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Report from Week 133, in which we asked you to write clerihews, biographical four-line rhyming poems characterized by odious rhyme and meter, as pioneered by mystery writer E. Clerihew Bently. Awfully good entries, and we mean that literally. Clerihews are a rather disreputable poetic form. (Or, as Richard Stromberg of Fairfax Station wrote, "E. Clerihew Bentley/ Had not much to do, evidently.")

Fourth Runner-Up:

Ross Perot, jeez,

His ears look like boiled pirogis.

His voice is as shrill as a barking Chihuahua.

It makes me want to turn on "20/20" and listen to Barbara Walters. (Joel Knanishu, Hyattsville)

Third Runner-Up:

Socrates

Considered drinking anti-freeze

But decided on another poison, which he sucked up like a Greek-philosopher-Hoover,

Which today, of course, we call the Hemlock Maneuver. (Jennifer Hart, Arlington)

Second Runner-Up:

Heath Shuler, the multi-million-dollar quarterback, was a high draft pick,

His greedy holdout made me sick.

Then Gus's star arose,

And megabucks is on the bench, picking splinters and his nose. (Jack Shreve, Kensington)

First Runner-Up:

Anyone who has heard the rock-and-roll singing of action star Bruce Willis

Knows what shrill is.

His whole notes howl, his half-notes warp and waver,

But he's been known to make a lovely Demi semi-quaver. (David Smith, Greenbelt)

And the winner of the Newfoundland lobster trap:

If the presidential race were to be enlivened by the candidacy of retired Gen. Colin Powell,

He would run real hard and never throw in the towel,

But what if his platform is rudely challenged as vague and overly elastic?

Would Colin go spastic? (Jerry Belenker, Silver Spring)

Honorable Mentions:

Assistant District Attorney Marcia Clark, of variable coif,

Tried her case but couldn't pull it off.

While defender Johnnie Cochran "played the card" and "talked the talk,"

A silent O.J. "walked the walk." (Joseph A. Pappano, Washington)

Would I be worried if I were Paula Barbieri?

Very. (Mae Scanlan, Washington)

Caspar Weinberger was Ronald Reagan's secretary of defense.

Did you ever get one of those ideas in your head that doesn't make any sense?

For example, when I see Cap on TV, I get this mental picture that I just can't ignore, no matter what I do.

I think: Dustin Hoffman at 72. (Greg Arnold, Herndon)

Christopher Columbus thought he'd met his acid test:

To find the East Indies he sailed far out into the west.

"I've found them!" he cried at last, his confidence unshaken,

He was mistaken. (William Bradford, Washington)

When you've a name like John F. Kennedy Jr.

The expectations could be enough to ruin ya

Especially if folks expected to hear between yer

Lines the voice of John F. Kennedy Sr. (David Smith, Greenbelt)

It's a shame that Packy got the boot.

Although if he'd asked me I could have told the dumb galoot

That it's foolish enough to screw the girls and write about it in your diary,

But to screw the good ol' boys instead is sheer suiciary. (Mimi Herman, Baltimore)

Napoleon Bonaparte, in his final St. Helena days,

Was beset with cliches.

Imagine some wag saying, "Face it, Nappie, you're through"

At last you've met your Waterloo. (William Bradford, Washington)

Detective Mark Fuhrman

Displayed sentiments which one would normally expect from a 1930s German . . . (Paul Briggs, Chestertown)

Verily, the parking of Stephanopoulos,

Doth parallel the laws of Darwin articulated after years of study in the Galapagos:

When naturally selected, thou has a right to ignore the cars thou hittest,

It's survival of the fittest. (Phyllis Fung, Bruce Feiler, Andy Cowan, Washington)

Colin Powell,

Is an entrant's dream because his last name rhymes with bowel,

And his first name

Is a homonym for the same. (Joseph Romm, Washington)

And last:

Chuck Smith and poop

Go together like sandwich and soup ... (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)

Next Week: Jerry-Built Solutions