Hansel And Gretel (Clerihew)
Hansel and Gretel
Adrift in the wicked wood, crooked and caliginous
On a horrible night, at a horrible time.
At the eleventh hour, a penny dropped from heaven
As there stood a house of candy, lollipop window and ginger bread door
Lo and Behold, a ruse it was
Might I say, a genius one
Days passed, clock ticked, desperate times clicked in
The humdinger Hansel
gave the warty witch
A thin plump of bone
And the wise Gretel broiled the seething sorceress.
Together they beat a hasty retreat from the poisoned chalice
To their wretched yet homely hut.
Hansel And Gretel (Limerick)
Hansel and Gretel, tween years old,
Stay in a house of candy as the tale is told,
The gingerbread door is the hex door
Tricking the witch, they escape the abhor
To their cottage as fast as they could.
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Clerihew and Limerick are two forms of poetry. It was another class activity in my Creative Writing Class.
