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").

Father Of A Boy Named Sue

(Okay now years ago I wrote a song called A Boy Named Sue and that was okayAnd everything except then I started to think about it and I thoughtIt is..

© Shel Silverstein

Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich

A hippo sandwich is easy to make.All you do is simply takeOne slice of bread,One slice of cake,Some mayonnaiseOne onion ring,One hippopotamusOne..

© Shel Silverstein

Time

Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these daysAren't they building the stairs a bit steeper these daysAnd the town's really changin' in so many..

© Shel Silverstein

Changing Of The Seasons

Oh the changing of the seasons it's a pretty thing to seeAnd though I find this balmy weather pleasin'There's the wind come from tomorrow and I hear..

© Shel Silverstein

No Thank You

No I do not want a kitten,No cute, cuddly kitty-poo,No more long hair in my cornflakes,No more midnight meowing mews,No more scratchin', snarlin'..

© Shel Silverstein

Son Of A Scoundrel

Big Barney Fitch, he got soddenly richHe got a big fancy house in MelbourneWith buckets of loot and big black leather bootsActing so haughty and..

© Shel Silverstein

Stupid Pencil Maker

Some dummy built this pencil wrong,The eraser's down here where the point belongs,And the point's at the top - so it's no good to me,It's amazing how..

© Shel Silverstein

Bury Me In My Shades

In a pad with no heat, up on Sullivan Street,The last of the hipsters lay dyin'.Wearin' his shades, so like no one could tellLike whether or not he..

© Shel Silverstein

Tell Me

Tell me I'm clever,Tell me I'm kind,Tell me I'm talented,Tell me I'm cute,Tell me I'm sensitive,Graceful and wise,Tell me I'm perfect-But tell me the..

© Shel Silverstein

Crouchin’ On The Outside

One two three four five six seven eight hey baby you're a little too lateI'm standin' on the outside lookin' in at you on the insideLookin' out at me..

© Shel Silverstein

I Got Stoned And I Missed It

I was sitting in my basementI just rolled myself a tasteof something green and gold and gloriousto get me through the dayThen my friend yelled..

© Shel Silverstein

Dance To It

Well hey Miss Go-Go won't you stop for a minuteCause the song you dance to it got somethin' in itThere's a lotta things those long funny words can..

© Shel Silverstein

Vegetables

Eat a tomato and you'll turn red(I don't think that's really so);Eat a carrot and you'll turn orange(Still and all, you never know);Eat some spinach..

© Shel Silverstein

Me-Stew

I have nothing to put in my stew, you see,Not a bone or a bean or a black-eyed pea,So I'll just climb in the pot to seeIf I can make a stew out of..

© Shel Silverstein

Daylight Dreamer

Here's the half-finished painting of a girl that I started last DecemberHere's the first three pages of my novel bout I don't really rememberHere's..

© Shel Silverstein

Point Of View

Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thanklessChristmas dinner's dark and blueWhen you stop and try to see itFrom the turkey's point of view.Sunday dinner..

© Shel Silverstein

Who's Taller?

Depends on if the judge is fair,Depends how high the heels you wear,Depends on if they count the hair,Depends if they allow the chair.

© Shel Silverstein

The Loser

Mama said I'd lose my headif it wasn't fastened on.Today I guess it wasn't'cause while playing with my cousinit fell off and rolled awayand now it's..

© Shel Silverstein

I Can’t Touch The Sun

No I can't touch the clouds for you I've never reached the sun for youI've never done the things that you need done for youI've stretched as high as..

© Shel Silverstein

The Land Of Happy

Have you been to the land of happy,Where everyone's happy all day,Where they joke and they singOf the happiest things,And everything's jolly and..

© Shel Silverstein

Ticklish Tom

Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom?He got tickled by his mom.Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor,Laughed and rolled right out the door.All the way..

© Shel Silverstein

When She Cries

No one knows my lady when she's lonelyNo one sees the fantasies and fears my lady hidesThere are those who've shared her love and laughterBut no one..

© Shel Silverstein

Put Something In

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-grumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put..

© Shel Silverstein

The Dragon Of Grindly Grun

I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun,I breathe fire as hot as the sun.When a knight comes to fightI just toast him on sight,Like a hot crispy cinnamon..

© Shel Silverstein

Cloudy Sky

The Moon she is a pretty girl who lives up in the starsAnd that old cloud he's a great old man who loves her from afarHe loves her from afarWhen Lady..

© Shel Silverstein