Thursday, February 05, 2026

Bruce Wayne Clerihew

 

Back in 2021 I submitted a number of clerihews to Gilbert. One of them finally showed up in the current issue! Patience is a virtue.

Bruce Wayne
will calmly eat soy, beans, and grain,
but serve him a veggie hamburger patty,
and he'll suddenly go batty.


I wonder if some of these other unpublished one I submitted then will make it into print some day? Here are three of them:

Dr. Bruce Banner
stopped to iron out some issues at Stark manor.
But when Pepper came on the scene,
he suddenly turned green.

With Adrian Monk
every case is a slam dunk.
He does, however, grow visibly grim
if after each one they don't disinfect the rim.  

Lord Peter Wimsey
was never deterred by evidence flimsy,
but his confidence suffered years of strain
when faced with the mystery of Harriet Vane.