Best Farley Poems

Remember when fat boy Chris Farley
Competed against Patrick Swayze
On Saturday Night Live
Judges couldn’t decide
Picking one dancer made them crazy

In the end it’s Swayze who prevailed
Farley’s...

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Chris Farley's idol was John Belushi
and Chris Farley assimilated John Belushi to a tee.
His very fast lifestyle, his overindulgence of drugs and alcohol
but he also...

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(Dedicated to Chris Farley who died December 18, 1997.)

We loved a comedian who was very funny and loved to shout.
Chris Farley was the man who...

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In the fall of "59 we played our best...
That was the year we were better than the rest.

Brooks and Richard always led the way...
And John...

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Why fight over different cultures
Don’t become like sniffling vultures
We live together with mixed races
One world in beautiful places



Black, brown, red, yellow or white
But all we...

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A Capulet named Juliette
Exclaimed to her ardent beau,
"You're not to blame Montagu's your name.
By its nature a rose's aroma is sweet,
Though in nomenclature it be...

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Inspiration clamors: demanding attention, in need of expression,
possessing my thoughts on this cold winter's dawn.

"Overcast morning!" Wind chimes ring out, a whimsical message,
orchestrates music, played...

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I put two garbage bags of junk into my husband’s car trunk.
I am ready to start filling up the lonely green dumpster.
Most of the year...

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"Jersey Shore," just like "The Real World," is the best reality show all TV viewers have
ever seen. The show takes place in a New Jersey...

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Burly Farley Foley bought a field at Brawley,           
On Southern California's sunny soil.
There, farmer Farley...

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God called December 18th,
  When Chris Farley was 33.
He led him to the heavens,
  And set his soul free.

Chris will always be remembered,
...

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Chris Farley
One of SNL’s funniest comediennes
Delighted my husband and me

We loved his line
“I live in a van down by the river”
I used it once at...

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Seven applied for the position of traveling mayor.
Glorious sunrise shined upon the eager new applicants.
Welcome splurge of information came forth rather quickly.
We appoint watchers to...

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The plops of fat drops on wet leaves
Light rippling applause of the rain
The strengthening breeze in the trees 
Like the rush of an oncoming train

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