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Poe by HarryT
A Dark Clerihew writing prompt entry

 
 
Edgar Allan Poe
 
Verses had a flow
 
His writing was dark
 
Raven, no titlark
 
 
 
 
 


Writing Prompt
Write a Clerihew about a famous person (real or fictional) appropriate to a thriller, mystery, horror, or dark fantasy poem. Dark humor is the goal.

*four lines total
*first line must be their name
*rhyme scheme of AABB
*one stanza
*any meter/syllable count


Ex:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Took a bath (in a saucer)
In consequence of certain hints
Dropped by the Black Prince.

~~~by Edmund Clerihew Bently

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Author Notes
Titlark is a song bird. A raven often used to symbolize death.

     

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