Best Doody Poems

Sitting in the “Peanut Gallery”  in the centre of Doodyville
Clutching my Clarabell Clown Marionette , such a Thrill
No tangled strings, on my gift from...

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"Puppets like me, we never age,
Nor do I think I'm some sort of sage.

However, I've noticed troubles over the years,
I'd like to talk about them...

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And how was my youth spent?
what a shadow of a childhood
lived with daydreams in the sunshine
Punch and Judy, Howdy Doody
drunken snows and cancelled Christmas
Fifties fever...

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Ka-ka or doo-doo
Or number two or poo-poo...
or Kaka-doody ....

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Buffalo Bob asked
of summer…fall winterspring
did Howdy do ya


*My season is Summer.   For the seasons senryu contest with regards to Howdy Doody and 
cast!...

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 Continued from Part 2 


Some kid is spraying Clearasil,
He wants to make his pimples nil;
He paints his breath with chlorophyll;
I’m in the dream of...

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Cry me a river cry me a river

Pry open a time thorough outlet of crime

Ring me no chimes I don't go to church

Fetch  me...

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We are the generation,
born between 1946-1964,
grew up watching shows
like Howdy Doody and
Captain Kangaroo,
Leave it to Beaver,
Hazel, Father Knows Best
and Gidget,
too many to mention but
I'm sure...

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and some days sitting, looking out of the
open door, to the tropical sunlit yard, 
feels like being in a Goddam tomb;
but when the long-haired girls...

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Jack’s been missing of late
Checked at the pearly gate
He wasn’t there
(a minor scare —
does have a future date)

Sure missed the son-of-a-gun
Blowhard, so full of it...

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Do you remember when love was more than a four letter word
And holding hands walking down the street
Doing a matinee on a Saturday
Feeling the rhythm...

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Today, my homepage was deceitfully defiled
I had a visitation without any brotherly love
Her actions were similar to those of a child
Calling ME a troll, with...

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Hey, kids – know what time it is?
If you’re like me, well, I’m
Remembering just what that meant – 
“It’s Howdy Doody time!”

Now Howdy was a...

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Baseball cards and hula hoops
  Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup

Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
  Mamie and Ike in the White House

American Bandstand, Rock 'n...

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Hop Scotch,
Whoola Hoops,
Metal Skates,
Skinned knee fates.

Tricycles,
Bicycles.
Motorcycles,
Dripping popsicles.

Hot wheels,
Pin wheels,
Bob Barker's big deals
Spinning on all wheels

Paper dolls,
Sillly phone calls,
Cartoon bits,
Howdy Doody skits.

Mickey Mouse,
Mighty Mouse,
Minny's Micky's spouse,
Vist...

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