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Shel Silverstein

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Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.


— Shel Silverstein


#silly #dance

All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' In The Sun, Talkin' 'Bout The Things They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done... But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All Ran Away And Hid From One Little Did.


— Shel Silverstein


#inspirational

When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?


— Shel Silverstein


#light

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.


— Shel Silverstein


#love

She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.


— Shel Silverstein


#masks #life

Early bird 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 bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late.


— Shel Silverstein


#life #poem #humor

Anything is possible. Anything can be.


— Shel Silverstein


#inspirational

The baby bat Screamed out in fright, 'Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light.


— Shel Silverstein


#dark #fear #humor #light #humor

If you are a dreamer come in


— Shel Silverstein


#inspirational

My beard grows down to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.


— Shel Silverstein


#humor






About Shel Silverstein

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Did you know about Shel Silverstein?

Silverstein composed original music for several films and displayed a musical versatility in these projects playing guitar piano saxophone and trombone. He told Jean Mercier of PubliShel Silversteinrs Weekly: "When I was a kid—12 to 14 around there—I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls but I couldn't play ball. Employing a sketchbook format with typewriter-styled captions he documented his own experiences at such locations as a New Jersey nudist colony the Chicago White Sox training camp San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district Fire Island Mexico London Paris Spain and Africa.

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 – May 8/9 1999) was an American poet singer-songwriter cartoonist screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books. Translated into more than 30 languages his books have sold over 20 million copies.

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