Best Fuddy Duddy Poems

George Washington an Old Fuddy-Duddy?

By Elton Camp

What image of Washington comes to mind?
In with your money is the one you will find
Right there George is,...

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When I was born I looked so funny
So my parents decided to call me Fuddy Duddy.
Fuddy Duddy was my name and I was proud!
I looked...

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Gazing down along the zealously
Monitored borders of well clipped
Evergreen Privet hedges.
Standing watchful guard over 
Divisions
Re-enforced by concrete posts and
Darkly stained, wooden, wavy-lap 
Fences;
Age-old neighbourly disputes,...

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Poor old Farmer McGillicuddy
He’s somewhat of a fuddy-duddy
   He plows with an ox
   All progress he blocks
No wonder his corn tastes...

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I'm not your ev'ry day old fuddy-duddy
I know a dude who's my got-yer-back buddy...

And I'll send you for a plunge 'ore the falls of Niagra
(After...

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But a strange change happens
at early nightfall
in those stuffy rooms and halls
and it suddenly becomes clear
all was not as it seemed
old folks transformed
so cunning and...

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Lickety-split, I sit up and look at the clickety clock,
      oh my gosh, why am I lollygagging in this cozy...

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dang,
grandma    was a real hubba bubba-
killer-diller
khaki wacky   boycrazygirl

a spiffy    hot damn    hoofer

during the dark...

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No! I ain't your ev'ry day old-fuddy-duddy
'Cause I know a dude who's my got-yer-back buddy...
Of course I don't NEED him (Please pardon my boast)
He's just...

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One fine day, me, Molly Coddle and my Goombah Pa Pa,
      were sitting in The Cat In The Hat restaurant;
we...

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Highly Demanded

When your yard with weeds is all full
And now you know it is time to pull
All of them up root after each root
So they...

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Do you remember sewing me a shirt?
Even ironing my clothes and church skirt?
So much you have done for our family, sticking through thick and thin.
Even...

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New Picture for Dollar Bill

By Elton Camp

There’s a movement underway
To make currency fit more today

Only a very long time ago
Did a woman’s picture show

Martha Washington...

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Behind this four walls, 
I've seen my babies crawl, 
Underneath the wishful wells, 
I've watched my penny fall, 
Still I choose to stay, 
Isolated and...

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As time goes by

Sometimes when I sit here in my study
wondering what I can write about.
I think to myself, am I an old fuddy duddy?
Should...

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