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").

Daddy What If?

(Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then?)If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprisedYou'd stare at the heavens with wide open..

© Shel Silverstein

Boa Constrictor

Oh, I'm being eatenBy a boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor,And I don't like it--one bit.Well..

© Shel Silverstein

Aphrodisiac

Now, listen to me, folks...Hear what I say.You got to eat oysters everydayThey'll put your love life back on trackThey're nature's own..

© Shel Silverstein

Crocodile's Toothache

Oh the CrocodileWent to the dentistAnd sat down in the chair,And the dentist said, 'Now tell me, sir,Why does it hurt and where?'And the Crocodile..

© Shel Silverstein

A Couple More Years

I've got a couple more years on you, baby...that's all.I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall.And it ain't that I'm wiser...It's only..

© Shel Silverstein

Somebody Has To

Somebody has to go polish the stars,They're looking a little bit dull.Somebody has to go polish the stars,For the eagles and starlings and gullsHave..

© Shel Silverstein

One Inch Tall

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.A crumb of cake would be a..

© Shel Silverstein

Sarah Cynthia Slyvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia StoutWould not take the garbage out!She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,Candy the yams and spice the hams,And though her..

© Shel Silverstein

Colors

My skin is kind of sort of brownishPinkish yellowish white.My eyes are greyish blueish green,But I'm told they look orange in the night.My hair is..

© Shel Silverstein

Beans Taste Fine

Now a friend of mine, way back in ChicagoYou know, he finally made his pile.Well he got himself a mansion on Butler and SheffAn' he was livin' in the..

© Shel Silverstein

For Sale

One sister for sale!One sister for sale!One crying and spying young sister for sale!I’m really not kidding,So who’ll start the bidding?Do I hear the..

© Shel Silverstein

No Difference

Small as a peanut,Big as a giant,We're all the same sizeWhen we turn off the lightRich as a sultan,Poor as a mite,We're all worth the sameWhen we..

© Shel Silverstein

Eight Balloons

Eight balloons no one was buyin'All broke loose one afternoon.Eight balloons with strings a-flyin',Free to do what they wanted to.One flew up to..

© Shel Silverstein

If The World Was Crazy

If the world was crazy, you know what I'd eat?A big slice of soup and a whole quart of meat,A lemonade sandwich, and then I might trySome roasted ice..

© Shel Silverstein

Snowball

I made myself a snowballAs perfect as could be.I thought I'd keep it as a petAnd let it sleep with me.I made it some pajamasAnd a pillow for its..

© Shel Silverstein

Jimmy Jet And His Tv Set

I'll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet--And you know what I tell you is true.He loved to watch his TV setAlmost as much as you.He watched all day, he..

© Shel Silverstein

100,000 Pennies

I broke into the bank on Sunday,You should see the money I got.I couldn't drag it home 'til Monday,'Cause it sure weighed an awful lot.Then I sat..

© Shel Silverstein

Crowded Tub

There are too many kids in this tubThere are too many elbows to scrubI just washed a behind that I'm sure wasn't mineThere are too many kids in this..

© Shel Silverstein

Ations

If we meet and I say, 'Hi,'That's a salutation.If you ask me how I feel,That's a consideration.If we stop and talk a while,That's a conversation.If..

© Shel Silverstein

All The Time In The World

Lay downLet's explore this tenderness between usThere ain't no one around at all to see usAnd baby would you mindIf maybe you and ITook a little time..

© Shel Silverstein

25 Minutes To Go

They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.I got 25 minutes to go.And in 25 minutes I'll be in Hell.I got 24 minutes to go.Well, they give me some..

© Shel Silverstein

A Light In The Attic

There's a light on in the attic.Thought the house is dark and shuttered,I can see a flickerin' flutter,And I know what it's about.There's a light on..

© Shel Silverstein

Smart

My dad gave me one dollar bill'Cause I'm his smartest son,And I swapped it for two shiny quarters'Cause two is more than one!And then I took the..

© Shel Silverstein

A Boy Named Sue

Well, my daddy left home when I was three,and he didn't leave much to Ma and me,just this old guitar and a bottle of booze.Now I don't blame him..

© Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree

Once there was a tree....and she loved a little boy.And everyday the boy would comeand he would gather her leavesand make them into crownsand play..

© Shel Silverstein