Long Foley Poems

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."

At first, no one could remember who started the...

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Acknowledgement forthcoming today February 8th, 2022

Matthew and Abby Harris
express gratitude concerning largesse
regarding quite a few bags of comestibles
plus two twenty five dollar gift cards
applicable at Giant supermarket.

After myself and the missus
(courtesy friendly youngish gal)
beckoned, motioned, and...

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Tuck into the public
private seclusion.

My aversion to inclusion
includes a stub, a tub,
a carelessly careful curation,
a velvet rope, a hint of hope,
a folding chair, softened and stickied 
by foam and frothing soda spills.

A not soundless though...

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It’s hot. Twenty eight degrees.The bronze tanning oil drips ever so slowly
aside my nose. I adjust my position on the sand and wipe my eye. 
I sigh and catch my breath on the heat. 
Eye...

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"they gained an understanding of things
from being in the knowing
speak ye that ye be listened to
might those who desire your company invite you

to those gatherings that might include
your name
and your works might guarantee you
to access...

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Little Jenny was always found to be very prim and proper/
Outside reading her cook book by Betty Crocker/
Lazy Mary Sat on the lazy suzanne,
Butch Malone was their next of kin kissing cousin,
Along with Mary this...

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Tom sat fer-nent the table within a smoker's chair
A table pot of pra-tes and bacon quivers there 
The cook an apron dirty wipes the grease and clears her throat 
She cooks her husband dinner the...

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I dreamt that my uncle sat next to my father in a field.
They sat upon a concrete slab. I think a septic tank. 
Their coats beside them and a guinness bottle in the uncle's hand....

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We waited quietly as the sirens calmed and quenched their searing drone.
The air raid shelter hushed in baited breath. One second more. Maybe the end is nigh.
All a quiet beneath an unseen sky. Maybe her...

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A West Saxon King of Wessex and grace
He dealt with the Danes a convincing deface
Father of Navy and military blow
A legalised system the people should Know
Nation divided the Danes bowed to truce
Example in history for...

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James Foley a rebelious man within his clan 
Lends a hand to his neighbour's eviction and land 
Decided in a church yard chat of alarm  
A process served on a man is evil and...

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Don't cheat on me.
 
I am a jealous man.
 
Those words, I heard.
 
Did not understand.
 
Scared and confused.
 
In fear, I ran.
 
'Woman, why do you flee?', he asked softly.
 
This voice that spoke,...

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Your such a crook.
 
You wrote the book.
 
One look was all it took.
 
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun.
 
Knew then it was time to run.
 
Been under your spell for almost...

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Place Called Bolivia

This to me is a certain type of trivia
Which I believe would describe Bolivia
Perfect place where people want to go 
To see its beauty and watch garden grow.

Looked at Lockwood Foley freely run
And...

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From a small town in Georgia,
a place called Livonia,
came "Little Miss Dynamite".
A diminutive delight,
and a success overnight,
at only twelve years of age,
she was a musical rage.
She was Brenda Mae Tarpley.
Early popularity,
gaining notoriety
from the Ozark Jubilee,
she...

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we've gathered here today oh Lord in Manhattan's Foley Square
trusting and believing that for us You'll always be there
we thank You for the blessings and all that you have done
in our struggle for equality we...

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Not meant For me:
 
Go ahead and break my heart.
 
Rip and tear my world apart.
 
Shatter all my hopes and dreams.
 
While your at it why not shoot down all my crazy schemes.
 
Stomp...

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Thought you were the one for me.
 
Guess maybe we're not destined to be.
 
Tried so hard to make you see, how very much you meant to me.
 
Put my heart out on the line.
...

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Here's the kid that took a shit in the urinel
they picked on him and threw his books down in the hallway
used to eat from the empty tray lunches
gave him rides home from school
kids told me...

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