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").

Double-Tail Dog

Would you like to buy a dog with a tail at either end?He is quite the strangest dog there is in town.Though he's not too good at knowingjust exactly..

© Shel Silverstein

Lady Godiva

Hey Lady Godiva, ridin´ through the townNaked on your big white horseWith your long hair hangin´ downLady Godiva, you say you´re really frightenedand..

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Mama I'Ll Sing One For You

I've sung my songs on dusty roads and dirty city sidewalksTo sweatin' hard eyed brakemen, in the rail yards I rolled throughI've sung in blue wall..

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The Winner

The hulk of a man with a beer in his hand looked like a drunk old fool,And I knew that if I hit him right, I could knock him off that stool.But..

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Runny’s Heading Rabits

Runny lent to the wibraryAnd there were bundreds of hooks—Bistory hooks, beography gooks,And lots of bory stooks.He looked them over one by oneAnd..

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Turkey?

Only ate one drumstickAt the picnic dance this summer,Just one little drumstick--They say I couldn't be dumber.One tough and skinny drumstick,Why was..

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Don't Give A Dose To The One You Love Most

Don’t give a dose to the one you love most.Give her some marmalade...give her some toast.You can give her the willies or give her the blues.But the..

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Freakin’ At The Freaker’s Ball

Come on, baby, grease your lips,Put on your hat, and shake your hips.And don’t forget to bring your ships.We’re goin’ to the Freakers Ball.Shake your..

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Kiss It Away

There´s a shadow on the sun I see it risin´Kiss it away, Kiss it awayAnd there´s hurt down deep inside that I been hidin´Kiss it away, Kiss it..

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Wavy

I thought that I had wavy hairUntil I shaved. Instead,I find that I have straight hairAnd a very wavy head.

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Hard To Please

(To be said in one breath)Elaine gives me a pain,Gill makes me ill,Winnie is a ninny,Orin is borin'Milly is silly,Rosy is nosy,Junie is loony,Gussie..

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God's Wheel

God says to me with a kind of smile,'Hey how would you like to be God awhileAnd steer the world?''Okay,' says I, 'I'll give it a try.Where do I..

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It's Dark In Here

I am writing these poemsFrom inside a lion,And it's rather dark in here.So please excuse the handwritingWhich may not be too clear.But this afternoon..

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Friendship

I've discovered a way to stay friends forever--There's really nothing to it.I simply tell you what to doAnd you do it!!

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Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me

Elvis he's a hero he's a superstarAnd I hear that Paul McCartney drives a Rolls Royse carAnd Dylan sings for millionsAnd I just sing for freeOh..

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Thumbs

Oh, the thumb-sucker's thumbMay look wrinkled and wetAnd withered, and white as the snow,But the taste of a thumb Is the sweetest taste yet(As only..

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I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag

Now I'm warnin' all you women don't stand too close to me cause you might catch fireNow you're talkin' to a man in a whole other kind of bagWell I'm..

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The Meehoo With An Exactlywatt

Knock knock!Who's there?Me!Me who?That's right!What's right?Meehoo!That's what I want to know!What's what you want to know?Me, who?Yes..

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Tryin' On Clothes

I tried on the farmer's hat,Didn't fit…A little too small - just a bitToo floppy.Couldn't get used to it,Took it off.I tried on the dancer's shoes,A..

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The Generals

Said General Clay to General Gore,'Oh must we fight this silly war?To kill and die is such a bore.''I quite agree,' said General Gore.Said General..

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Homemade Boat

This boat that we just built is just fine--And don't try to tell us it's not.The sides and the back are divine--It's the bottom I guess we forgot....

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I Call That True Love

You gotta wake up every mornin', tip toe in thekitchen cook me great T-bone steakServe it to me in bed go down the street and hustlebring me back all..

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The Sitter

Mrs. McTwitter was the baby-sitterI think she's a little bit crazy.She thinks a baby-sitter's supposedTo sit upon the baby.

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Rain

I opened my eyesAnd looked up at the rainAnd it dripped into my headAnd flowed into my brainSo pardon this wild crazy thing I just saidI'm just not..

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My Mind Keeps Movin’

Walk into a restaurant with chicken on my mindLook at the menu I want roastbeaf and wineA waitress comes up I order baked beans and breadOh when she..

© Shel Silverstein