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Farley Poems - Poems about Farley


Fat Rain
... 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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Categories: farley, december, rain, wind,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Live In a Van Down By the River
...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 a family reunion When a relative asked where......

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Categories: farley, celebrity,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Shakespeare's Name Blame Game
...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 not so neat, But wherefore ar......

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Categories: farley, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Live In a Van Down By the River
...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 he sits forlornly with two or three measly bags. I am off sch......

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Categories: farley, life,
Form: Prose
Premium Member We Recruit a New Mayor
...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 take note......

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Categories: farley, political,
Form: Prose Poetry



The Fall of Fifty-Nine
...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 and Butch were there to play. Campbell and Bailey we......

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Categories: farley, football, high school,
Form: Ballad
Many Faces
...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 do is argue and......

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Categories: farley, angel,
Form: Light Verse
Mtv's Jersey Shore
..."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 town called Seashore Heights. When watching "Jersey Shore" o......

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Categories: farley, on writing and words
Form: Epic
Farley Versus Swayze
...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......

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Categories: farley, funnynight, night,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Chris Farley - John Belushi
...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 assimilated John Belushi's com......

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Categories: farley, death
Form: Rhyme
Year of the Winds
...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 mu......

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Categories: farley, imagination, inspirationalme,
Form: I do not know?
Heaven's Comedian 2
...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, As he accepted God's request. When God needed His ......

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Categories: farley, dedication, lossgod, god,
Form: Quatrain
Farley Forever
...(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 I'm talking about. He used drugs but he shouldn't ......

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Categories: farley, death, on writing and
Form: I do not know?
Boiling Barley
...Burly Farley Foley bought a field at Brawley, On Southern California's sunny soil. There, farmer Farley Foley grew a crop of barley, And bought a boiler just to make the ......

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Categories: farley, children, funny, people, places,
Form: I do not know?

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