Best Sanford Poems

I wrote and read this poem at my grandmothers funeral.


While growing up, Toni; Steven and I
saw our Grandparents sacrifice,
so much of their own lives, without...

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In my dream
Thomas Jefferson pops out a pilgrim
in The Jeffersons family,
proprietors of Chinese laundries
on the best end of Main Street’s forested path
emerging toward Sanford Sons...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem:  Ferguson 
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/2014


America,

Hands Up
Don't Shoot!

Young
 black males
are dying,

faster than
seconds
on a
clock,

and
nothing is done

Just
another
young brother
GONE -

They killed Pac, 
In Vegas
nothing was done

They killed Biggie
In...

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CUT SO DEEPLY
BY: THERESA SANFORD
2/22/2012

THE PAIN IN MY HEART HAS THE DEEPEST HOLE: THE DAGGER SO HUGE MADE THE BIGGEST GROOVE. TO BEGIN TO REFILL...

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Charlie’s Angels, 
 Starsky and Hutch,
 Welcome Back Cotter,
 The Brady Bunch.
 I think I watched TV too much!

 Columbo,
 The Partridge Family,
 Lucille Ball,
...

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I'm dealing with a personal earthquake
 My stomach start to rumble and my knees started to shake 
Their shaking so bad that when I walk...

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"Sappy Daze"- the Fonz gets a job in a Vermont maple syrup factory and faints 
from the fumes.

"Fiends"- The gang decides to desecrate a cemetery.

"The...

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South Carolinians, give me a break!
If you were my students, you’d fail.
You’ve given your nod to the lout who once hiked
On the fake “Appalachian Trail.”

A...

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IT'S EARLY AS I WHIPE THE SLEEP OUT MY EYES
I KNOW I NEED THIS EDUCATION
I WANT TO BE GREAT IN MY FAMILY'S MINDS
AS I WALK...

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My Fellow Soupers, 
   
    I rarely get mad anymore, but today I am madder than an adder. Not long...

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My psychologist said I'm bipolar.  I told him I wouldn't have sex with either a male 
or a female polar bear.

Bipolar?  You gotta...

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Bay area's crown jewel, The Claremont,
Where age 24 Steve Jobs and I talked,
Well, him--as to the future--I was shocked,
The guy aimed high, humble, who want...

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My Favorite Junkyard was owned by Fred G. Sanford
The G stood for Good Times
He was full of surprise with humorous delight
As a kid I would...

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Flew out with family to Florida for the parks and the beacH
Landed at Sanford airport in OrlandO
Once we'd unpacked we had a dip in the...

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There once was a fellow named Fred
  Who owned quite a large junkyard spread
  With Grady he was chummy
   But Lamomt...

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