Best Eddie Poems

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Eddie was a braggart,
At least we thought as much.
His lower lip was loaded, 
A three finger dip of snuff…
My mind said, “I think not.”

And he claimed to be a rider,
Bragging of his chaps.
Black leather with blue fringes,
Sportin’ bunnies on the sides.
Said he’d show us...

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David and Ricky were cute, at best
Bud Anderson was a clueless pest
But that enduring, fun rascal
our dear Eddie Haskell
provided a refreshing, honest zest!

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from the TV show "Leave It To Beaver"...

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The poet of love
Do not stare into his eyes
Brown hypnotizing...

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Anti-Poem – “At The Hollywood Plaza With Eddie And Dolores”

(Poet’s Instruction – Kindly play “You Can’t Be True, Dear,” by Ken Griffin, 1946, while reading).

she be smelling mighty good my dolores
she be my mexican chick from silver lake
man her deep brown eyes hypnotize me
her momma...

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To some he was a punk,
to others quite a mystery.
A jailbird and a drunk?
A fan of film and fistery?
But now that he’s defunct,
finally, Bunk is history....

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EDDIE MARS AND THE SOLAR WINDS

The biggest band in Lisburn and fronted by Eddie Mars
A guy who could play anything, on his collection of guitars
On vocals, Charlie Venus, who was the joker in the pack
He played his fender tele' through a great big marshall stack
On...

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FAST   EDDIE  SPEAKS   OUT  IN THE RABBIT CAGE

Say, pass me that half-carrot, Guido,  before I  fall asleep with boredom.
Those lettuce leaves are tasty but, oh boy,
It would take a thousand to fill me, Guido my man.
OK, ears...

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My fingertips are black now
From the picture in the obituary
It brings me back
To the day before thanksgiving
And I'm sorry that I wasn't there at the end

My cowardice runs deep enough
To hit my bones
This town isn't big enough
To hold all of my ghosts
So lets spend tonight
Singing...

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I once knew a man named Ed
whose feet weren’t as big as his head
his bravado, of course
was larger than a horse
and no one cared what he said...

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Fast Eddie Felson was a whiz in a pool game.
Eddie met a professional with fortune and fame.
The best in the business, Minnesota Fats was his name.
In a marathon session, Fats and Eddie took a stand.
Eddie had taken the fat man for eighteen grand.
But soon, that...

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Hey I just love the countryside
it's so peaceful and full of calm
even when I don't meet a single soul
but come across a working farm

One time with the sun so bright
sweat was so prominent on my face
but the warmth was worth it all
a great start to...

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King Edward The VIIIth, pitiable blighter, abdicated the throne.
He had the hots for an American divorcee - this the Brits would not condone!
He was King for a spell and the paramours continued their torrid romance.
They later wed, he was busted to Duke of Windsor and...

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Wallace “Wally” Cleaver
handsome, well-liked high achiever,
befriended Eddie, so unlike him.
Golly!* Wally wasn’t given to whim!

Eddie Haskell
was a neat, slick, conniving rascal.
With his flattery and pseudo-smiles,
he spiced up the show with his wiles. 

Leave It to Beaver

*Wally and other characters use expressions like “Gee whiz,” “Gosh,”...

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Ah, So, said the monkey,
as he scurried up the tree.
You'll give me two,
I return you three?

Yes said the snake,
as he slithered right beside.
I promise, and swear:
By the legs that I hide.

The monkey was shrewd;
he really thought he knew!
A snake has no legs,
I'll take him for...

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Say, dig what I say
Talkin’ bout a new jazz vibe/
Man, move over/
the Jazz Cookers are hittin’ their stride in the groove to stay alive/
Eddie Henderson/
Cecil McBee/
George Cables,Billy Hart
and Billy Harper/
swingin’ harder jazz be flying/
downbeat, upbeat, man, count It off/
their soul auras are in the jazz...

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