The Voyagers

Four decades have passed
Of a voyage without end
Through our galaxy

credit: JPL

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor

Who begrudges it?
A life devoted to toil
Ending with bed rest.

Total Eclipse of the Dumb

President Donald J. Trump
Will look a science-denying chump,
If Fox News prompts him to tweet
"Sad. The Sun's been eaten by a yuge parakeet."

Royalty Loyalty

Salmon Rushdie
Found it decidedly fishy
That they'd not accept, his pals,
He'd made nowt from Midnight's Children residuals.

© Jonathan Cape

A Little Bird Didn't Tell Me

Sir Christopher Wren
Never said when
He planned to finish St. Paul's.
He felt suspense enthralls.

Born To Pun

Clarence Clemons
Avoided sucking lemons.
They caused the Big Man's lips to bloat,
Imparting a bitter citrus note.

© Eric Meola

Combative Style

Anthony Scaramucci
An effing handbagger-with-Gucci.
It takes longer to read this Clerihew
Than he spent at the White House, phew!

Dolorous Dolores

No nostril nostrum
Brought low by viral languor
Phlegmish word painter

And Who's Pantalon de' Bisognosi?

Extreme Vetting Zoo
Colourful names, characters
Trump's menagerie