July first two thousand and twenty five
...July first two thousand and twenty five...
signals the eighth year we lived
at our present location,
where fringe benefits (a plug) for perks
living at 2 highland manor drive.
Expanse of green...
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Categories:
foxx, adventure, america, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Thank You Poem To the Bravery
...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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Categories:
foxx, grief, hero, meaningful, poetess,
Form: Free verse
Love Vs Fate
...I hate goodbye. One more try, one more cry, one more lie…. to my self.
F-it!! Goodbye!
Ish should have been in the shelf!
So long, farewell, sayonara MotherF-Er
Mother’s. F-ing. Tired. Tr...
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Categories:
foxx, break up, cry, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Redd Foxx
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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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Categories:
foxx, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
Play Ball
...I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):
Say Hey Willie Mays Wal...
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Categories:
foxx, baseball,
Form: Shape
Respect the Game
...To know just where your're going
You must know where you've been
You must respect the history
The things others have seen
It's true in all things relative
Be it music, sports or life
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Categories:
foxx, baseball, football, games, history,
Form: Rhyme
Name Dropping
...For the debt I'm OWEN WILSON
I'll be ROBIN THICKE stacks of cash
Between me ANNA FARIS wheel
LORDE I can't raise that kind of stash
But now I tend my IGGY AZALEA
Look it's a SHERI SHEPHARD wit...
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Categories:
foxx, funny, word play,
Form: Quatrain
This Old Fox
...my heart is a temple holding all the secrets of this sinner
where there is only one winner.
i'm a sinner who has won at every turn, and so many lessons to be learned
how does an old fox change his...
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Categories:
foxx, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Crayons- the Big Box
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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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Categories:
foxx, bird, blue, color, fish,
Form: Free verse
It's In the Way of Your Eyes
...Thinking back to Red Foxx, always grabbing his heart
I'm coming to see you Elizabeth: then my mind wanders
Visions of someone jumping upon my bicycle cart as I, am in a dumpster ?
Searching for cans ...
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Categories:
foxx, angel, art, baby,
Form: I do not know?
Thank You Lord
...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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Categories:
foxx, dedication
Form: List
Can You Hear Me?
...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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Categories:
foxx, me,
Form: Free verse
Miss Looking At Her
...watch and listen to
tim deegan weather reports
and miss jaime foxx...
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Categories:
foxx, art,
Form: Haiku