my fav poet...extreamly funny poams...also wrote the giving tree

I love him! I have "Where the sidewalk ends" I read it all the time

so do i!!! my granma has Falling Up...i want runny babbit so bad...

Sounds like a good poet, i might have to check his works out.

yes you should!
His poems are funny, but also some serious
And some make are very random, but others make perfect sense, lol

So this poets name is actually Shell .S?

yes his name is Shel (one L) Silverstien

Here is one of his poems (I picked a short one so i wouldnt have to type it out, lol):

Oh, if you're a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate
If you're a bird, be an early early bird
But if your a worm, sleep late

That was a good poem, especially the last two lines!

lol, how bout the last 2 words?!
thats somthing that makes him so unique, his poems are simple, yet catchy and no one has ever thought of them b4

This guy sure is talented.

i like this one:

Stone Airplane
i made an airplane out of stone,
I always did like staying home.

Hahah, that is funny! It is a simple two lined poem, but it is very crafty and I give that one an A+

I know, he is a genius

HAT
Teddy said it was a hat
So I put it on
Now Dad is saying
"Where the heck's the toilet plunger gone?"

ooh, here's a better one:

RIDUCULOUS ROSE
Her mama said, "Don't eat with your fingers"
"OK", said Riduculous Rose
So she ate with her toes!

Wow, those are lik the best poems i have ever heard! I wanna meet this guy and have a nice long discussion with him about his works. nce again these two poeams are rated: A++

lol, he has some longer ones, but the short and catchy ones i like best

If you can get crafty in the short ones then that means that you are a master poet, like this guy. Shell Silverstone.

Wow, those are lik the best poems i have ever heard! I wanna meet this guy and have a nice long discussion with him about his works. nce again these two poeams are rated: A++[/quote]

i think he might hav died or somthing...ill hav to look it up...he did...in 1999...i found it on the official website

Ya he did die im pretty sure
Wasn't it from cancer or somthing?...
All the Poems I have posted are from "Where the Sidewalk Ends", by Shel Silverstein

THE BATTLE
Would you like to hear
Of the terrible night
When I bravely fought the ---
No?
Alright

MERRY...
No one's hangin' stockin's up
No one's bakin' pie
No one's lookin' up to see
A new star in the sky
No one's talkin' brotherhood
No one's givin' gifts,
And no one loves a Christmas tree
On March the twenty-fifth

i think he might hav died or somthing...ill hav to look it up...he did...in 1999...i found it on the official website[/quote]

Dang it! I wanted to meet him so dang badly. Anyway Valk I loved the Battle poem. It's sooo crafty!

u can look on his official wb for stuff...here is a link...http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html

Thanks for posting an official site! I am checking it out right now as I...type...

u r welcome...the intro is long but its still a cool site

The site was pretty good except it took ages to load for me.

ya...but still cool...bummer he died...he was the one who got me onto writing