.
Picard gave him a pass
tho he's a pain in the ass.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Hikaru Sulu can fly
Through storm, space and sky
Coax a bloom from a plant
With a sword in his hand