Howard Robard Hughes
Famously rich recluse
Dreams led him to the lap of luxury
Followed by nightmarish mysophobic OCD
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Poetry notes:
05/18/2019
Copyright © 2019 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
"He was the richest man in America, the world at his fingertips, and yet he was a prisoner to his own dark fears. His achievements were astounding – he created the fastest plane on the planet, was the driving force behind the largest aircraft ever built and was a pioneer in film making – and yet he is remembered for the eccentricities that drove him from hero to hermit. In his heyday, he was a romantic figure, with movie starlets flocking to be seen on his arm, and yet he spent the last 26 years of his life as a recluse, obsessed with cleanliness and controlling every aspect of his environment even as he sunk deeper and deeper into madness." --https://biographics.org/madness-brilliance-howard-hughes-biographics/
Poetry form: Clerihew - These Clerihew poems are perfectly cooked in their own juices, resulting in Clerihew Au Jus ! Bon appétit !
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Clerihew Au Jus
PoetrySometimes described as the literate cousin of the Limerick, the Clerihew is composed of two rhymed couplets designed to lower the tone and cut everyone down to size, while still giving credit where credit is due. My Clerihew poems are perfectly cook...
