Clerihew

What is the name for the type of poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, of which the following is an example?

October 2007 2007

But The Guardian has called an informal Clerihew competition.

July 29th, 2008 quietselkie 2008

I've had a totally shitty day and my brain's shrunk to the size of a gnat's testicle right now, otherwise I'd offer you a Clerihew of my own, but if anyone else wants to have a go...

July 29th, 2008 quietselkie 2008

If you're baffled as to what a Clerihew is, all is explained here, although it seems slightly inaccurate to describe GK Chesterton as `the illustrator.'

July 29th, 2008 quietselkie 2008

July 10 is Clerihew Day, marking the birth date in 1875 of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the British writer who invested a four-line rhyming verse, usually biographical in nature and resembling a limerick, that came to be known as a “clerihew.”

And Today Is… - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

July 10 is Clerihew Day, marking the birth date in 1875 of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the British writer who invested a four-line rhyming verse, usually biographical in nature and resembling a limerick, that came to be known as a “clerihew.”

And Today Is… - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

Carlisimo was running as a PD against an ascendent advocate — Edmund "Ed" Clerihew.

Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

There wasn't that much on the worldlink on the Clerihew campaign, but I did find a link address for his campaign, and actually talked to a coordinator there, working late in the day.

Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

I was behind in everything, except for the report on Carlisimo, and, really, I was behind there, as well, because I didn't have any comparatives on the Clerihew campaign, and I'd done nothing on the Kagnar/Erle race.

Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

I'd also noted that at no time in the rally had Clerihew been mentioned.

Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004