Wednesday, 15 September 2010

a creme de menthe with the Pope

Upside Down In Cloud is happy to welcome Pope Benedict to the UK. Our very own official poet has composed a clerihew for the occasion, and it will be recited by a choir of schoolchildren while His Holiness sips a creme de menthe with the editor, in the wigwam.


Pope Joseph Ratzinger
Has a belfry with all sorts of bats in there
He doesn't mind priests who are paedo
But being female, trans or gay is a bit of a no no


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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 September 2010 at 06:29

    Papa Ratzi
    (he wasn't quite a nazi)
    Wears frocks and red shoes
    (I think he's one of thoose)

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  2. Rachel15 September 2010 at 07:39

    I'm all clerihewed out after our exchanges on Twitter.

    A limerick?

    There was an old pope we'll call Joe
    Who's uptake is decidedly slow
    When we asked "In your priests
    are there paedophile beasts?"
    He answered "I really don't know"

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  3. Melissa15 September 2010 at 08:22

    Your flock is ringing the bell,
    Pope Joe, I suppose you know well.
    Like perverted quislings,
    Your priests have been diddling,
    And now they're all going to hell!

    Well.........in a perfect world, anyway!

    Melissa XX

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  4. chrissieB15 September 2010 at 10:57

    Love it, Dru.... :-)

    I shall not attempt to compete.

    Hugs
    chrissie
    xxxxx

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  5. Melissa16 September 2010 at 09:25

    @ Chrissie

    I wish I had seen your post, before I offered my lame attempt at poetry! I certainly would have followed your advice! Oh well......I guess we learn from our embarrassments!

    Melissa XX

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  6. Dru Marland16 September 2010 at 09:45

    Nonsense, Melissa. Every word written is a blow against the Devil! .... as they used to say in the Dark Ages

    ...which reminds me of Tony Harrison saying "in ages, we of a darker still keep calling Dark"

    http://www.csun.edu/~sk36711/WWW/355/InitialIllumination.pdf


    thanks for your contributions, everyone!

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  7. Harry Harris16 September 2010 at 19:31

    May I?

    Some bloke with a stupid great hat
    Says that secular countries are sad
    I'd say he's got brass
    Since his priests like young ass
    And he tells us that condoms are bad!

    (sorry, a bit tired.. Tim Minchin does it muuuuch better ;)

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  8. Claire L Hallam16 September 2010 at 22:55

    Dru, you have created a monster, Started working on a Clerihew, then a sonnet, but settled for a limerick (well I am in Ireland).

    To the raging infernos of hell,
    This Pope eventually fell,
    For God did not like,
    This son of the Reich,
    And his priests quite repelled Her as well.

    Yes I know...simple pleasures. I'd originally started "A hoary old vicar of Christ", but that would get me excommunicated (again)

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  9. Dru Marland17 September 2010 at 05:19

    You may, Harry. thank you!

    It is quite addictive, isn't it, Claire? I think I'll experiment with triolets today.

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