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").
Invitation
If you are a dreamer, come inIf you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...If you're a pretender, come sit by the..
© Shel Silverstein
Lookin’ For Myself
You may be lookin' for me but I ain't lookin' for youI'm still lookin' for myself and I ain't got time to look for nobody elseWhen I found who I am..
© Shel Silverstein
Workin’ It Out
Well I've been spendin' my life lookin' for a shoulderTo rest my head when the nights get colderBut the days are gettin' longer and I'm gettin'..
© Shel Silverstein
The Nap Taker
No - I did not take a nap -The nap - took - meoff the bed and out the windowfar beyond the sea,to a land where sleepy headsread only comic booksand..
© Shel Silverstein
Bituminous?
The hard coal's called bituminous,Or is that anthracite?Stalactites grow down from caves,Or do I mean stalagmites?Those fluffy clounds are nimbus -No..
© Shel Silverstein
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