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").

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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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Dentist Dan

Nentis Nan, he's my man,I go do im each chanz I gan.He sicks me down an creans my teedWid mabel syrub, tick an' sweed,An ten he filks my cavakiesWid..

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Ring Of Grass

Rings of grass crowns of flowers they're gone gone gone goneFurs that I woven of whispering hours gone gone gone goneShe's gone away where the rings..

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Marie Laveau

Down in Lou´siana where the black trees growLives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveaux.She got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone,And anyone wouldn´t..

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Pathetic Way Of Getting Over Me

Oh if you read in the papers that she's been seenA gettin' in an out of some millionare's long custom made limousineShe may fool you with her smile..

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Dirty Ol’ Me

Well I was sittin' up in my crane leftin' boulders in the rainCan't get promoted no matter what I doAh when the forman he comes around and he yells..

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My Beard

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

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Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila

(Chorus)Pour me another tequila, Sheila.Take off that red satin dress.'Cause I crossed the border,And I beat the dealer for all of that gold in..

© Shel Silverstein

Come After Jinny

He'll be comin' down the road at the break of dayHis head thrown back and his guns tied lowHe's comin' after Jinny wants to take her away but I ain't..

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Dirty Face

Where did you get such a dirty face,My darling dirty-faced child?I got it from crawling along in the dirtAnd biting two buttons off Jeremy's shirt.I..

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Handy Man

Well on a Monday I'll be slingin' hash Tuesday I'll be collectin' trashAnd on a Wednesday I might be tendin' barThursday I'll be the guy who parks..

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Man Who Got No Sign

Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio SaloTaw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-sawThere was Gemini Jim and Scorpio Sal they was livin' by the Golden..

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Drain My Brain

Unwind my mind oh baby drain my brainUnscrew my head take a part of my heartScrape away the pain and start all over againI tell you baby I don't..

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For What She Had Done

She had to die.This Omoo knew.He also knew he could not kill her.Not even try to kill her.Those eyes. Would look at him. Not even try.So, what to..

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Vegematic

Fell asleep last night with the TV on,Oh, what a dream I had.Dreamed I went and answered ev'ry singleOne of those late night mail order ads.Then four..

© Shel Silverstein

Twistable Turnable Man

He's the Twistable Turnable Squeezable PullableStretchable Foldable Man.He can crawl in your pocket or fit your locketOr screw himself into a..

© Shel Silverstein