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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.
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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!!
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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..
©  Shel Silverstein
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....
©  Shel Silverstein
Rome was not built in a day
Roll my log and I will roll yours
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you
Repentance is good, but innocence is better
Rats desert a sinking ship
Rain at seven, fine at eleven
Put not your hand between the bark and the tree
Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them
Promise little, but do much
Promise is debt
Procrastination is the thief of time
Pride goes before a fall
Praise is not pudding