Best Redd Poems

...i wanna vent like Bukowski
but the censors won't let me

be heard

won't let me cock my hat
and unload my gun
won't let me

be heard

i wanna howl like Ginsberg
but the censors don't like......

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...I'm roasting some dinner
putting things away
potatoes in the oven
meats on the way
peaches in a big dish
cinnamon and sugar
mail on the table
towels to be folded
I'm wiping the counters
putt......

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...For all his meals Ralph Redd ate soup
to keep him from between-meals droop.
It seemed to be OK
but then there came a day
when Ralph was unable to poop.......

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yellow lemon
green apple
red raspberry
orange orange

/\/\/\/\

grey goose
pink flamingo
red robin
raven raven

\/\/\/\/

gold fish
blue whale
red snapper
salmon salmon

/......

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...There was an ardent cowboy named Redd
Who wed a city girl beyond his spread.
They were a good match ’twas believed
Except she was acutely aggrieved
To discover that Redd wore spurs to bed.......

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...thank you Lord for the gifts in my life.
the farah fawcett, the michael jackson my willy wonka,the muhamad ali, the al green.
the prince, the babyface, the elvis presely, the johnny taylor and b.b.......

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...for each day you live I am thankful
for that wagging tail and bountiful kisses I am thankful
as you wind amoung the family and then bounce your
dog brothers out of the way
I am thankful for your ......

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...*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 2

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

The batter's foul ball killed a fowl that later caused a foul o......

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...Im anxious.... Im Scared of Forever Scared we wont make it anxious we'll lose our love for each other anxious... we wont make it last.. scared we wont want to.. make it last.... tired of being afraid......

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...bust up the beat to promote its tempo
taking you to places you need to know
rap is the harmony to take away my anxiety
not since the old famed Redd Fox boy that homeboy do think a lot
boogy down ......

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...I think it's genius
when a person can
see beyond the veil
as they used their gifts
in the most creative way,
in imperiling the darkness
in a jesting way. 
This is what we call comedy. 

Ther......

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The late Redd Foxx was great with stand-up comedy.
However, his acts were just full of profanity.
On television, he played the character of Fred G. Sanford.
In all those years, he never ......

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This is a tribute to Miss Mary Lou Redd
who met me in my time of greatest need.
Family Days became Davis Family instead
when she began to teach me how to read.

By fourth grade year I ce......

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...my heart is longing
for a trip to the beach
a long afternoon in my chair
hot sun
waves drowning voices
running with Redd in the waves
jealousy chokes me hot
and hard under my heart
people goi......

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The 10-Year-Old Birthing

My fondest memory of them all
was the day I could read the word “vegetable.”
At 10 years old I had reached an age
where I made up my own words for the printed page, 
......

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