Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Hungry Mungry

Hungry Mungry sat at supper,Took his knife and spoon and fork,Ate a bowl of mushroom soup, ate a slice of roasted pork,Ate a dozen stewed tomatoes..

© Shel Silverstein

Scum Of The Earth

There was a group called called Scum of the EarthAnd they say they got their birthIn a basement bar on Greek Street down in SohoThe bass man he..

© Shel Silverstein

Thumbsucker

I met her on a corner in Duluth(That’s the truth.)She was tryin’ to fix her shoe in a telephone booth(Her name was Ruth.)She said she was just..

© Shel Silverstein

Don'T Change On My Account

"If you're sloppy, that's just fine.If you're moody, I won't mind.If you're fat, that's fine with me.If you're skinny, let it be.If you're bossy..

© Shel Silverstein

Quaaludes Again

She fumbles and stumblesAnd falls down the stairs,Makes love to the leg of the dining room chair.She's ready for animals, women or men.She's doing..

© Shel Silverstein

The Great Conch Train Robbery

'Twas sunset down in old Key WestThe locals all were high.The tourists snapped their photographsAnd munched their Key Lime pie.And meanwhile down at..

© Shel Silverstein

Peace Proposal

Said General Clay to General Gore really must we fight this silly warTo kill and die in such a bore I quite agree said General GoreSaid General Gore..

© Shel Silverstein

The Homework Machine

The Homework Machine,Oh, the Homework Machine,Most perfectcontraption that's ever been seen.Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime,Snap on..

© Shel Silverstein

Polly In A Porny

Haha I kissed Polly goodnight haha as we stood at her front doorNow she's quite a proper lady so I didn't ask for anything moreBut haha I was feeling..

© Shel Silverstein

Modern Talk

There was a time when people taked said with their mouthHow they talk and it doesn't mean a thing it's called the modern talkNow picture the scene..

© Shel Silverstein

Diet Song

Well breakfast black coffee one slice of dry toast no butter no jelly no jamLunch just some lettuce two celery stalks no booze no potatoes no..

© Shel Silverstein

Sylvia's Mother

Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy,too busy to come to the phone .Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's tryingto start a new life of her own.Sylvia's mother..

© Shel Silverstein

Plastic

Oh a little bitty termite you know he come knockin' knockin' on my front doorWell he walked right in sat right down started chewin' on the kitchen..

© Shel Silverstein

Three-Legged Man

Well now friends you'll never guess it so I really must confess itI just met the sweetest woman of my long dismal life.But a friend of mine said..

© Shel Silverstein

Liberated Lady 1999

She’s a liberated lady and she’s lookin’ out for herself.And she don’t need your protection,And she does not want your help.And if you’re lookin’ for..

© Shel Silverstein

Makin' It Natural

I'm gonna throw my grass out the windowCrumple up my papers tooGive away my speed, Cause all I'm gonna needIs just a little bit of love from youAnd..

© Shel Silverstein

Lydia Pinkham

Oh, Ebeneezer thought - weird scansion, I knowHe was Julius Caesar,And so they put him in a ho-ho-home.Till they gave himMedicinal Compound,And now..

© Shel Silverstein

Hey Nelly Nelly

Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the windowHey Nelly Nelly look at what I seeHe's riding into town on a sway back muleGot a tall black hat and he looks like..

© Shel Silverstein

The Toucan

Tell me who canCatch a toucan?Lou can.Just how few canRide the toucan?Two can.What kind of goo canStick you to the toucan?Glue can.Who can write..

© Shel Silverstein

On The Way To The Bottom

On the way to the bottomI met an ole friend of mineHe said 'Buddy, I do believethis is the end of the line'I said 'The end of the line'Shoot, come on..

© Shel Silverstein

She’s My Ever Lovin’ Machine

Hey boys you know once I was took in by a girl with a twinkly eyeAnd the first time that I wasn't lookin' she run off with a handsomer guy oh myBut..

© Shel Silverstein

Floobie Doobie Doo

As I walk down to Bishop Street I met a girl who smiled so sweetNow she was young and pretty tooAnd on a string she walked with a thing called the..

© Shel Silverstein

I'Ve Been Working So Hard

I've been working so hard you just wouldn't believe,And I'm tired!There's so little time and so much to achieve,And I'm tired!I've been lying here..

© Shel Silverstein

The Perfect Wave

Dave McGunn was a surfin’ bum, half–crazed by the blazin’ sun.From Waikiki to the Bering Sea, he rode ’em one by one.Now he hung offshore ’bout a..

© Shel Silverstein

The Boa Constrictor Song

I'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictora Boa Constrictor, a Boa ConstrictorI'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictorand I don't - like snakes - one..

© Shel Silverstein