Long Farley Poems

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 music, played to the rhythm of an odd melody.

Snowflake whirl; dancing about,...

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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 fight
Why can’t we live in harmony?
For...

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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 notes on contenders.

Spit dribble out of a mouth twice...

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"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" on MTV, it's...

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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 were on...

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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’s dancing career was curtailed
When he danced, his belly
Shook like tubs...

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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...

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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 art thou Romeo?
Why can't you be...

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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 I live

My mother...

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