A lot of Habbos might think that poetry is boring. After all, who wants to read about long-dead poets writing in words that nobody understands anymore? But poetry is also a great way to talk about your feelings, or to poke fun at others, or even celebrate your favourite things. One of the most popular poetic short forms is the clerihew - the perfect place where you can look smart and make fun of other people too!

Perhaps one of the most famous clerihews was written by the inventor himself, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, which he wrote about his science professor, Sir Humphry Davy:

Sir Humphry Davy
Was not fond of gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

By definition, a clerihew has 4 lines, has a rhyme scheme of AABB (meaning that the last words of the first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme), and must start with the name of the person you're writing the poem about.

And since 10 July is Clerihew Day, we want you to write a clerihew about a famous person or Habbo, and enter it in the competition form below. The 10 best poets will receive an Executive Desk and 3 Habbo Points each.

Just to remind the romantics out there: we're not looking for love poems. A clerihew is supposed to make fun or satirise famous folks. You're better off writing a Shakespeared sonnet or an ode to your love.

And of course, we're not accepting any clerihews about the Habbo staff or moderators. :)

So whip your pens out and start composing your lines - for all we know, you might be the next literary genius!